{"id":51531,"date":"2014-06-14T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topweddingquestions.com\/blog\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2014-06-14T06:22:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:22:03","slug":"roles-for-girls-in-a-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wedding-etiquette-questions\/roles-for-girls-in-a-wedding","title":{"rendered":"Roles For Girls In A Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children’s Roles in A\u00a0Wedding<\/h1>\n

I have 2 attendants currently, my fiance has 1. I would love to include his 4 nieces in the wedding, but he does not want 6 standing on my side and only 1 on his. The girls are ages 10-18. I know the oldest 2 really should be bridesmaids, but that’s not an option. Do you think it would be acceptable to have all 4 as flower girls, or 2 flower girls 2 junior bridesmaids, or perhaps 4 flower girls and his goddaughter can be the ring bearer also? I could always have them do readings but I think they would be excited to be part of the procession.<\/p>\n

I know these are unusual options. Would I be breaking any rules of etiquette by going against tradition?<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n

Donna, Wedding Queen<\/h4>\n

All of these girls are much too old to be flower girls, and ring bearers are typically boys age 3 – 5<\/a>. I think everyone would find these roles too odd for this age group.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to have evenly matched bridal attendant members on each side. My recommendation is for the younger girls to be junior bridesmaids and the older as bridesmaids.<\/p>\n

Those are the only roles that would include them as members of the bridal party where they would be dressed in the same clothes and treated as attendants and part of the processional.<\/p>\n

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