I've chosen just my best friend as I'm going abroad to get married, then I've got the dilemma of sister in laws and brother in laws as to whether I have them as I don't get on with them, but normally it family and best friends xx hope tht helps

You need someone you can rely on and trust, someone who will help you out when you need it and be there for you on the day. I generally think family is best if you have sisters or sister-in-laws, but it depends on who you're the closest to I guess x

I chose all the sisters, mine and OH's, and my very best friend of 15 years. (5 in total)
Family i know will always be there, and my best friend is like family and has proved herself worthy lol, she's also Godmother to my daughter.
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I'd like my two very good friends from work but one has money problems and as we are on a budget was going to ask them to help out a bit! But then I can't ask one an not the other a they may think i favour one over the other! I'd like my very good friend from school to be one who I can rely on and my brothers girl friend who I know I can also rely on! Xx

That's what we're doing MrsMalin! We're finding it difficult with 5 bridesmaid, so we've said a max of £30 each, and we've found several purple maxi dresses that we could easily use as bridesmaids dresses, but we want to wait more towards the time (Y)

I chose one of my best friends - I've known her for 30 years n she has been there for me or all my good n bad times. She was thrilled when I asked and wants loads of tasks to do lol x

I have my best friend both of our sisters and our niece is junior bridesmaid. Would have my other best friend just can't fit her in car xx

I pickd my two best friends and asked them literally 10 mins after I got engaged!
I picked them as I have no sisters or close female cousins and I am glad I just asked them and left it there as there are at least another 5/6 girls I could ask but couldn't pick between!

Doesn't help tho my 2 bridesmaids now aren't really close friends anymore and barely speak, shame as we used to be so close as a little threesome. Ah well, that's a side point!!

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I had this problem, as the minute I told people we were engaged about 10 assumed they would be bridesmaids! There's a lot of people I feel i "should" ask and in the end I've gone for 5 - my 2 sisters-in-law, and 3BFs. Having a flower girl and page boy as well. Stressing about the budget so I'm giving them £250 and saying top up the rest with your own if you can't find dresses for that price. I don't mind them being in different shoes/accessories etc so they can use what they already have.

I'm thinking of having none, makes choosing easier ;)

its really difficult to chose. i chose mine and then fell out with my MOH so i had to pick another bridesmaid (thankfully she was the same size as the MOH so i didn't have to buy new dresses or anything)

all i can say is honestly pick carefully and try and do it a bit closer to the day if you can. i picked mine when i got engaged and we didn't get married until 3 and a half years later so when we set our date i thought it was fine but people do change in that short amount of time

My princess chooses her elder sister and some close friends now as a part of our family...

Im having my sisters. X

I have my auntie (she is like a sister to me) mine and OHs sisters and my best friend, the friend who assumed she was bm has now made it obvious she isnt reliable so i made it obvious that she shouldnt assume as she isnt one, just choose who you really want and can rely on and those who you know will want to be involved x

I was lucky that it was an easy choice, my two best friends. I did get asked whether I was going to choose my sister, but the key to this is, you KNOW these people and what they are like. If I wanted my wedding day to be all about my sister, I would have asked her to be my bridesmaid! lol

i had a headache with it, i had a lot of girls who as soon as i got engaged were like well im going to be a bm are'nt it. and i said to few yes but now our lives are completely different are rarely see them inless i beg them to come over as i have a young daughter and no transport alot of the time , and have new better friends so im doing offical inites to ask thos i want to be bm's .
going to ask one of my old friends who is also a major whovian if instead she ca do a reading, find some cool, funny and sweet quotes from DW.
remember you don't have to make everyone a bm to keep them happy, ask them to do a reading or be a witness of the signing of the register etc

I'm having my two daughters my h2b's daughter and his super cute grandaughter age 4, they are all gorgeous

i've got my 2 daughters, 8 month and 13 years old and 2 friends who i consider good friends 1 new and 1 old lol Xx