Walking Down The Isle

I just got married 2 weeks ago and I would do it that the best man goes with the maid of honour, the next bridesmaid and one other groomsman, and then the last groomsman will take the two girls. I t`ll look classy and not to out of place.

Why doesn`t he just pick another groomsman to make it even.

He can`t pick another groomsmen, we already have all our good friends as groomsmen. It`s all about having your good friends and family in the wedding RIGHT?

Well, yes it is about having family and friends involved but does he only have 3 friends or family members? I`msure you two wouldnt have a problem picking another. Because at this point, it would be wrong to drop one. Also you don`t have to have every good friend stand up. They can be a part of the wedding by helping you plan it. You two should have thought about the mis-match before you asked them all to stand up. I`m not trying to be mean. Also pictures will look unbalanced. If you go ahead with the mismatch then I would have all the guys up with the groom and have the girls walk down one by one. They don`t have to be escorted.

I dont agree with GB at all. I think that it is perfectly fine to have an unbalenced side. I have been to 4 weddings in the past year and 3 of them for whatever reason had an unbalenced side... And I dont think that you should put an extra grooms man that isn`t a great friend just for a body. Have the last grooms man walk in with two girls. The pictures will look FINE
Good luck

GB-
He only has 3 good friends (best friends), A LOT of our friends truned to drugs and we don`t even hang out with them. And as for his famliy goes he has a very small famliy, hes an only child and his only cousins (2) are in the wedding (flower girl and ring bearoer). His Step dad can`t do it because he has a broke ankle. His real dad is a jerk and porbably wouldn`t come to the wedding. He`s never met his moms side of the family. SO WE REALLY DON"T HAVE ANOTHER GUY!!!!!! We had to make it uneven because how would I tell one of the girls (my sister and my 3 best friends) they can`t be in the wedding, they would be hurt. I just wanted to know how to walk them since there uneven. I`m just going to have the best man with the maid of honor, one braidsmaid with a groomsmen, and the last 3 will walk together the groomsmen in the middle of 2 braidsmaids.

Thanks for all your help Karen, I`m sure it will be fine.

I hope my message is not too late. I got married last June, and we had an odd number for our bridal party as well. We had one Maid of Honor, one Bestman, four Bridesmaids, and two Groomsmen. We had six flowergirls as well.

It was our wedding, and it was our decision, so who cares if we didn`t have the same number for bridesmaids and groomsmen? The pictures and video for our procession turned out really great, and the number of bridal party involved didn`t matter at all. We had the best bridal party because they are our best friends and closest relatives.

For the procession, we had the shortest bridesmaid walk in front by herself, followed by the bestman with the 2nd bridesmaid. Then the 1st groomsman walk with the 3rd bridesmaid, and 2nd groomsman with the 4th bridesmaid. The maid of honor followed them, walking by herself, leading the flowergirls.

There are no rules that say the bestman always have to walk with the maid of honor, neither that the number in your bridal party should be even. I hope this gives you some idea for your wedding procession.

Do what you think is right for both you and your fiance, and always remember that nothing is totally perfect, so don`t let small things spoiled your wedding preparation. Have fun and enjoy..

I think you should have you maid of honor walk down by herself ( she can escort the bride in) and you can use your best man to walk down the aile with the extra girl. Also you can worry about the pictures when that day come. Most people are worried about how beautiful the bride looked, not how many braidsmaids and groomsman she had. My sister just got married and the groom and best man walked down together followed by the braidsmaids and groom mans, then the maid of honor who walked by herself, and then the flower girls. All I`m saying is your groom can walk alone and have your bestman walk with your extra girl, and believe me your wedding and your pictures will be perfect. Good Luck!

You could always have the guys wait at the alter and have the girls walk down by themselves

Who cares whether or not the pictures look "even?" Forty years from now, do you want to look at your wedding pictures and smile because you`re still friends with all the people who were in your wedding party, or do you want to say to yourself, "well, I don`t know whatever happened to so-and-so, but at least he helped us have really symmetrical pictures"? I`ve been a bridesmaid many times and for two of the weddings, I felt like I was only there to even up the guy/girl ratio. Not fun. Ask people you truly love and care about to be your attendants, and you can`t go wrong.

Having an odd amount is perfectly OK. I am having a MOH, jr bm, and 2 male honor attendants. I do not think my FH`s groomsmen are going to be walking down the aisle with my male attendants. My FH is having a best man, gm, and 2 jr gm (our sons) plus we will have the fg and rb. We will figure out how everybody is going to walk when rehearsal comes.
I may have my MOH alone, 2 honor attendants together (they are brothers, don`t think they will mind) then my jr bm (who is my sister) escorted by our jr gm (her nephews) I forgot the GM. HAve my MOH escorted by the BM and GM so that both ladies will be escorted by two men.
I think pictures will be fine. All the focus will be on you anyhow!

We had an extra man. So we had two men escort the moh during the recessional. It was fine. The pictures came out lovely. Nothing looked uneven or weird. It`s just too ridiculous to even worry about such minutia.

After rereading these post, I realized my boys will not be walking my sister down the aisle, they are walking ME half way down and giving me to my dad, who will then give me to my FH! Duh! Guess I will have to figure something out.

Again, it doesn`t matter. Pictures will turn out great and as long as everybody is smiling and having fun that is all that matters!