Building Your Bridal Party: Siblings, Friends, and Making the Tough Calls

We tackle a listener question about selecting the perfect bridal party for your wedding day. Grace shares her newlywed wisdom on making these important decisions that will impact your wedding photos and experience forever.

• Keeping bridal parties small with siblings and one close friend can simplify decisions
• Consider having an even number of attendants on both sides for visual balance
• Alternative roles like ushers allow you to include more friends without expanding the main party
• Choose people who will be supportive throughout planning and won't cause drama
• Select attendants who would be there for you at 3AM with no judgment
• Remember the financial obligations you're placing on your bridal party members
• Show appreciation with thoughtful gifts to thank them for their time and investment

Just make sure you pick the people that are going to be your biggest cheerleader on the biggest day of your life.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Listener Question Introduction
• 0:33 Keeping Wedding Parties Small
• 1:20 Choose Wisely For Photos Forever
• 1:55 Financial Considerations for Bridal Parties
• 3:30 Final Thoughts on Supportive Teams

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey Queens, welcome back to another episode of the Daily Buzz. Today we have a listener's question that came in. So, grace, I am going to pick your brain on this one, because you have so much knowledge as a newlywed. This listener asked how do you pick your bridal party?

Speaker 2: 0:15

Ooh, I love this question, of course, if you're sticking to just like our last episode of the Daily Buzz tradition having a bridal party. I know a lot of times people nowadays aren't doing bridal parties, but I did choose to do one and I'm very happy that I did. When it came to picking our bridal party, my, it was a little bit of a hard decision because my husband definitely has more long-term friends that he's known and like, kept relationships with, than I have, and I have a lot of great girlfriends. But I just remember saying I don't know, I think we should just keep it small. I'm also anti large bridal parties. Sorry to anyone who's having a large bridal party. Do you boo though, of course, but I always said let's just do our siblings and one friend, and it honestly just worked out perfectly because of how many siblings he had and then with how many I had and our in-laws my like sister-in-law was in it and then we just picked one friend, okay, and I loved it because I was very adamant about having an even bridal party. He was kind of like who cares if I have more than you? And I said nope, but we did have his one other close friend. We made him an usher.

Speaker 2: 1:39

So there's other ways to incorporate close friends in essence of your bridal party. Yeah, so I don't think just because they're not in your lineup doesn't mean you can't incorporate them in other ways as well too. Yeah, so I would say, and also, just make sure it's someone that you're I mean these people are going to be in your wedding photos for the rest of your life. So remember that when you are choosing wisely of who you want to be in your bridal party and that was another reason why I said just siblings and one friend, because I was like our siblings aren't ever going to leave us. So and our both, the people we chose as our friends are both our closest best friends and we still have great relationships with them. So that's awesome. And, yeah, I would say, just pick wisely.

Speaker 1: 2:23

Yes, I agree, you want to pick somebody who is going to encourage, be your biggest fan and cheerleader through not only the wedding planning process but also on wedding day. You do not want to bring anybody into your wedding party that's going to cause a drama or make it about themselves. Make it about themselves, yes. So think about who is that person that you could call at 3 am and they will listen and not judge and be your biggest advocate, because that is what you want. Because, unfortunately, wedding planning does bring out a little bit of crazy in all of us. Yes, it does.

Speaker 2: 3:01

It can bring out the worst side of people, and I think, too, a reminder of just costs when it comes to being at worst side of people. And I think, too, reminder of just costs when it comes to being at a bridal party. Yes, you know it's. I think it's all fun and games Like, oh, I'm going to invite everyone, and you know everyone's at different points in their lives and, you know, are you, as the bride, are you paying for? You know the? Or even the groom, the tuxes, the dresses, the? You know the, or even the groom, the tuxes, the dresses, the shoes, the hair, the makeup, or are you asking them to pay for that? That is, you know, a financial obligation if you're not paying for it.

Speaker 2: 3:33

And I think, of course, do whatever you like as the bride and groom, you know, make that decision together. We did ask for our bridal party to pay for all their stuff and then in return, you know, I did the cute bridal proposal boxes for my bridesmaids and we made some for the groomsmen as well, and then we also, of course, gave them gifts for the day of. I love that, yeah, just to make them feel like special too and that you are thankful that they've taken the time, the money to be there for you and even obviously, like we've talked about going on the bachelor and bachelor party is another expense too. So just giving them those gifts to just appreciate them for being there on your biggest day, and yeah, I would just say, just make sure you pick the people that are gonna be your biggest cheerleader on the biggest day of your life.

Speaker 1: 4:25

I love that and that is your Daily Buzz.