How to ask my friend to be my maid of honor?
To ask my best friend, I sent her an email with a detailed history of the tradition of the Maid of Honor. I didn’t include any prologue in front of it and I titled it “History Lesson”. After all the history and tradition I wrote, “I don’t have a sister. You’re the closest thing I’ve got and I am really grateful for that. So do you think that you’d want to stand and protect me on my wedding day as my Maid of Honor? It’s a great position, doesn’t pay well, but it’s steeped in tradition!” That’s my personality though. She laughed and said of course as long as I didn’t list her as a “matron” of honor (she got married last month) because it makes her feel old ( = Sing her a song or write her a poem about how much she means (a cheeky poem, not a mushy one!) and let her make the decision!
