I have started wedding planning which is very exciting, this is just something I'm thinking about and wondering if anyone else has had the same?
My fiancé has a close male friend he'd have as a best man and some he'd have as groomsmen.
Without sounding like a sob story, I don't have female friends I'm close enough to. I've been a bridesmaid twice, once in 2015 and once in 2019. However rarely see or speak to the women I was a bridesmaid for now, not through my lack of trying but they just showed disinterest once they were in different life stages to me.
I do have female friends but nobody who I would say I'm incredibly close to and have that 'ride or die' thing with. Just people I'd meet occasionally for a coffee and speak to here and there.
Would the wedding be strange if I didn't have bridesmaids? Not only that, but I don't have an interest in doing the whole hen/bridal party etc. And I don't think I'd have the budget to pay for a whole team of dresses, make up for them all etc.
Aware this makes me sound miserable but it's just who I am! I don't want to let my fiancé down at all, I just don't seem to have this girly group and almost feel embarrassed. Any advice?