I'm struggling with quantity of Bridesmaids. I'm the type of person who is very close with their friends. I don't have a ton but the ones I do are like family to me. I'm at 9 people and even getting it down to that was really hard and I had to cut people I'm really close to. Is 9 still too much?
I have my 2 sisters who are 11 and 14 years younger than me (half sisters but we were raised in the same household so they are my full sisters in my mind)
My cousin who is like sister to me
My 3 closest friends from middle school/high school - 1 of which will be my maid of honor and I am hers
My 3 closest friends from college. I am 30 so we've stayed really close for a long time since college was a while ago.
Everyone knows each other because everyone has been in my life for so long. All the articles say it's stressful and expensive to have a lot of bridesmaids but it's more stressful right now to think of cutting anyone. How could you choose 1 best friend over another? My sisters are the ones who have been in my life for the least amount of time but I obviously don't want to cut them. Is 9 doable?
