Does your bridal party know each other?

Did you give them each other's emails/phone numbers? I am in a wedding in June and the bride gave us each other's contact info so we could meet and plan parties if we wanted to. We all talked and will all meet for the first time at the bachelorette party. I don't think there is any need to gather everyone beforehand. It's not like they need to be BFF to get along at any pre-wedding events or at the wedding.

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The girls yes they all have eachothers contacts and same with the guys. The girls have gotten together a lot but again they all know eachother. The guys dont. And the girls and guys dont really know eachother.

View Quoted Comment Eh they really don't need to know each other. There is definitely no need to try to corral 22 people together for that sole purpose. I would see what FH thinks about the guys but I really don't think it's necessary.

6 of my 8 Bm's know each other. The two that do not one lives in NY we are in south jersey and the other is in Barcelona. The only interaction they will ever have with each other is at the wedding. Neither of those two BM's will make the shower so the only other time they need to see each other as a group is at the wedding. I am really not worried about everyone knowing each other, they are all fantastic people and will get along fine once the day comes. As for the GM they all know each other for over 20 years - FH has a huge group of close male friends.

The girls all know each other (reasonably well) and the guys have at least all met once or twice if not more. Some of the girls have met some of the guys but none of the girls have met ALL of the guys and some of the girls...oh damn never mind, I was gonna say some have met none but actually the girl I thought hadn’t met any of the guys (she’s not local) I just realized actually HAS met the best man (fh’s brother) when we were all visiting (hometown) over thanksgiving.
All of them with SOs though, there SO’s have y met any of the rest of the crew (with one exception)

I’m not planning on doing any ‘forced mingling’ . If they end up coming in early for a rehearsal, we’ll all have lunch together , so I guess they’ll all know each other by wedding time. I kind of expect a natural pairing off (I think 2 of my girls’ guys will hit it off, and I think one of the guys’ wives will really get along with 2 of my girls , but these are just my presumptions so I guess we’ll see what happens !)

For the record, we started out with big plans to rent a beach house for the whole BP for the wedding weekend, and then it occurred to us like “uhhhh on second thought some of these people are strangers to each other, they’d probably rather be nearer to their other friends”

I have 5 BMs. 4 of them are my family so they all know each other. My fifth girl is my friend and she doesn't know my family personally, but she did meet them at a party a few years ago. We have a group chat so we talk regularly (all 6 of us) so she's starting to get to know their personalities a bit because of that. As for the GM, they all know each other.

Mine don't. I have seven bridesmaids and my FH has five groomsmen. One of my bridesmaids is FH's sister, who only knows two of the groomsmen and my MOH; my MOH, my sister, only knows three of the bridesmaids (in passing) and the Best Man, who always hits on her; three of my bridesmaids are my friends from Florida who all know each other but no one else; my last two bridesmaids are close friends, but don't really know anyone else well (have only met a couple other bridesmaids and the Best Man in passing). The Best Man and two of the groomsmen are all friends, but don't know my brother or the other groomsman or any of the bridesmaids (except my sister and FSIL) at all; my brother only knows the Best Man and three of the bridesmaids; and the last groomsmen doesn't know anyone except my FSIL. Geez, this was more long-winded than I thought it'd be.

It would be impossible to get my entire wedding party together prior to the rehearsal because they're all scattered between like six states. My bridesmaids will all meet each other at the bach party the weekend before, and most of the groomsmen will get to meet each other at my FH's bach party next weekend. They're all adults and I trust they'll all be fine and will get along, regardless of just meeting each other or if they all become friends later on. They all had each others' numbers to plan stuff and communicate, but outside of the pre-existing friendships I don't think any of them have become friends.

I only have three - two are very good friends and one is my FSIL. She knows of them and they know of her, but they aren't really friends.

When I was in FSIL's wedding, I think only two of the girls knew each other (8 total). She made a Facebook group for us so it was a little more personal. She kind of went overboard with it and was posting instructions and reminders way too often. It was nice to be able to see the girls' pictures and profiles and stuff though which made it easy when we were planning the bachelorette.

My girls got together when i hosted a lunch for us and they have exchanged numbers to make plans. However, i didn't need to give them the groomsmen info. Many weddings i attend everyone generally gathers together at the rehearsal dinner and then everyone becomes familiar with each other but they don't all need to be friends. It wont be awkward just a party of a group of friends where some know some people and others don't still a good time.

I had 5 BMs, and there was one who only knew my sister, she hadn't met any of the other girls before. It was completely fine, she met everyone else for the first time at my bachelorette party.

Your bridesmaids may be your best friends, but they don't all have to be best friends with each other too. If they haven't met before being in your bridal party, it's extremely likely that they'll never see each other again after your wedding, except for maybe a future baby shower, if you go that route, so it's perfectly fine if they don't meet or hang out.

Mine don’t know each other, I mean I have one friend from middle school, one from high school, one from college and one from a summer camp. They’ve never overlapped and all live in different states. But they’re most important to me so we’ll make it work 😊

For a wedding in in we have a group chat with each other so we aren't totally stranger's when we do meet. Some of us have gone to bridal shows with the bride as well. For my bridesmaids I'll probably do something similar.

Do you mean girls know girls and guys know guys or the girls don’t know the guys? If it’s the latter, i don’t think it’s a big deal! They walk together for a second and maybe do a dance move being introduced...nothing they can’t ‘plan’ at the rehearsal.

All know each other, all are my family with the exception of my FSIL.

I have three bridesmaids; my sister, cousin and my future sister in law. I think the only ones that haven’t met are my cousin and FSIL. My FH has his brothers all standing up for him, so it was a pretty easy choice.

Thanks everyone for all the feed back. I have facebook groups one for the girls abd one for the guys so it does help them communicate.

Our wedding party does not know each other. My bridemaids and maid of the honor know each other but before the wedding only 3 out of 4 knew each other.

I have 9 girls, and my FH has 5 guys. My MOH doesn’t really know anyone else in the bridal party. 3 girls are girls I grew up with and they know each other. The last 5 are my college friends and all know each other. For bonding, we’re all going to get together and put our bouquets together, and we’re going to try something else along that. My FH’s groomsmen are all family so they all know each other 😂

FH and I each have the same friends for 15-20 years. They only know each other through us by attending our individual social functions, so we didn't have to worry about them feeling strange in a pool of strangers.