Any guys in Texas with nothing to do on August 22nd-23rd?

Question

My wedding is that weekend and all of my groomsmen (except my faithful best man) have dropped out of the wedding. I need to fill in the vacant spots (four). Anyone willing to join a stranger's wedding? All you've gotta do is get fitted for a tux before tomorrow (August 9) and join us for the rehearsal dinner (August 22nd) and the wedding (August 23rd).

Answer 1

do not do this!  your bride will kill you!  weddings are close intimate affairs and you don't want strangers around- they could steal from guests, damage equipment that's not yours, and cost you $$.  look at it this way, there's that many less groomsmen to feed.  also you don't want these idiot strangers in your wedding photos forever and ever!?  in a month you won't remember any of them!

Answer 2

Where in Texas are you?  I might no someone that would help you we live in Dallas.

Can you just ask other family members to help out?  Like uncles, brothers, grandparents?  That would be better to me.  It does seem odd that you'd want strangers to help you.  At least try to find some males in the family if you don't want things to be uneven.

Answer 3

Dude, those guys are not your friends!

If you have no other friends or family you can ask, you need to sit down with your bride and figure out if she wants to ask some of her bridesmaids to step down, or if she's okay with an uneven number of attendants.

I have seen the uneven number once before, also with less guys, and the way they handled it was a couple of the guys walked two girls down the aisle at a time, one on each arm. It would only work if the aisle in your venue is wide enough though.

Answer 4

Okay, then you may want to mention to people it is going to cost them $100-200 in gas money in addition to the tux and the rehearsal dinner because that is about a 3-4 hour trip.

Answer 5

There is no such thing as a "vacant spot" in a bridal party.  If your friends have dropped out then they weren't much in the friend category, were they?

So the "sides" will be uneven.  So what?  If you have a good photographer, he or she will be able to pose the party in such a way that it doesn't look lopsided.

For the ceremony, have two of the bridesmaids stand on the groom's side, and then have the four single maids exit in pairs.

You want your wedding to happen with you surrounded by people who love and care for you - not strangers.