I think this is a great idea! If your closest friend is a guy or if you have a brother who is very special to you, why not have them as part of your bridal party? On the flip side, I like it when grooms choose their sisters, female cousins or best female friend as their “groomswomen.”
In the past the bride’s brother or the groom’s sister were banished to the other side of the bridal party. In a lot of cases, having the groom’s sister be one of your bridesmaids seemed to be an obligatory request and where’s the sincerity in that? Regardless of gender, the guys and girls who mean the most to the bride and the groom should be allowed to support their actual friend and not symbolically stand on the other side of the altar.
What do you think? Would you ever ask a boy to be part of the bridal party or a girl to be a groomswoman? Why or why not?
PS. Made of Honor was a terrible movie but Michelle Monaghan had the right idea in asking Patrick Dempsey to be her Man of Honor!
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