Deployed Groomsmen

Honestly that is hilarious and I think everyone could appreciate that!

I love this!! What a humorous but also sweet way to keep your friend involved in your special day.

This is really cute and funny. I’m not sure about having the bridesmaid walk down the aisle with the cutout, but I love the idea of having “him” at the wedding! Please do that! Such a sweet gesture that I know your deployed friend would really appreciate.

Definitely a great idea! i wouldnt have a girl walk him down (id pre-place him) but itd be a cute and funny way to honor him and his presence. im sure that would really warm his heart. love it!

That is a strong possibility for one of our groomsmen (aka my FH's brother) will not be able to be at our wedding. He's in the Army and moving to a new base in a few months, and it's up in the air what he'll be doing or where he'll be in a year and a half since he just reupped. We're not sure what we'll do if he can't be there, but I'd also like to see any ideas that some people might come up with and I think the cutout idea is hilarious lol.

I think that's a super cute idea! Maybe someone could facetime him (if he can make it work) during the wedding too?

A friend did this for her daughter's wedding as her son was deployed and couldn't attend. She ordered a life size cardboard cutout of a celebrity who was close to his build in a nice suit and they glued his face on it. Everyone took photos with "Nick" all night and they sent them to him. Hilarious

I think it's a great idea! This is what i'm doing for my dogs since they can't come!

We also have a groomsmen who is now deploying (my fiance and almost all the groomsmen are all in the service) and his wife will still be attending without him (she'll be bringing a friend as her +1) I think the cutout is a funny idea as a hypothetical, but I think it would be kind of tacky in execution. Unless he is very well known amongst all or nearly all of your wedding guests, I think it would be a little much.