Odd Number Wedding Party

You can do 2 bridesmaids to a groomsman.
Unless you’re one of people who are a stickler for everything being even, then I think it would work out find.

Pick the people you want in the wedding party, it doesn’t have to be even. This is meant to honor the people in your life so it really doesn’t matter how many are on each side. Photographers will be able to arrange the wedding party for your photos so everything is balanced.

I would have whoever you want and not worry about the numbers. Photographers are creative and can help with balancing the pictures.

I agree with PP I'm having 4 bridesmaids and my fh is have 2 groomsmen. I'm not worried about it looking uneven, it's about the people who I care about that are up there with me.

Don’t worry about the aesthetics. It’ll look fine. I’ve got 3 on my side and 5 on my FH’s side and I know that no one will be paying attention to how the sides look and your photographer will make sure your pictures are amazing and well balanced.

Holy run on sentence, Batman. Sorry about the lack of punctuation in that last post.

I agree with what's been said. It's great to be able to stand with those who support you. I understand the preference for things to be even but in the end it's up to you as to what is most important to you.

It’s not about the photos.

I agree with everyone here, too. I know we all want beautiful, perfect photos, but really no one will be looking at the wedding party at the event or in the pictures. People will be more focused on the couple getting married! The wedding party is to have your closest people there with you, and if that means it's uneven, that's totally fine.

View Quoted Comment I agree! Our wedding parties are a bit of (okay only by 1 person) but these are all people who we love and want by our side it kind of worked out for the ceremony though because my fiancé’s parents are separated and we are going to have his best man/brother walk his mom down the aisle which evens up the rest. I’ve been at a wedding where they did 2 bridesmaids to 1 groomsmen and I thought it still looked nice!

I have 6 bridesmaids to 3 groomsmen. I have 3 best friends and 3 younger sisters who are junior bridesmaids.

I don't see any issue with these numbers. We were going to do one bridesmaid and four groomsmen.

View Quoted Comment Yes I agree with this idea too! Two girls to each groomsmen that works perfectly and I think would look really beautiful too!

I just googled images of six bridesmaids and three groomsmen and the photos look awesome. As long as you have a creative photographer it will look great. Good luck!

I think it’ll look fine! Regarding the photos being “even”, what I think is pretty funny is that my husband and I had the same number of bridesmaids/groomsmen (4 each) but our photos don’t actually look even. Of course it’s an even number, but since most men are bigger than women, they take up more of the frame anyway 😂 Of course honestly having even photos does not matter at all, in my opinion. But even if that IS what you’re considering, having more bridesmaids than groomsmen will actually probably make it look MORE symmetrical

We have 10 groomsman and 4 bridesmaids. We are really off number, but we wanted those closest to us and I refused to add people just to make the numbers even.

View Quoted Comment I absolutely agree, I’m having 4 bridesmaids to my fiancé’s 2 groomsmen. So we’ll just have two bridesmaids to a groomsman, which you can do too!

I had the same concerns. He wanted 11 (yes 11) groomsmen, and I only had 6 on my side. I could come up with 11 but those extra 5 people would just be space fillers. He compromised and brought his down to 6 because I also want it to look balanced. At the end of the day what really matters is choosing the people who are closest to you.

I mean I think it’ll be fine having odd number

It's fine you can do 2 ladies with 1 guy if your aisle permits. There's so many alternatives let the first three guys go down then the rest are coupled up etc. It's ok