Having a female as one of the groomsmen????

megan0801

So my fiance really wants his best friend (who happens to be a girl) to be one his groomsmen... I personally think it would put her in a tough position and feel out of place? I am also not sure if I would want one of my bridesmaids and her walking down the aisle... Just a little weird to me... I already have 3 bridesmaids and am fine with having her be one of my bridesmaids as I adore her, but he doesn't want to have 4 maids/groomsmen.... Any suggestions/ideas???

veijes

I think it's really cute when a wedding party has a groomswoman. You can have the girl in a black dress to match the tuxes but the same style as your bridesmaids. Also, an option for walking down the aisle...you can have all of your groomsman at the altar already with the groom and just have each bridesmaid and the groomswoman to walk down the aisle alone. We did this at my mom's wedding and it worked out really well. Then on the way out, 1 groomsman had a girl on each arm since the sides were uneven.

Bimbi284

I agree! I think its cool that he wants to have a groomsgirl. I think the black dress idea is great! I wouldn't worry about having uneven sides, you can walk down in whatever way makes sense to you, and no one will notice really. It sounds like it would mean a lot to your fiance, so I say go for it!

drdifabio

We are doing this! My FI is the youngest of 4 with two brothers and one sister. He is very close to his sister so it just made sense for her to stand up supporting him. She was actually really honored to be asked to be a groomswoman. We have the guys in brown tuxes and the girls in brown dresses so she will look just like a BM but just stand up for Joe. We have odd numbers - 6 BMs and 6 GM with 1 GW - so one GM will walk down with two ladies. But I dont think it is an issue at all to have two girls walk down together. That or you could have all the grooms side standing up front and just have the brides side walk down the aisle - up to you!

megan0801

That sounds great!! Thank you all for the suggestions! I am really excited about it now! I will probably have her in the same dress as the bridesmaids but in black with the blue accents and then let her decide if she would want to walk up with on of my bridesmaids or have the men up front and each girl walk down alone...

Thanks to you all!

leggwilliams

Completely agree with PP! If it's important to your FI then you should definitely include her, plus it's something unique people will remember from your wedding

Kniblet

Another Knottie that I am friends with is doing this.  The girl that will be on FI's side is a really close friend of his so it makes sense.  I think it's great that more people are into it now.

Kelly&Mike10

I love this idea.  I was hoping my brothers would stand up on my side, but I couldn't convince the older one that it was ok so they will both be on my grooms side.  And that's fine too - I just want them a part of my wedding.  But I loved the thought of having my closest support systems on my side - regardless of gender.  But oh well.  I'm still happy either way. 

dc*prep

We're doing something similar. My BFF is a guy, so he'll be my "Man of Honor." In this instance, he'll be wearing the same tux as the GM (obviously I'm not going to make him dress in pink head-to-toe), but I've seen several weddings where the girl (on the guys' side) is wearing a black dress.

I have four girls and one guy on my side, and FI has four guys on his side. So I'm thinking that my sister (my MOH) can just walk up with both the Best Man and my Man of Honor. Then the rest of the party will walk up paired off like normal.