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Another wedding party blunder!
Attention all brides: I need some serious advice! I have a Maid of Honour named Michelle who is great; my second best friend is a male by the name of Scott, and my third best friend is another male by the name of Ibrahim. Now seeing how it's 2009 I didn't see a problem in having male bridesmaids standing up for me. So I asked my three best friends to accept their roles and of course they did with bells on.
Well, my fiancé, Steve, lost it when he found out. He doesn't agree that we should have men on my side standing up, he would like to be more traditional and have only men on his side. I could relate to his theory if I had more women to choose from but my friendships are very important to me, and I keep very few people close enough to ask such a question. What am I to do? I already asked my male friends, they already said yes, we have looked at tux colours, and now I have to figure out some way to tell them without putting all the blame on Steve that they can't stand for me anymore.
Would any of you put your foot down and say they want males on their side? Should I take it as Steve is threatened by all the men standing up? I know I want to be the prettiest girl on that day, maybe he wants to be the most handsome and the most important one up there on the big day. I don't know what to do, I don't mind having only the MOH and the Best Man standing without any other attendants but then the pictures will be of just four people and I always pictured a big wedding party. I could ask my male friends to be ushers, but it's really important to me that they stand next to me. I just don't want to upset Steve on our big day-this is obviously driving him crazy!
I asked my male friends over two months ago..and he is just blowing up now. Can anyone relate or give me a hand with this problem I could really use some great advice here ladies!
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