What if one of your best friends was a male and you really wanted him to stand for you along with your other girlfriends...or if you have several male friends who were important to you that you wanted to be bridesmaids. Would that be okay? Or do you all think that the bride should find another way of incoroprating her male friends into the wedding?
I have only heard of one person who has done this---well actually it was the groom who had a female friend be his "best woman", but I believe it was a very small ceremony---maybe even a courthouse wedding so they didn't have to deal with what everyone at the wedding thought. So I was wondering if anyone else has seen this done and what everyone thinks about it.
I have only heard of one person who has done this---well actually it was the groom who had a female friend be his "best woman", but I believe it was a very small ceremony---maybe even a courthouse wedding so they didn't have to deal with what everyone at the wedding thought. So I was wondering if anyone else has seen this done and what everyone thinks about it.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Sat, October 15, 2005 - 9:55 PMNot all weddings have to be trditional. If you have a best friend who is Male i say if he is up to it, so be it. What are friends for anyway. And yes i have herd of it also that people have had a male bridesmaid. I have never seen one but i have herd of it.
i look at as this, the people who staind up there with you are there sosuport you and your soon to be husband. Dose not matter what side they are staining on. Girl its your wedding do what you want.
good luck
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Sun, October 16, 2005 - 7:42 PMThat is a good ? Troll. And i didn't know that about Trolls and eatting ther "bridesmaids" i thought it was they ate there first born. Is this true?
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Sun, October 16, 2005 - 8:03 PMI know many people who've had non-traditional wedding parties. A friend was telling me a couple of weeks ago about how she was a groom's attendant (or whatever you want to call it). Then again, I have some awfully non-traditional friends. :)
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Mon, October 17, 2005 - 12:37 PMSure! My sister had a male bridesman two summers ago. It was a very formal and traditional wedding so he wore a tux with tails. It was very elegant and not so strange as you might think. Her bridesman was one of her closest friends for more than 10 years. I think it is definitely time to admit that we have platonic relationships with members of the oposite sex and that they SHOULD be allowed to be part of our lives.
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Wed, October 19, 2005 - 8:55 PMThat's so great to hear affirmation from others that it isn't the most crazy idea! And to hear the great stories of weddings where men have stood for their female friend. And it's so true that we should be allowed to acknowledge our platonic relationships with the opposite sex. It really does seem so taboo for us to have non-sexual relationships with members of the opposite sex, especially if you are already in a romantic relationship with someone else.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Fri, November 11, 2005 - 7:07 PMyeah, I was a groomswoman a couple of years ago. He also had another bestwoman and another groomswoman. It wasn't a "small" wedding, there were a significant number of attendees. -
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Mon, November 14, 2005 - 10:58 AMNice! That's so cool. I really like hearing about this--if/when I get married, I really think that I will acknowledge all of the significant males in my life that way instead of limiting it to females.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Tue, October 9, 2007 - 5:09 PMYes. I had a ver nice Fairy Tale style wedding with about 400 guests and both the bride and the groom had a member of the opposite sex in their parties. I had my sister (who was one of my best friends) as a grooms person and my bride had her brother on her side.
Because we worked to equal the boy girl pairing it worked out fine. the only cool part weas that my sister got to wear a tux (which she loved)
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a male "bridesmaid" before?
Fri, January 18, 2008 - 12:36 PMI was at a wedding with no bridesmaids, no priest, just the couple doing their own vows, and then one big hell of a party.
Male bridesmaids sound cool, but you may want to come up with a different name, like "bridesmens", or better, "bridesfriends", I don't know. Unless he's a cross dresser or something, he may not like the “bridesmaid” title.
