My fiancé has a very close friend who is a female and then there's the FSIL. I know traditionally all of the females stand on the bride's side and the men on the groom's side, but they may want to stand on his side (we haven't asked for their preference, which we thought would be better than placing them since I've never met the friend and his sister and I have a...rocky history), but my parents think it's really weird (too weird) to have "groomsmaids". Thoughts?
((If they were they would still be invited to anything that involves the general BP, I wouldn't want them to be left out of that simply because of where they're standing!))