I was just thinking about how two of my friends that I've grown really close to weren't in my wedding party. One was a guest, and I asked the other to be an usher.
If I got married now, I'd probably would mix things up a bit, or have no wedding party at all. Or maybe even have a City Hall wedding!
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
Yes Id have the same party - my 3 sisters, my childhood BFF (who is also Dhs sister) and my other BFF.
Dhs side would probably look slightly different though
coconut / 8079 posts
We had a very small wedding party and it was just family so I would keep it the same. But if I could do it again I would change locations and probably not have many guests! Lol
pomegranate / 3845 posts
Yes. We had a small wedding party and are still super close!
watermelon / 14467 posts
I would keep it the same. I am still close with everyone today. I'd change the location to the one I really wanted though.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
Nope, I never see or talk to 2 of my 5 bridesmaids. I would swap them out for a couple friends I am close to now.
honeydew / 7463 posts
Yes, I purposely chose a small party of 3 girls I knew would be in my life forever. My sister and 2 best friends. That's it and that's how I'd keep it.
nectarine / 2641 posts
Mine would switch one of my bridesmaids for someone I've grown close to since my wedding. But I didn't even know her then! Dh's side would probably be the same.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
I would want a destination wedding with just my sister and BFF in it. I don't talk to some of the others very much anymore.
grapefruit / 4441 posts
Yes, except for the fact that one of my bridesmaids passed away 8 months after our wedding. We had a 3 mo engagement because I wanted my grandfather and my friend to be there (she had metastatic cancer and was in remission). I'm glad we didn't wait. Another close friend would have been in the wedding party, but had a baby the same week across country, so hopefully she'd be in it if we got married now.
pomelo / 5678 posts
I am a small or city hall wedding person only, so no wedding party- that wouldn't change!
pomelo / 5298 posts
We didn't have a wedding party, and I would do the same today. Vegas wedding for the win!
pineapple / 12526 posts
Probably half. Wed just keep our best man and maid of honor. I don't really talk to the girl who was my other bridesmaid anymore, and my brother would happily sit out. Lol
coconut / 8234 posts
Nope. I'm not friends with one of my bridesmaids, I wish I could Photoshop her out of the pictures!
pomegranate / 3872 posts
I would totally nix the bridal party lol 
Not because I have any issues with anyone but it's just so much less drama without it. I also think it's kind of beautiful and intimate to just have the bride and groom up there. At the age we were when we got married it was great but if we were getting married at our age now I'd push for no bridal party.
pear / 1610 posts
Nope! 1 or 2 of my bridesmaids would be the same and 3 would be the same for DH.
clementine / 838 posts
nope! I regretted parts of my wedding party a few weeks before the wedding! We only had 3 each, dh would have the same, I would have to rethink mine. I grew really close to a friend during the wedding planning who helped out a ton- unlike my bridal party who did NOTHING. I didnt ask them to do anything, but show up to pick dresses, come for dinner once so the whole wedding party could be together, and come to the rehearsal day events.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
I would drop one - unfortunately we just don't talk anymore (high school best friend). I *would* keep the other three, or maybe just ask my best friend.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
Mostly - there is probably one girl I would swap for someone I've grown much closer to. No drama or anything though. She just lives so far away that we just aren't as close as we used to be.
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
Nope! We got married on the beach with 13 on attendance (that includes Dh, me and our photographer) so we just had my sister and B IL as our MOH and BM.
pomegranate / 3791 posts
I don't think I would even have a wedding party if I was re-doing things, I think we'd do a destination wedding with just our immediate families.
persimmon / 1183 posts
Yes.
We had a small wedding. I only had 2 BM (my cousins), and DH had his best friend as the best man and my brother as his groomsman.
I would definitely invite different guests though.
honeydew / 7622 posts
Nope. I got married at 22 hand have been married for 8 1/2 years. I great apart from many of my friends from high school and college, part of getting married young and not being out partying every weekend. All of Ms groomsmen are still part of our lives, but we would likely have a smaller party.
As a wedding photographer I see all kinds of wedding parties. Not to hugely generalize but usually the younger the client the bigger the wedding party. I love small or even no wedding party events.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
Nope. 3 out of the 4 bridesmaids I would still have as my bridesmaids but my 1 BM we have completely drifted apart since I had a child, we don't even really talk anymore, it's sad.
pineapple / 12566 posts
@Greentea: same for me! We had a city hall wedding with no wedding party. I didn't and still wouldn't want a "normal" wedding, so I'm happy with my choice.
eggplant / 11287 posts
Nope. I would still have my two sisters and my MOH, but I'd switch out the rest of the gals. 
persimmon / 1304 posts
Nope. I would drop a couple. I think my husband would too. I don't regret anything though! The pictures represent that point in time.
nectarine / 2521 posts
I would, yes! My matron of honor was my sister, and the other 3 bridesmaids are life-long friends. There is only one of them I don't get to see often, but when we all get together it's still so much fun.
kiwi / 643 posts
Yep - I had my sister, sister in law, a friend, and my cousin (who is my BFF) in my wedding party.
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