Due to Covid we had to postpone our wedding a year. The wedding is around an hour away, so we were getting a head count from our bridal party on who would want to stay at the hotel near the venue so we could block rooms. One of the groomsman responded to my fiance that he felt like they had drifted apart during the past year, he no longer wanted to be a groomsman, but still wants to be invited to the wedding. I have mixed feelings about all of this, but I'm going to let FH handle it since it is his friend.
My question is about replacing him. I had suggested asking one of his friends that he had just met when we got engaged, but had gotten cery close with in the past year or just having an existing groomsman double up. My fiances mom suggested he ask his dad. She has already suggested that when we were originally picking our bridal party, and she is very enthusiastic about the idea. Is this a normal thing? I will, of course, let my fiance ask whoever he wants, but it feels kind of strange to me. I feel like the father of the groom already has his own role, and asking now kind of feels like we are just filling a spot for pictures rather than it being an honor. Has anyone done this before? If so who did his father walk with?
