BM Dropping Out :(

MrsG2B83

Yesterday, all my groomsmen put their deposits down on their tuxes. No muss, no fuss. Now as for the bridesmaids, I had a couple hold outs:

After some hymming and hawing, my stepmom ordered my little sister's dress. My Godsister's mother is still waiting to get her daughter's jr. bridesmaid dress. Waiting on what? I don't know...
Sadly, it's becoming clear to me that my cousin won't be able to be in my wedding. Her daughter probably won't be able to be a jr. bridesmaid, either. I'm a little bummed but I understand, since she's in the middle of planning her own wedding.

How do I deal with the uneven number? We have planned on having each BM walk down with a GM but does that just mean I'll have to double up on one?

I kinda know the answer, I just want to know your thoughts?

sprtychick10

It's ok to have uneven sides. I think it's perfectly fine to have them double up as needed. 

Sorry to hear about your cousin dropping out

Dominique2011

My soon to be sister in law dropped out of the wedding. I love her so much-- but she has a lot going on right now, and unfortunetely is not reliable =( One of my bridesmaids will be escorted with two groomsmens. It's okay to have an un-even number in your wedding party... no worries

sarah42nd

I agree with the PPs. You could also have the BMs walk alone. I seen a few weddings where the groom and grooms men go out together and the BMs walk down by themselves . Maybe thats an option?

aerinpegadrak

Yeah, you'd double up.  You can sort it all out at the rehearsal, it's not that big a deal.

shaydenise

It's okay to have uneven sides.  If you don't have a ginormous bridal party, you could have each person walk out separately, then you won't have to double up.  We had even sides, but I had a bridesman so he walked out alone and one GM walked out alone, then the rest paired up.  You can make it work, don't stress about the small stuff like even numbers!

Mamasgirl985

I have a similar issue going on... we originally asked 8 each and I know I have 7 definite girls and 8th I haven't heard much from and as for the guys there are 5 definite 1 of them is the husband of the 1 girl of mine who may or may not do it so we don't know if he would still do it if she wasn't or not and 2 of the guys are in teh military and their dates have changed so now it looks like they won't be able to make it. So we might have some uneven sides as well, but we will figure out how to make it work. When my parents got married my mom had 3 maids and my dad had 7 guys.