Do we have to have the same number of bridesmaids as groomsmen?
In a word, no. While it may look a little odd to have eight people on one side, and two on the other, the bridesmaid-groomsman ratio does not have to be absolutely even. What’s most important is that you pick people that you want by your side, not compulsory to hit a certain number.
In a word, no. While it may look a little odd to have eight people on one side, and two on the other, the bridesmaid-groomsman ratio does not have to be absolutely even. What’s most important is that you pick people that you want by your side, not compulsory to hit a certain number.
The groom usually asks males relatives or close friends to stand as his groomsmen at the wedding. He may also choose to ask the spouse or significant other of one of the bridesmaids if he and his bride spend a lot of time with them as a couple.
The groom asks his brother, best friend or father to be his best man. It makes no difference whether the best man is single or married. Though the best man may have fewer duties than the maid of honor, his duties are just as important, so think “reliable” and choose your best man wisely.
Picking the groomsmen for your wedding can be one of the most awkward social issues a grown man will ever face that doesn’t involve your daughter’s teenage friends in bikinis. It’s the only time as an adult that you’re forced to draw a line in the sand and explicitly state, “some of you are over here, the rest of you are over here.” But you’re getting married, which means you’re now a real adult who needs to make real decisions, so quit drawing in the sand like a goddamn toddler, and man up.
It’s an uncomfortable situation; feelings can get hurt from those who once considered themselves part of your inner circle. By leaving them out of the groomsmen selection, it’s a not-so-subtle way of telling them that they are nothing more than trash to you, and they should be lucky to hold your dick while you pee during the wedding. Then you spit in their face and tell them to beg for their mummy. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
How does one actually go about selecting their groomsmen? Not the gimmes – brothers, cousins, brothers-in-law, etc. I’m talking strictly in terms of the friend group. Do you hit shuffle on your Facebook? Conduct a Hunger Games style competition between the contenders? Kill yourself? The whole thing is enough to drive a person to cheat on their fiancee to sabotage the nuptials.
To help you traverse the rocky hills of groomsmen selection, I’ve taken the guesswork out of it for you, by compiling the guide below. Following this guide will help ensure that you’re flanked by the top of the top, who will surely make your wedding, a day to remember.
Below, you will find steps to choose rightly.
1. Calculate Which Friends Have The Highest Earning Potential – By the time you’re getting married, you’ve surely started to get a sense as to which of your friends will be able to stand on their own during the wedding not to take from you.
2. Leave Out Everyone Who Is Super Good Looking – It doesn’t matter how close you are with someone, if they’re going to take the attention away. All eyes should be on you. You don’t want some smokeshow dude flashing his pearly whites and making all the girls giddy.
3. Choose A Friend Who Is A Good Speaker – In most cases, groomsmen (the best man) will give a speech at the bachelor dinner. You don’t want every person in your crew to be some blacked out frat guy who can’t string together a coherent sentence.
4. Choose At Least One Diverse Friend – In trotting out your best friends, this is everyone’s chance to get a complete picture about who you surround yourself with.
5. Figure Out Who Is In Dire Need Of A Status Boost – Not everything with the groomsmen selection is about you. By elevating someone’s status to groomsmen, you immediately make them a more visible and desirable figure at the wedding. Girls will take notice. “Wow, if this guy is close enough with the groom such that he was selected as a groomsman, I can only imagine what a tender lover he is.
6. Make Sure Not To Include “The Funny Guy” – When you include “The Funny Guy” in the wedding party, he doesn’t look at this so much as an act of bro love, but rather an invitation to Last Comic Standing.
7. Throw Your Mom A Bone – Your wedding is just as much a celebration for your parents as it is for you. Let them share in the joy by extending an invite to your mom’s best friend’s son, who you grew up with, and think is a total weirdo, but you know it would mean a lot to your mom if you included him.
Please Note: This is an article directed at people with a large group of friends.
Please Note: This is an article directed at people with a large group of friends.
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