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Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

NIHA Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:13 PM+

NIHA MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 3206 WEDDING DATE: Jun 22, 2002

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:13 PM

Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

My FH and I are planning not to have a briday party, mainly to keep things simple and cut down costs. However, we booked the Watermill, and will be having the ceremony there, and now, I'm worried that the ceremony will be boring, or less exciting w/o a bridal party?

colartie Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:16 PM+

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Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:16 PM

Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

i got married at the watermill with just a maid of honor, best man & flowergirl..we had the ceremony there and had two people do beautiful readings...i thought it was wonderful, and i think our guest were pleased the cocktail hour was right around the corner (literally!)

NIHA Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:19 PM+

NIHA MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 3206 WEDDING DATE: Jun 22, 2002

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:19 PM

Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

Colartie, that sounds nice.... Did you get married in the chapel or outside? Did the best man and MOH walk together after the flower girl, or by themselves?

Fran M Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:31 PM+

Fran M MEMBER SINCE: 2/01 TOTAL POSTS : 3386 WEDDING DATE: Sep 14, 2001

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 12:31 PM

Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

Hi Nina I dont think your ceremony will be any less exciting. You do need two official witnesses to sign your marriage certificate. So you may want to have the chosen two participate as bridal party members offering toasts etc. BTW our reception was at Watermill this past September and everything was perfect. I keep telling my DH that we have to get back there for dinner - the food is so good.

KevinsPrincess Posted: Jan 14, 2002 03:02 PM+

KevinsPrincess MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 33 WEDDING DATE: May 25, 2002

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 03:02 PM

Anyone been to a wedding w/o bridal party

We are only having a matron of honor and the best man and flower girls. I wanted to avoid the 'why did you ask her and not me issue' with asking friends to be bridesmaids as well as to keep costs down. Should you decide not to have anyone, I dont think their is anything wrong with that....Just more attention FOR YOU!

KGB Posted: Jan 14, 2002 03:35 PM+

KGB MEMBER SINCE: 7/01 TOTAL POSTS : 232 WEDDING DATE: Sep 17, 2000

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 03:35 PM

No bridal party

We didn't have a bridal party - saved huge on flowers ($250 for my flowers, 2 mom cors, 1 grandma. & 3 bouteniers for groom & dads). We had our parents as our witnesses, which was different and saved a lot of headaches. The ceremony was short and simple. And we had a 1 1/2 cocktail hour. Go for it.

Laurie Posted: Jan 14, 2002 04:37 PM+

Laurie MEMBER SINCE: 7/01 TOTAL POSTS : 26 WEDDING DATE: Jul 20, 2002

Posted: Jan 14, 2002 04:37 PM

No bridal party

My friend just got married in September and she had a MOH (me) and a best man. She also had a 2 readers. It was very simple and elegant. I don't think it was boring at all. It was less stress on her. We bought my dress at lord and taylor-very hassle free!