I don't have a maid of honor?

[thetsakid]

My best friend is a guy. I don't have any close girl friends although I have 4 bridesmaids. I can't just pick on of those as my maid of honor. So I have a Man of Honor, or Best Man of the Bride, or Special friend of the Bride....I have no clue what to call him. I'm having a formal wedding so I think he should be called a Man of Honor but everyone is telling me different things....HELP!

[frenchie]

I think Man of Honor is fine.
And I think it's fine to have a close male friend be your MOH. Especially if he's also close to your FH.

I was "Best Man" at a friend's wedding, partially because most of his guy friends had backstabbed him recently.

[thatgirljenn]

It's your wedding I think you should call him whatever you want!

Or maybe ask him what he'd prefer to be called?

Personally, I like Man of Honor.

[WendyNC]

I found this on another site -

When a man serves as maid of honor or a lady serves as best man, they are called honor attendants. To keep things equal, you may want to call him the bride's "honor attendant" and call the best man the groom's "honor attendant".

[WendyNC]

Here is another one, from Good Housekeeping of all places




http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/cm/goodhousekeeping/images/qa_Q_57x68.gifI want my best friend, who is a man, to be my "maid of honor." What should he be called, and how should his role be adjusted? I can't picture him walking down the aisle right next to my husband's best man.



http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/cm/goodhousekeeping/images/qa_A_57x55.gifThese days the term "honor attendant" is popular. As for his duties, obviously he won't be helping you change into and out of your gown.
But there are plenty of other ways he can help. His first priority is to be an unstinting source of support on the big day. Also, he needs to make sure the other attendants are where they should be and up to speed on their responsibilities.

During the ceremony, he stands next to you. Some tasks can be modified: A friend of mine, for example, arranged for her male friend to hand her bouquet to her grandmother, sitting in a front pew, after she'd made her way to the front of the church (he didn't want to stand there holding a bouquet). As for how you all depart, the bridal couple's two "best" men can walk solo down the aisle, one after the other.

[WebLady]

I was gonna say "honor attendant" is what I hear alot. But I guess "man of honor" or "best man of the bride" would be fine too. Whatever works for you :)

[Whitewater]

A few years back two of my best friends got married (to each other!) and the groom had his best friend -- a girl -- as his Best Being :) They decided to nix gender roles all together!

I still laugh, particularly since the Best Being is going to help me plan MY wedding!! We're all good friends, you see.


Whitewater

[BnB]

When my sister married in 1988, their bestman was a girl.
It had always been my BIL's best friend, since k-g, so his bestman was female, Jill was her name.

She wore a dress. It was fine.