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Help - how to walk the party
My fiance and I each asked 5 people to stand up on our respective sides (including MOH/BM). I have a close male friend standing on my side. One of my other bridesmaids just backed out due to time and money constraints. I'm debating whether to ask someone else to stand up or to go uneven. I'm leaning towards being uneven, but I'm not sure how to get everyone down the aisle and back with so many males in the group. I have a couple thoughts, but hoping someone has a brilliant idea I fall in love with 
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Re: Help - how to walk the party
And let them walk any way they want. If they want to partner up, go for it. You can have two of the women walk with two men each and then have two single pairs. If they want to go singly that's fine - alternate or not. You can have men walk with men and women walk with women. No one will notice or care, I promise. People are there to see you get married, not watch your friends walk an aisle.
Not sure if your father is escorting you down the aisle or not, but the bridesman could escort her down the aisle to her seat... Another possibility is that he leads the way then brings the aisle runner to the back of your ceremony area for you to walk down..
Your officiant may also have some ideas.
My processional went like this:
Groom walked up
4 groomsmen each walked up
Best man walked my mom up
MOG and FOG walked up
Flower girl
4 BMs each walked up
Then me and my dad
Recessional went like this:
Me and groom
moh & bm
bm & gm
bm & gm
Gm & bm & gm
parents etc...
So you don't have to have everyone paired up, or you can triple up! It was cute having one of my bridesmaids escorted by 2 groomsmen! There's no right or wrong way, and no don't replace a spot
You don't need to pair people up to process and recess.
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
Sarcasm font no longer easily accessed and I'm too lazy. Pretend the above is pink.
The church ladies where like, "What?! You aren't having them walk down the aisle escorted by a GM?!"
Newp!
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
OP - I had two extra BMs to my Hs GM. The last two BMs processed out together and this was in a Catholic Church - no one cared. So I would just have your WP walk out two by two, regardless of gender, and then have the last GM process out by himself. Or if you have a wide enough aisle, maybe have the last 3 people process out together.
But no need to overthink things. These types of things always work themselves out effortlessly at the rehearsal, as long as you (or someone else) doesn't try to micromanage it.