Wedding Party - Necessary or Not?

Never thought of not having a wedding party. I don't see how this is an extra cost to the bride and groom. Besides the whole wedding party gifts

Toss up! Not necessary but I'm having my sisters and best friends stand with me! It's made things more fun too!

Not necessary, but nice to have (I have five on my side and FH has five on his side!)

I wouldn't say its necessary. We originally had one but due to scaling down a lot and now having a micro wedding, we no longer have one but hoping they'd still join us in celebration afterward.

I think the wedding party makes it more fun and special. I do have something similar to a groomswomen but she will be dressed as the bridesmaids but shes my fiance's female bestfriend

I can’t picture my day without out my best friends by my side.

I wanted my sisters and my best friend in it. And he wanted his brothers, his best friend, and the guy that helped us meet. And we both REALLY wanted his daughter to be a part of the day. She is going to be a Junior Bridesmaid but she will stand closest to us. We will be lopsided, but I'm excited.

Definitely not necessary but I have 3 bridesmaids, one maid of honour, and there's 4 groomsmen

Not necessary. There were too many people who would be offended if we didn’t include them and we didn’t want a huge wedding party so we decided to nix it completely. We will only have a flower girl and ring bearer walk down before my entrance.

Not necessary here either. Neither of us know if we even want a BM or MOH.

Not necessary but I wouldn’t get married without my girls 🤷🏾‍♀️

Necessity. Even if it's just your closest friend and the two of you.

Again, I feel like this is preference. To be honest I don't like my bridal party so I'm passing on having one

Not necessary, but we wanted to honor our closest friends.

I don't think they're necessary, but we definitely wanted our siblings and close friends standing up with us. We are going untraditional though with having a best woman and uneven sides (3 for me, 5 for him).

Not really.

Whatever you want to do is fine. Just remember the more people, the more drama can occur.

Not at all required, but necessary for me, personally.

DH and I were together a very long time, and were among the last of our friends to get married. Surrounding myself with people who had done this before, and could be emotionally supportive, was very important to me.

Not necessary at all. I know in some cases it’s implied that it must be a thing. For example in our families, we’ve played with the idea of no wedding party at all, but then agreed an uneven number is fine too! I’m not as close to my family as he is to his, and that’s ok.

I need my bridal crew...my MOA I need her for this she's my rock when it comes to wedding details these next nine months are going to be crazy for us and I need her every step of the way...