I only had one attendant and she has been my BFF since 3rd grade.....we are 62 now. She moved 2 hours away after high school and to Oregon and then Alaska while I moved to the east coast. I'm still here and she's in Hawaii now. We don't see each other often but we make it a point to call and catch up.

We're still in touch with all of the wedding party members. Most were family with a couple of friends thrown in. We don't get to visit often, but reconnect when we can.

We will have been married 32 years in November and we still see those that were in our wedding party. One was my sister and the other two I was also bridesmaids/maid of honour for them. My Dh still sees his groomsmen quite often.

I only had my then sister in law, as she was helping me get ready, she told me she was filing for divorce. Asked me not to tell anyone! I still keep in touch with her. My brother walked me down the aisle, he has passed.

My late husband and I were married 32 years. All 6 of his groomsmen, 5 of my bridesmaids, and our ring-bearer attended his funeral, with one of the groomsmen officiating. My 6th bridesmaid couldn't be there, so she asked her brother to attend in her place.

Six of them are our siblings, two are cousins, five are friends. Seven of us (including DH) graduated from high school in the same class. Some moved away for a time, but most of us have returned to our rural community. My husband and I lived the farthest away, in western Colorado, one lived in Florida, two lived in Ohio about 3 hrs away. Only two (groomsmen) live outside of our area now, Illinois and New Hampshire, but when they return home we always meet. One was here a few weeks ago.

The two who lived a few hours away (my best friend, and DH's cousin who spoke at the funeral) met at our rehearsal dinner and married 6 months later--and are still married. I think our lives will always be intertwined.

Guess that would be "No". My husband and I eloped. No one else knew until after the fact. :)

first wedding, no...we moved and never kept contact....my second wedding, were older people who both have passed away....first marriage was 4 years...second, just celebrated or 45th....

My husband and I will be married 53 years in September my sister was my maid of honor and she has passed away and my husbands brother was his best man and he lives in Florida and he rarely hears from him to talk. But they do stay in touch with jokes on facebook.

I got married in 1972. Wedding were so much easier, and less expensive than now... specially for someone from a different country with not much knowledge on how things are done here.

My sister was my maid of honor.

we are still in GREAT contact, specially with skype.

Moni

Thanks for sharing. I love how we learn a little more about each other.

My first marriage was in 1968. My sister was my Matron of Honor and we are very close even though we live 1000 miles apart. The other three I haven't heard from in many years which is a shame. I tried to keep in contact but they don't respond so I finally gave up. My second marriage was in 1988 and I keep in contact with all my attendants because they were our children who were teens at the time!!!

Joann

It's been fifty years. My matron of honor died in December. I don't see or hear from my two bridesmaids, both of whom are on second/third 'partners'. DH's attendants are living, but he doesn't see them either -- some subsequent divorces, moves across country. Only one groomsman was in DH's family but he proved to be a liar and a user. As for the rest...I think we grew in different directions, or maybe we represent 'happier days'.

Out of a total of 10, 2 were relatives, 8 were friends. Two died in their 50s, one couple divorced and the guy left town with no forwarding address. That leaves 7. We have ongoing contact with those still standing. One of them only every once in awhile, the others pretty regularly. Most of us don't still live in the area where we met and none are less than a 5 hour drive away from where we are now. They visit our area, we visit theirs, we see each other then and communicate in-between.

Edit to add - I think we all experience the Ins and Outs in our active groups of friends. Job related moves, life circumstance related moves, growing older and sometimes growing apart from friends, seems to be normal. To me, that's what makes the long term friendships very special.

I am still in touch with my Maid of Honor who happened to be my twin sister. LOL. It was a very small wedding so didn't have any bridesmaids. Even after almost 38 years I have kept in touch with most of my girl friends that came to the wedding. DH has lost track of his Best Man, he just stopped calling and writing. He has kept in touch with a few of his friends that came to the wedding. We moved our wedding night from the Midwest to the West Coast. I guess distance and time take a toll on friendships.

One of my sisters was my maid of honor. Had 3 other bridesmaids, DH's sister, my brothers wife and a friend of mine. Best man was one of DH's brothers. Other 3 groomsmen were other brother of DH, and 2 of my brothers. Occasionally comment on FB with my friend and my brother and his wife are divorced now, still touch base with her also occasionally on FB.

Been married for 61+ years and all of our family members have passed, except for baby brother who is 65 now. Thanks for sharing and bringing back those long ago memories. Seems like I post that very often, and I truly do love having those memories revived and wish the same for all of you!

after 49 years....one of mine has passed away (20 years ago...I still miss her) another moved away but not lost....and one lives about 5 mins away ....if I dont hit all the red lights....!

patti

Only 1 person left...my sister. Not even the groom.

My DH's Dad was the best man and my Dad the maid of honor. We were married in 1971 in the priest's office in the rectory. Moms were witnesses. Only my Mom is still with us.

Thanks for the memories!

Caflower, I'm also a twin (we're fraternll) and she was my matron of honor. I had a very small wedding and we had a best man and matron of honor. We have kept in touch with almost everyone who was invited, except for three people.

We eloped. My husband knew the couple who stood up for us, but I did not. He was an older man from work who showed an interest in the young employee who was eloping and so he and his wife stood up for us. He got a job that was a promotion in another state 5 months later and didn't keep in touch.

Married 56 years ago, in Korea ... we were together 11 years, apart for over 40 ... Sue died 11 years ago.

Clergyman was missionary colleague, he and wife had an apartment in same house as I a few years earlier. He died, after dealing with dementia, nearly 10 years ago, we'd stayed in contact occasionally.

His wife was matron of honour, they'd lived in a city 50 miles away after retirement - son has been a guest in their home while working for a few days in their area. Some time after Don's death, Alice moved to Calgary to be near her daughter and died three or four years ago. Both are buried in Korea.

Best man was a missionary doc, retired to the east coast, we were in contact occasionally, had not met them in years and he died several years ago.

Guests were pretty well all missionaries, several of whom I've contacted occasionally; some Korean colleagues, not much contact with them.

ole joyful

We lost contact with most of our wedding attendees except for a few. My Father-in-law performed the marriage ceremony (He was the Pastor of the church). My sister-in-law was one of the bridesmaids. We have maintained contact with those people. My wife's parents are now deceased thus reducing the number of contacts.

We've been married 34 years. We had 16 in our wedding party and are still in contact with all of them. A few were cousins (I'm from a big Italian family), but most were childhood and college friends. Recently had lunch with my flower girl who is turning 40.