Help! I’m terrible with coming up with little inscriptions for gifts/cards. I made a cookbook with a ton of recipes that are tried & true (some family recipes, my own, as well as some I’ve come across & tried that turned out great). I even got it printed by a publisher. I am gifting it to a friend who is getting married today. What should I write on the inside cover? I don’t want to write plain old “congrats on the wedding” like it’s some sort of achievement. Helpppp

Edit to add: I’m also gifting other “cooking” items with the cookbook

Hi! I am in a wedding next summer where the bride lost her mother 5yrs ago and another wedding in the summer that my close cousins fiancé just lost her mom last month. And then I have a feeling my HS friend will be getting engaged soon who also lost her mom 4yrs ago.

Is there any bridal/engagement gifts/sentiments that any brides who lost their mothers absolutely loved?

Both are already receiving bridal boxes monthly and the first one received the box anonymously from a girl mom who said they knew their mom would have gone above & beyond and it meant so much to her.

Something that a mother normally does or thinks about that a friend can step in & do or get for them?

Anyone have a cute caption for engagement pics done in a dive bar?

I'm looking for a wedding dress like this. I love the multicolored flower appliques and that the dress is form fitting but not tight. I have some physical disabilities so I need the dress to be relatively lightweight, not hot, (October in Arizona) and no train. Anyone know where to look to find something like this?

I’m a MOH for a destination wedding taking place at a very expensive high-end non-all-inclusive resort (the room and flight expenses alone have come out to $2570 and I was only able to keep the cost down because I’m bringing a +1 with me to split the room fee of $600/night).

I was responsible for all my flight and accommodation expenses. The cost of my dress and alterations ($500). And any affiliated costs for food and drinks on non-wedding-event days.

The bride didn’t have a bachelorette. She’s having one on one of the nights at the resort which we’re required to pay $200 USD for a set menu (*not drinks).

Of all wedding affiliated expenses she is only covering day of bridal party hair and makeup.

The night before the wedding the couple is having an appetizer/drink event for wedding guests (which bride and groom have paid for) and then the bridal party is being asked to go back to the brides room for a sleepover / room service (unclear if I’ll have to pay for any food I eat ordered after).

Wedding day no food cost.

The following day a cabana with all guests with food and drinks (unclear if I’ll have to pay for what I eat/drink that day.

I’m going for 7 days (6 nights) so I’ve calculated if I bring coffee pods/bagels/snacks (literally to cut down on meal costs) I’ll be paying an additional approx $350 USD to feed myself if meals I’m assuming she’s paying for are actually covered. If not it’ll be even more for me to cover. This resort is very expensive and requires $100 deposits for the restaurants booked that act as a non-refundable minimum spend towards your bill. Plus any transportation expenses to and from the airport/anywhere.

All together I’m projecting this wedding is going to cost me approximately $3500 CAD minimum once everything is said and done.

Do I need to give the couple a gift? I feel horrible not and think it’ll come off as super tacky / disrespectful but realistically this wedding is causing a huge financial strain on me when I already am going through a lot (bride is aware and hasn’t offered to help with expenses even though her parents are extremely well off and paying for everything).

Hi Brides and vendors! Looking for a restaurant wedding venue that can handle cocktail hour + seated dinner + light dancing for 200 people in Chicago and Chicagoland. Would prefer minimums starting 35K? Do you have any ideas? TIA!! Pictures for vibes and attention.

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My boyfriend and i been together for 2.5 years, his brother and soon to be wife are going to get married, and they want a really small wedding with a bigger after party, but they don’t know if they want to invite me and i can’t help but feel offended, because i know my brother is inviting my boyfriend as my plus one as he’s getting married this winter season, so i absolutely just feel offended.

i haven’t showed any emotion, yet. when my boyfriends brother said “is my girl friend aloud to attend” he kinda shrugged and said we are figuring it out.

i don’t know why i’m so hurt, any opinions or is this proper since we are not married?

So I, 25 (F) just recently got married to the absolute love of my life 25 (M) a little over two months ago! It was everything that I dreamed it would be, and honestly to this day, I still feel like I am living in a demented reality shit show from the way that our supposedly “close” friends (THAT WERE IN OUR WEDDING PARTY) treated both myself and my husband on one of the happiest days of our lives. We both had 5 “close” best friends of ours (and I put close in parentheses because we, at least, thought we were close) on the groom’s side and my side (bride) to stand up with us at our wedding.

The person that is important in this post is my former Maid of Honor and best friend (she shall be referred to for the remainder of this post as MOH). Let me know if anyone wants to hear part two and three about “Barb” (fake name), and “Stacy” (fake name) - they were also contributing factors in this story, but right now since this post will be super long, this will just be about MOH.

Let’s begin this drama fest worthy of a Netflix documentary with my MOH: I have been lifelong friends with my MOH - we literally met in the 4th grade and had been best friends ever since. We graduated high school together, helped each other through teenage breakups, drama, important life choices - you all get the point - we were super close and valued each other so much. We grew distance over the next couple years while we were both at college, but never ever lost that connection - as soon as we would meet up, we could pick up right where we left off. I always made it a point to come out and visit her (she lives approximately 3ish hours away from where I live in our home town) every couple months if our schedules worked out (mind you, I realize now that I was the only one reaching out to do this, but we can discuss this more in-depth later in the narrative).

There was absolutely no question in my mind as to who I wanted to be my Maid of Honor at our upcoming wedding, and I asked her about a month after our engagement last year after I made arrangements to come out to hang out/visit with her.

A couple more months roll by, and by this point, it is the new year - the year that we will be getting married! One thing that you all should know about me, is that I plan everything in advance because I am an organized person - meaning that I literally planned my own bachelorette party in advance to take the stress off of my MOH. I wanted to make it convenient for her, so I planned the party where she lives in the city (the airbnb was a 5 minute drive from her house), and plus, I wanted to keep it moderately cheap for the rest of my friends that were invited (I did this because of another bachelorette party the year prior as I spent almost $1,000 going out of state for Barb’s celebrations - it was fun, but I know not everyone is as financially stable as I am and as she is).

I had it planned down to the weekend that year, what activities we could do, timeline, etc., to which I asked my MOH since she lives there, what would be some dine-out options/other activities/etc. that she would know of. But, unfortunately, she did not take this as a “hint” to participate, and honestly, maybe I should have been more direct in asking? I’m not sure, but ultimately, she did not participate in choosing anymore activities, restaurants, etc., than what I had already tried to suggest. I found this odd, as she had previously been in weddings prior (one even as a MOH), but again, I didn’t sweat it too much at the time (so honestly it was no big deal).

Basically, I planned it all (which I am not complaining about as I wanted to make it as easy as possible for her due to her now-resolved health issue), but I think this is where the first red flag popped up to me that she maybe wasn’t as interested and/or excited as to what I had thought, but hey, that’s okay. I brushed it off, and the months go by and by this point it is five days before the bachelorette party and I have not heard a word from MOH about anything other than a text from her over a month ago wanting some advice for her wedding speech.

I get a phone call from her asking what she could help out with for the bachelorette party that is in 5 days and whether she should buy any decorations, bring any drinks, food, etc. - which shocked me as I had been keeping everyone that is going in the loop on a group chat (which now that I look back on, she didn’t really participate in that chat either).

For context, the bachelorette parties that I’ve been on, the Maid of Honor is usually on top of the planning (i.e. food, drinks, rides, decorations, etc.), so I assumed that MOH already did this to a certain extent (I was not assuming that she completed everything, but maybe planned on bringing some decorations and snacks). We talk about this, and by this point, I was a little nervous with the lackadaisical effort - I know that she had also been on other bachelorette parties so maybe there was a difference in my own experience versus her’s?

I let this slide, and I ended up buying my own decorations on Amazon prime so they would arrive on time, as well as planning another shopping trip to account for snacks, drinks, etc., that I had assumed MOH had taken care of (again, my lack of communication skills/non-confrontational abilities bit me in the butt). I don’t blame her all for this, but I do blame myself for the lack of communication and accountability that I should’ve reached out and asked. Maybe this was red flag #2? I’m not sure, but overall, we had a great time (although I kept worrying everyone else was having fun); in-person, she seemed like the best friend that I had known for all those years, so again, I let this slide.

Now what really set me off is when she missed my bridal shower - but please bear with me and let me explain why (or else I wouldn’t have created this post). My bridal shower occurred a couple weeks after the bachelorette party (and a couple weeks prior to the wedding), and what absolutely devastated me, is that I did not know that she was not going to be attending at all. Not a single text, phone call, or messanger dove to let me know… friends and family at my own bridal shower asked who all is in the wedding party, who is my Maid of Honor, whether or not they were here, etc., which I bluntly stated that MOH is not here when I was asked (I did not go around stating that out loud for all to hear) and I had no idea where she was.

All of my other bridesmaids showed up, which I got a picture with a majority of them for memories and to put in the wedding album (besides Stacy). MOH did not text or call (or send a card for this). I did contact her via text the next day about this, and she replied 6 days (I went back through our messages, and yes, it is indeed 6) after that initial text, stating that she had a trip planned to go visit her brother out of state for this weekend and that she was “so sad I missed your bridal shower” (actual quote from the text message). I completely understood that she had the trip planned, but to actually forget the bridal shower (which my sister-in-law did show me the text message that she sent a couple days prior which she asked MOH if she was coming to the bridal shower, and MOH replied “remind me what weekend is this? I believe we are out of town.”), let alone not get a card (this is super corny, but I love saving cards - I’ve had this habit since I was 17 and I cherish them so much - one example is since I lost my last grandma a couple years ago, I can look back on her birthday cards that she wrote to me and remember memories of her) truly bummed me out to the point I had cried about this - I guess, how would anyone feel about their best friend missing an important life event? I was not worried/expecting any sort of gift, but now the lack of effort was really starting to hit home.

I kept text messages short between us after this (which there were not a lot of texts between us leading up to the wedding honestly), because how does someone deal with this, let alone possibly address this with their best friend just weeks before a big life event by this point? Maybe I should’ve cleared the air on how I was feeling by this point - be more direct as to what I should’ve been given these past instances - but I also didn’t want the added on unnecessary stress and drama that didn’t need to happen in the first place (damn me and my non-confrontational person - I’m not joking when I say I avoided it like the plague up until after our wedding).

Moving along to the day of the wedding (she did not help set up the event space in the days leading up to the wedding day due to a flair up of her health issue, which again, we were not expecting our wedding party/family/other friends to help - it was all completely voluntary - and I did make sure to check that she was okay) - she acted again, exactly like the best friend that I knew and was supportive along the way, except now I could tell that she was only supportive when it mattered to be in-person, but not the other times (i.e. texting and calling - which is also super important). I didn’t know when she ended up going to bed that evening, and she did help with cleaning up for about an hour the next day before saying goodbye (we are super grateful to everyone that helped with this - again, completely voluntary).

The final straw came when she did not get a card (nor a gift - at first as we did receive one two weeks later and are super grateful) when we began opening wedding gifts the next couple of days after our wedding. Side note - I had learned that she recently quit her job a week or two prior to our wedding (her job was taking a toll on her mental and emotional health - overall, it was not a good work environment - PSA: please don’t settle for toxic work environment people! I just did that myself earlier this year), so I understood the financial situation on no gift (yet, and again, I did offer to return the gift based on this - and I was not being malicious about this in any way and/or trying to insult her), but to not get us a card (after I had told her my plans to save all of the wedding cards the day before the wedding), I… just didn’t know how to take it.

I was so frustrated and disappointed that I cried for awhile (still do occasionally) and I am continuing to socially isolate myself from our friends and friend group. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back (in combination with what happened with Barb and Stacy - more to come on that in later posts) - all of these red flags and me adamantly defending her previous behaviors and actions to friends and family that had noticed her lack of effort… I was just at a loss. Where did I go wrong? Did I not communicate enough to her? Are my expectations high? Did I value our friendship too much? Was I putting in way too much effort into a one-sided friendship?

I did not want to text her out of anger yet, so I waited a couple weeks to see if my feeling and emotions would subside - which they did not really settle like I thought they would. I ended up creating and working on a long explanation as to how I wanted to take a break in our friendship, why I felt the way I felt, asking about the card knowing how much I valued the little things, bridal shower fiasco (not the intention that she had a trip planned over this, but literally forgot it), etc. I was not intending this to be malicious or playing the blame game in any way. She replied a week after I sent this text stating this:

“Hey, your feelings are valid and I am sorry I wasn’t more communicative about the bridal shower. We’d had the out-of-state trip booked for months and I meant to let (my) ‘sister-in-law’ know when we got the initial invite that we wouldn’t be able to attend, but clearly I forgot. I didn’t know there was an expectation of a wedding card or I would’ve written one. I guess I thought my wedding speech was my card to the both of you. I just wish you would’ve communicated your feelings about these things before it got to this point because I feel like this could’ve been a conversation that we could’ve worked through. It sounds like now you’re at a point where you can’t move forward with our friendship, which really hurts. It makes me question how strong our friendship actually was. Regardless, clearly I can’t give you the type of friendship you are wanting right now so maybe it is best if we part ways.”

I did end up replying to this a week later, stating this:

“I appreciate your explanation in regard to the wedding card, and I apologize for not truly appreciating your alternative methods, as it is a super thoughtful and meaningful gesture. I should have approached you prior to the wedding, however, I’m not sure if I had the time or the mental/emotional preparation to fully comprehend or explain it at that point in time. That’s mostly due to how much stuff that was going on in the couple weeks leading up - mostly wedding preparations and finalizing details - but also personal stuff such as ‘sports’ (i.e. coaching) and some ongoing health stuff that I needed to prioritize. Truthfully speaking, I’m not sure if any time prior to the wedding would’ve been a good time to communicate what I felt or experienced, and I would think the last thing anyone would’ve wanted to do right before a wedding (and probably add more stress/anxiety) is sit down with one of their best friends and have to discuss this kind of topic unfortunately. Please don’t misunderstand, as I am still grateful and I do not regret having you in our wedding party because we’ve known each other for almost the past two decades - and that is where I was at in our friendship because you meant the absolute world to me and I valued and cared for our friendship so so so much. I believe that’s why it absolutely crushed me emotionally and mentally, and as to why I’ve been trying to cope/deal with it so hard. It just isn’t the best feeling or situation to have to deal with in the world when people kept coming up to me to ask about the wedding party and I didn’t have an explanation for one of the most important people in my life. Also, thank you for the kind words, and I do wish you both the best moving forward.”

Since that text (it has been well over a month) I have not heard back from her. I also question to anyone whether they have heard of a wedding speech being utilized in lieu of a wedding card (not that I do not appreciate her speech, but I curious to know if anyone else has had that happen or done that)?

I think that I honestly just would like some words of advice, as I keep going back and thinking that this is all of my fault if I had just communicated my feelings better instead of just brushing it under the rug and being non-confrontational (and then in turn, letting that fester), and also maybe setting expectations from the get go (but again, my expectations weren’t much besides maybe show up for important things - besides personal matters and emergencies happening obviously), but I can’t help but think if I were in her shoes, I would never had done what she had did to any of my friends nor if I was ever her MOH. I don’t think there is any right answer to this, nor is anyone truly to blame for everything gone wrong. I guess I just got tired of constantly being forgotten about. I do want to try and see if I can save the friendship, but honestly, I think I just bungled it enough myself and I might need to move on. AITA?

EDIT ABOUT THE GIFT:

Clarification on MOH not getting a wedding gift - she in fact, did (but forgot to get it to us on time - I’m unsure as to what an appropriate timeline would be to give a couple a late wedding gift, but normally I always do it prior or the day of, or if I am late with it, I always let the couple know that - some people have said up to a year?). We did receive a wedding gift item on Amazon from her in the mail two weeks after our wedding, and she stated that it was delayed in the mail and hence, why it took so long to get to us. Let me emphasize that we were grateful for this (shoot even the little things like cards matter to me!). But, Amazon has a nifty little option on it where the individual that created the registry can see who purchased items, what date the item(s) are ordered, what address they are shipping to, etc.

I’m pretty sure she was unaware of this detail, as I went to look on our registry on Amazon to see if in fact, it was delayed for that long. Turns out, she ordered the item just two days before it arrived on our doorstep, ultimately meaning that she lied about it being delayed. I’m not sure why she decided to lie about this, and why she thought she felt like she needed to cover it up by saying it was delayed (the item in question is a kitchenaid secure pouring shield if anyone cares to look that up). We are again, grateful for this, but the point of this is the part where she lied - I’m unsure as to what her intention was for that?

ANOTHER EDIT:

I also didn’t post the text message that I initially sent to her which sparked this conversation - it is obviously way too long as is, but I’d be happy to provide it to those that are interested!

I have to do a reading for my future SIL and we get to choose. What are some of your favorite readings that would recommend?

We are working with a very strict budget (and small comparatively to other weddings i’ve been to), but i’m wondering if videography is worth budgeting for. Brides who hired a videographer, do you watch your video enough to justify the cost? Brides who didn’t, do you regret not having one?

For further consideration, I really enjoy watching wedding videos! Even strangers lol. So part of me feels like i’ll regret not having a video to watch on our anniversary and show our daughter when she grows up. But with a tight budget i’m not sure!

i have a HUGE and complicated family. we want a small wedding. under 30 people, ideally.

i’m pretty close with my mom’s step brother and his wife. but i’m not at all close to their kids (my cousins). i doubt they even know my last name. inviting all of them plus their spouses would be an additional 6 people, plus THEIR adult children, so at least 10. that’s way too many.

i wasn’t invited to their weddings, so they shouldn’t be hurt, but still, i don’t want to be mean. i’d like my aunt and uncle to be there but i really don’t want to start drama. when i was a kid, wedding invitation drama started a horrible spiral that split my family apart for 10 years. i’m not THAT important lol, so it wouldn’t be that extreme, but still, i don’t want to cause problems…

i haven’t been to a lot of weddings, so i really don’t know etiquette and stuff… i asked my mom for advice and she says it could hurt feelings but she doesn’t think it will. i’d like to get a second opinion just in case.

I’ll start by saying these views are my own and I fully respect everyone doing what feels right to them.

Traditional parts of the wedding day experience have me feeling uncomfortable, objectified and just disrespected in some ways. I’m working with my fiancé to find work around and create an experience that feels authentic to us, but I’m just curious if others have felt the same.

• hiding from the groom before a first look: I don’t know why I need to be revealed or unseen until I am perfectly put together and dressed. I don’t want my presence or appearance to be a surprise to my groom. Instead I think I want to get ready together and have the groom see me with hair and make up done before we travel to the venue.
• walking down the aisle with someone: My dad died two years ago. My mom, who recognizes her inclination toward tradition, is upset that I don’t want her or my brother to walk me. Why do I need to be given away? I am feeling empowered to walk myself as this is a choice I’m making with my fiancé and know my dad will be with me in spirit.
• wearing items that are gifted to me, like jewelry or getting ready robe. Other people don’t dress me normally, why would I wear items of their choosing on my wedding? I am appreciative of the gifts, but not the expectation that they be used on my wedding.

Things like this leave me feeling a bit of a prop within the situation of this wedding. And while I’m supported by my fiancé it’s challenging to break expectations and do what feels right to me. Has anyone else ever felt like this?

This may be a dumb question, but where do y’all store/keep your digital wedding photos? Do you keep them on an external hard drive or the cloud? Our photog gave us them on a thumb drive but I feel like I should keep multiple copies stored/backed up in places just in the event they were lost. Thanks y’all 🙃

Hello, I am getting married at the end of November, and we are interested in creating a cocktail theme for each of our two dogs. Rocco is the German Shepherd Corgi mix on the left, and Riley is the German Shepherd on the right.

Right now all I have is a Margarita on the Rocco's 😅

I know that the people of reddit are way more creative than I am! Any help would be greatly appreciated 😊

So just like the title says it… I think I did it wrong. So basically me and my husband to be decided to get married on the fly a couple weeks ago and we’re doing a courthouse wedding on November 7th which will be very small and intimate. I went on Tuesday to look for dresses and found one I really liked, very pretty and long similar to this one on the picture. I don’t have a picture of it because right after buying it I took it to the tailor to adjust it but now.. the more I look into “courthouse dresses” inspo they all look just way to different, and mostly anyone is wearing like a long dress like that. I just feel like I’ll feel like a fool the day of my wedding

If your wedding was in October and you wanted to go somewhere with good weather (any weather just no snow), flying from IAD and total cost (airfare, accommodation, food, activities, etc) would be $5-7k.. where would you go?

Hi all - I’m trying to finalize a destination for my bachelorette party. I’m based in NY and I’m torn between Chicago and Nashville.

Curious of others thoughts?

In terms of what we want to do, a mix of bars and partying, along with some other non alcohol related activities.

Thanks

Hey there, Looking for thoughts on our alcohol list, our guest count is 115 with about 90 people who actually can/will drink but I keep worrying we’re going to run out.

120 light beers 48 IPAs 72 seltzers White Wine - 15 bottles Sparkling Rose - 15 bottles Red Wine - 15 bottles Champagne - 15 bottles - for toast only

For the 2 batched cocktails: Whiskey - 3 bottles Tequila - 3 bottles

So basically just wanted to know if this is wired or normal to do 2 ceremony’s . So basically me and my girl are gonna have a small legal court house ceremony before I deploy to Iraq for 9 months “ I’m in the army” so we are legally married . And when I get back we are gonna have an actual nice weeding . Just wondering if this is wired to have 2 ceremony’s ?

Hi all! I’m the bride and I have my bachelorette trip coming up this January. My bridal party has taken full control over planning the event (which I am so thankful for), but I’d still like to put together a small gift for each girl, any ideas? It’s a pretty large group going and I’m looking to keep it affordable, I’d also like to add in something special for the hosts since they’ve put in so much planning for me. TYIA🤍 (side note: I’d like to give them something they will actually use and not just toss after the trip)

Anyone know where to find white/beige/ivory dresses like this one? I did my best to draw it in my own body measurement (5’4, 175lbs) It will be a courthouse wedding during the cold season so I prefer it with long flow-y sleeves. I also prefer a satiny fabric. Budget is around $90-$400. Thank you so much!!!

I am supposed to get married late next year. We booked our venue back in July, but I started experiencing some health issues in august. I’ve recently learned that I could potentially be diagnosed with a chronic illness that can cause infertility.

Obviously we didn’t see this coming, and I’m having a really hard time processing everything. My fiancé has been really supportive and wants to go through with the wedding, because he doesn’t want me to allow the negative outweigh the positive, but I honestly feel depressed. I haven’t done any wedding planning since august and now that that we are nearing the one year mark I’m starting to get anxious about planning. I feel like I need to start booking vendors but I just can’t get myself to care about the little details.

We have discussed the possibility of hiring a wedding planner but decided that it’s out of our budget. So we are considering maybe eloping instead. I’m torn because I know my fiancé really wants the wedding but eloping sounds more peaceful to me right now.

Anyway, I’m feeling sad and could really use some advice. Has anyone else been through a similar situation?

I'm not sure which option is better or more convenient. Going to the stylist's location would allow for cutting out travel fees (which isn't too considerable, I think the most expensive quote I received for that was $150 for the day). However, I feel like having the stylist come to me would take a lot of burden off me in terms of travel from them to the ceremony and getting there on time for the event.

But most stylists I've talked to for quotes stated that they will not travel unless a minimum of 3 people are getting their hair/makeup done. I do have that minimum met, but if any one of my bridesmaids want to back out (which is a possibility) then I'd either have to find another bridesmaid willing to get their hair and makeup done in their place, or travel to the salon anyway. I structured this so that it wasn't a requirement on my bridesmaids to have their hair or makeup done, since I would have them pay for their own service if they wanted it. The people who are participating chose to do it and are aware of the cost, but one of my bridesmaids is on the fence even after seemingly committing.

The places I'm looking at are anywhere between 10 to 25 miles from the ceremony location.

What did you do for your wedding?

Last weekend my fiance and I attended a wedding where at the end the bride was required to throw the bouquet to a group of single/unmarried ladies. My fiance thought that would be creating unnecessary pressure on her unmarried friends and our siblings since they aren't married yet.

I am thinking of a different - unique- alternative to do with the bouquet. Please help. Something fun and unique but won't draw attention on the unmarried ladies present.

Looking to see if any other known options for wedding ring / silicone ring combinations for groom.

What would you recommend for a regular Titanium or Tungsten wedding ring and silicone option?

I was in my first wedding this past weekend and just got asked to be a bridesmaid today. I am going to be a maid of honor to my childhood and lifelong best friend next year.

The wedding I was a bridesmaid in this past weekend is a good friend of mine, she is a coworker. I would say her and I are great friends, but she has closer friends from childhood or college that she knows better and for longer.

The wedding I got asked to be a bridesmaid for today is my high school best friend. Since high school within the past 10 ish years, we have always found a way to reconnect. In between our reconnections, we don’t talk much. Honestly, I am excited to have been asked to be a bridesmaid but I wasn’t necessarily expecting it.

My question is - am I obligated to reciprocate these positions when I get married? My boyfriend and I are pretty serious, and have talked about marriage. He does not have many guy friends. I can think of 5 MAYBE 6 people he would choose to stand by his side that he has told me. I could easily have 8-10 including the two friends above that asked me to be in their wedding.

What is the wedding etiquette that comes with being a bridesmaid? Will these bridesmaids expect to be bridesmaids in my future wedding? Is it possible to have more bridesmaids than groomsmen? Help!