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Sophi
Savvy September 2021

Yay or Nay?

Sophi, on January 27, 2020 at 3:23 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 5
Hey!


Was wonder if I could get peoples input on flower girls and ring bearers. My FH and I have someone in mind for a flower girl, but we’re also not 100% sure if we want one or not. For ring bearer, we don’t really have anyone in mind yet for it, but we definitely do know who we will NOT have.
Part of the struggle comes from the fact that my FH has an aunt and Uncle who have 2 little boys and they are not well behaved at all. They are constantly breaking things and bring unnecessary stress. Due to this we for sure would not ask them to be ring bearers. And if we decide on having a flower girl, it’ll be the daughter of some family friends that FH and I are very close to. My concern is that, if we decide on having a flower girl and do not ask his cousins to be ring bearers, his aunt and uncle will throw a fit. They are already very judgemental about everything we do as is it, so I don’t want to give them another reason to criticize us. Though I also don’t want to have to depend on them to actually follow through on the wedding plans because they are notorious for dropping the ball.
So I guess I’m wondering if a flower girl or ring bearer essential together?

Did anyone have one and wish they didn’t? Or didn’t have one and wish they did?

5 Comments

Latest activity by Rachel, on January 27, 2020 at 8:52 PM
  • M
    VIP January 2019
    Maggie ·
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    Neither flower girls nor ring bearers (or any attendants, barring legally required witnesses) are necessary in any way. So, you should only choose people you want because you REALLY want them. Not to fill a role, not for family pressure, not to avoid hurt feelings (because that just never ends well anyway). Truly, you will be absolutely fine not to have anyone in these roles at all.

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    We had two flower children, and a dog of honor. My husband's niece & nephew (our niece & nephew now) were our flower children, the niece was 3 and carried a sign and the nephew was 1 and just walked with her. No ring bearer, the best man had the rings. Our dog was the dog of honor!

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  • Joanna
    Dedicated October 2020
    Joanna ·
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    My brother and SIL only had a ring bearer! They were very adamant from the start that that was what they wanted (mostly because they didn't want to ask our cousin's daughter as she was caught a handful as a child), and because of that no one questioned it.


    I would be very firm from the start that your vision is only to have a flower girl!

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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    We had two flower girls and no ring bearers. We have plenty of friends and family with little boys and I definitely wouldn't have changed my plans just to spare their feelings.

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  • R
    Super September 2018
    Rachel ·
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    Didn’t have either and didn’t regret it!
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