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How to choose a bridal party without hurting feelings

Deciding who to include means balancing current everyday closeness against long-term history, family ties, and future friendship fears. This dilemma often creates anxiety about offending lifelong friends, especially when deciding between multiple people for roles like Maid of Honor or managing long-distance constraints.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Having co-maids of honor by dividing the roles between a local friend and a distant friend
  2. 2
    Using video calls like FaceTime or WhatsApp chats to stay connected and share wedding planning updates
  3. 3
    Redefining maid of honor expectations so that physical attendance before the wedding day is not required

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“Would having 2 Matrons of Honor hurt my best friend’s feelings if I was her only MOH? + bridesmaid dilemma”source ↗

“I’m considering having two Matrons of Honor. One is my cousin/best friend who I’ve been close with basically my whole life. I was her only MOH when she got married about four years ago. The other is someone I met 4 years ago and has become one of the people I’m closest to in my everyday life now.”source ↗

“Do you choose your bridal party based on who is important to you now, or who you’re most confident will still be in your life years from now?”source ↗

No-Character-9684 · r/weddingplanning · 2 upvotes

“Has anyone had a MOH that’s long distance? I have like maybe two solid options for my MOH, one is my high school best friend who now lives in TX (I’m in CA) and the other is a newer friend who I met though my work and we’ve been close for about 2 years now. I’d like my high school friend to be my MOH since it makes the most sense to me but she’s not in a position where she can constantly fly out or help me plan since she’s a mom and expecting her second baby in Nov. I just feel bad if I don’t give her that position and give it to my newer friend. Thoughts?”source ↗

Icy-Succotash6051 · r/weddingplanning · 1 upvotes

Where this came up

r/weddingplanningbridal partyfriendshipwedding planning

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