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" Writes Save the Date reader Gena: I have three sisters ages 14 to 19 who I&amp;#x27;m extremely close with, and I&amp;#x27;m struggling with how I should include them in my wedding. For how important they are to me, I would love to have them be involved, but they wouldn&amp;#x27;t be able to do much more than stand next to me at the wedding because of their ages. They wouldn&amp;#x27;t be able to contribute to any activities (bridal shower, wedding) or even attend the bachelorette party. However, naming them junior bridesmaids doesn&amp;#x27;t sound right to me. Should I exclude them entirely from the wedding or include them as bridesmaids that just walk down the aisle? Help! Here are my thoughts: Yeah, 14 is probably too old for the &amp;quot;junior bridesmaid&amp;quot; title. I mean, it&amp;#x27;s basically the equivalent of &amp;quot;senior flower girl,&amp;quot; and once you hit high school, you&amp;#x27;re too old for a title like that. (And one of your sisters is college age!) I&amp;#x27;d go ahead and make them full-fledged bridesmaids, but let the rest of your bridesmaids know that their contributions&amp;amp;#8212;especially financial contributions&amp;amp;#8212;might be limited. That said, if I were the bride, I&amp;#x27;d go out of my way to help them feel included. Maybe they could help make shower favors. Or bake something. Or put together a little home movie about you and your fiance to share with guests. And obviously you don&amp;#x27;t want them tagging along if you&amp;#x27;re headed to a strip club, but you could always do a PG-rated bachelorette activity (like this one!) and include them in that. And if one of the three doesn&amp;#x27;t mind speaking, you could ask her to make a speech at the rehearsal dinner. I think if you look for ways to include them, they&amp;#x27;ll feel like full-fledged bridesmaids, even if they aren&amp;#x27;t in the back of the party bus with you. Their duties don&amp;#x27;t need to be limited to walking down the aisle! Ladies, what do you think? Should Gena make her sisters bridesmaids? Junior bridesmaids? Or nothing at all? Have a wedding-y dilemma of your own? Email me! Photo: Thinkstock."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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