Is having a Maid of Honor a must?

It's definitely not a must. You can have all bridesmaids or no bridal party or multiple maids of honor. Do whatever you're comfortable with!

Having a MOH is not a “must“. Heck, having a bridal party in general isn’t even a “must”. We decided against having a bridal party at all. 🙃

Nope, not a must. I did not have a MOH. I felt awkward picking a "favorite", so I just had bridesmaids and a bridesman .

I think it’s ok not to appoint someone MOH

Definitely not. I wish I had made my brother my man of honor rather than my sister maid of honor. She did literally nothing to help. In fact, she made things more difficult. My point is you can do whatever you want.

I asked my mom this when I started planning and she told me “MOH and Best Man are usually just the people you want signing the wedding certificate as witnesses.” So I guess not really since they are just titles and you can have anyone sign the certificate really. I personally have a man of honor (my brother) and two bridesmaids.

We decided to do just BMs and GMs because we didn't want to pick favorites. What I didn't realize is that the MOH and Best Man tend to be the ringleaders who plan everything and make sure that stuff gets done like their dresses ordered, bach party/showers planned, etc. One of my BMs, who I probably would have made MOH, stepped up and handled a lot of that. I still don't regret not picking specific people though.

I'm not doing a MOH because I felt like it puts more pressure on the MOH over the other BMs to spend more money planning events etc. (I know it isn't a requirement, but I also know my friends and they would have done it) and I didn't want to put that pressure on one person, so I didn't appoint one. It's been working out fine so far!

Not a must. It's better to not have anyone appointed as MOH than to have 5 girls all with the honor title. Do what works for you.

No its not mandatory. you dont need to have a wedding party for example however you do whatever fits and works for you

I decided not to have a maid of honor and instead I have a bunch of bridesmaids. I didn’t expect any of the bridal party to go extremely above and beyond for me... and the last thing I need is people overstepping boundaries simply because they have a different title.

When my best friend got married, she did not have a MOH. She did designate one bridesmaid be in charge of the shower (me) and another bridesmaid be in charge of the bachelorette.

Hey!
I'm having my bff as my Matron of honor, I was her maid of honor and I'm thrilled that she is standing up for me.
She will hold my bouquet ( and my vow cheat sheet) she will be the one that makes sure my dress is just right, just like I did for her.She didn't place any extra duties on me, and I don't expect anything from her except for being right beside me on my big day. It's more of a tradition and a way to honor her.I think it's a personal choice, and not a necessity these days.So what ever you decide, it will be perfectCongratulations!

View Quoted Comment This is true definitely do what is comfortable and not feel the need to have a Maid of Honor. Thanks much

View Quoted Comment Nice that is nice to hear that you did not feel the need to follow the trend, deciding not to have a MOH or no bridal party at all, it’s what you are comfortable with.

View Quoted Comment Thank you. I agree it can be very awkward as you said picking a favorite. So having them all off the same label can be better to eliminate singling anyone out.

View Quoted Comment Thank you I agree

View Quoted Comment Yes when younger and fantasizing it was a thought but once got older and came to the realization I often thought is it really a must now that I am finally in that situation.

View Quoted Comment I understand I’ve heard stories of people appointing others as their MOH as you did and later wish they made a diff choice since the one they did pick was absolutely no help nor dependable and ended being a totally diff person that was more reliable and of help.

View Quoted Comment I understand not wanting to pick favorites. Those titles as you said comes with responsibilities that many either take serious and you can really depend on them or the total opposite where you didn’t make the right choice. So it’s good you made the choice that worked out for you in the end.