How to Ask a Friend to be Your Bridesmaid

Planning your wedding is an exciting time. However, there is often a great deal of stress involved in wedding preparations as well. Asking friends to be your bridesmaids should be one of the fun parts of getting ready for your wedding because these women will share one of the most important moments of your life with you. In this article, we will discuss how to ask a friend to be your bridesmaid.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Notepad
• Piece of paper
• Small bouquet of wildflowers
• Brownies or another type of sweet snack
• Ice cream

How to Ask a Friend to be Your Bridesmaid

1. Funny memories can be a great way to bring up how much a friendship has meant to you, Make a list of three things that brought you and your friend together.How did you meet? What about a particularly fun or funny event that involved the two of you? Or just something the two of you have in common and holds fond memories for you both.
2. Invite your friend over for brownies and ice cream. The two of you can talk or catch up while you are eating. As you talk, mention how important her friendship has been to you, and cite items from your list.
3. Ask her to be your bridesmaid.You may want to say something along the lines of, "We've had so much fun together already and your friendship is so important to me. It would mean so much to me if you will stand beside me at my wedding."
4. If you are planning on having odd or extremely unique bridesmaids dresses, you may want to let you friend know ahead of time if you expect her to pay for the gown. Give her the flowers. When you give them to her, laugh and make a joke such as, "See, I already got you a bouquet!" Her answer will almost certainly be a resounding "Yes!"

Tips & Warnings

• If participating in your wedding is going to be unusually expensive because of travel or extravagant clothing and accessory requirements, you need to let your bridesmaid know this ahead of time. It may prevent her from being part of the wedding party, and you should factor this in before deciding what will be required of your bridesmaids.