Wedding Party - Necessary or Not?

May not be necessary for everyone, but for me it is.

It's not necessary but it's nice to have people to help in the planning process.

We are not having a wedding party because my fiance has 3 brothers and he doesn't want to choose one over the over for the best man. We will only have one cute little flower girl.

It's necessary for me. I've always dreamed of having my bestie by my side, in show of support. She and I have dreamed of this day for me half our lives now, there was no question that she wouldn't be a part of my big day. My FH had difficulty picking someone for BM though. Both of us decided that we wanted our wedding party to have the same strong views of marriage and God that we did and that kinda excluded his brother. He's not close to a lot of people, but I'm realizing that's the way his family is, they don't do things with friends, just each other, and extended family is so far away. I almost feel sad at how isolated they really are. But he's actually asking one of my bridesmaids' husband to be his BM. They really hit it off when we took a weekend trip together.

But that's all that's in our party. I'm not dealing with flower girls and ring bearers. I thought about it, but I don't really want to deal with temperamental children (all my cousins's children are definitely like that, you never know whether they're in a good mood and will follow directions or not).

We're not having a bridal party and that's fine by us! Of course we're having a low key intimate wedding too, so everyone will feel like a bridal party in some respect

No a wedding party isn't necessary but I want to make it necessary. I heard that if we didn't have a wedding party of destination wedding would be an elopement and vice versa. If anyone know any facts about this please inform me.

As long as you each have one witness to sign the legal paperwork, the entourage is optional. You can still get ready and whatnot with your closest friends even if they aren't officially attendants that stand up at the ceremony with you.

I'm on the fence. As much as I would love to hang out with various female friends while getting ready, etc, I don't really want to burden everyone. Plus, how do you pick and choose who gets to be an attendant and who doesn't, if you like them equally?

For me yes! I couldn't imagine standing up there with out my little sister and best friend behind me! They are my support system besides my FW!