Best man a woman

chris · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:59 pm Post subject: Best man a woman

Anybody else's h2b is having a woman as his "best man"? My h2b has a very close friend, Sue, whom he's known for approx 15yrs, they were in a group of mature students at Uni & are very close. They promised each other that if either of them ever remarried..the other would be best man...so of course the promise is going to be kept.

It is perfectly fine by me, I'm good friends with Sue now as well, in fact sometimes we leave h2b out when w're giggling about men etc...she's foot loose & fancy free, & enjoys having a good time...no wedding bells again for her yet.

Just wondered whether anyone else is doing the same?

chris xx Laughing

Louise · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 131

Its great to have the people that mean the most to you playing the important roles in the wedding, I think its great to have a female best man. One of my greatest mates is a bloke, we are having him as an usher because I don't think a male bridesmaid would quite work!!

chris · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:43 pm Post subject:

Louise, what about your friend being "Man of Honour" some people on another forum are doing that with good man friends.......more special than an usher.

chris xx

cymonguk · Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

I had my cousin as my best woman, about one/two months before the wedding i fell out with my best man, as he refused to come to sort out the suits, he was insistent that his wife and daughters were bridesmaids (??), although this had a lot to do with his wife. If not then they must sit at the top table (obviously not possible), so we fell out.

I asked my cousin if she would do it for me, we had been great friends since being kids, as we spent most summer holidays with our grandparents (in fact we said we were going to get married when we were 5 lol). I gave her away at her wedding about 2 months before.

She did a far better job than he could have done, she did a great speech and had even taken videos of family members who couldnt be there! She was funny without being rude, had made some really good pictures of us, and really added to the day. My wife swears that if it wasnt for the fact we were cousins she would be very worried coz we get on so well (we are very similar).

Louise · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 131

Sounds to me like you got the best person for the job and put in extra effort to make your day special. What did she wear? was she matching with the bridesmaids or did she dress to tone in with the grooms party?

cymonguk · Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

She was simply dressed in a smart skirt suit with hat, in a cream colour, quite neutral.