Bridesmaid drops out - what do I do?

I don't think it's fair to ask your groom to ask his groomsmen to stand out. It's generally bad etiquette to kick someone off the wedding party once you've already asked them to be there.

I don't think it's terrible if your bridal party is uneven. That's actually pretty common. Besides, people are probably going to be focused on you.

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Just be uneven - what's wrong with that? You can still list her name on the program if it's too late to change things. Just roll with the punches at this point. It will be just fine.

Sorry things have come up and she's not able to stand up anymore.

We are having an uneven bridal party. 4 bridesmaids, 3 groomsmen - the funny thing though is I wouldn't be surprised if one of my BM's backs out due to personal reasons - if so, the bridal party will be even. I could care less about the unevenness though, and I don't think it is a big deal, it seems common on these boards to have an uneven bridal party.

I had a MOH drop out because she's a royal C U Next Tuesday and is always my crazy sister. I had let FH and my mother pressure into asking her as they thought it was the "right thing to do" when I originally had no intentions of asking her to stand up in the first place. She was replace with my BFF of ten years (was already standing up and just promoted her) and then I asked a super close friend (whose husband is also standing up) to as well.

With your wedding coming up so soon, I say just leave the party uneven, there is nothing wrong with that and its not fair to your FH and his groomsmen to have one of the guys bow out (and things like that could create a potentially rocky relationship).

I would still leave her on the program.

My brother dropped out of my cousins wedding, with plenty of advance notice. His wife was going to be 9 months along and it was an outdoor wedding 3 hours from their home. (She had the baby early the following Sunday, instead of 2 weeks later) They had him on the program as Honorary Groomsman, It meant the world to my brother

Thank you for the stories and advice! After a sleeping on it - I feel much better. Having a day to work through the sadness and bridal panic worked out. Uneven bridal party it is! And BM who can't make it - is still my BM in spirit.