To Pay Or Not To Pay?

I would ask how much he could contribute and just pay the difference. i've offered all my bridal party members assistance if they needed since it is after all, for my wedding.

Offering to pay for it could offend him, and i wouldnt use that as a grooms gift unless your actualy buying the suits not renting them

I might offer to pay for half of it and still get him the same wedding party gift as everyone else.

Since you are so short on time, I would offer to help him out, since you understand that his hours getting cut is not really his fault, or anything he can control. See how much he can contribute, and offer to pay the difference. Also, you may want FH to have this conversation with him. You don't want him to feel bad, or embarrassed because he's having trouble coming up with the money. If it makes him feel better, FH can offer it as a loan, until his hours pick back up.

And I would give him the same gift you're giving the other GMs.

If it’s in your budget, I would offer to pay. I wouldn’t want any of our closest friends to not be able to participate in our wedding because of attire.

I think you should definitely pay. To answer bluntly, your wedding isn't worth him struggling even more financially. His well being is way more important. Any money he put towards the suit is clearly money he needs for more important matters like rent, food, etc. I'm having a similar situation with my bridal party.

But I don't think you paying should be the gift, either. That would probably make him feel like a second class groomsmen.

If I could afford it, I’d offer to pay or contribute , and just explain that to us the most important thing is him being able to participate. I wouldn’t make it his gift though honestly. We actually covered our best man’s attire as he is on a fixed income. In this case though it was H’s brother and he knew his sizes and just bought it and brought it to him like “here’s your outfit” — but ours were just pants and vests we were buying so it wasn’t a huge investment (for us)

If it's in the budget, you can offer to pay for it. Just make sure to get an actual gift for him too!

Thank you all for your advice. I think I'll offer to pay some of it to help him, not sure if he'll accept or not, and see what he says. I'll have to figure out what to get the guys for gifts..none of them drink or smoke. None dress up for anything so personalized cuff links are definitely out. Thinking maybe something aimed toward things they like most, like video games.

By chance is ur FH getting a complementary suit from ordering x amount? If so can you offer them the complementary suit?

If it were me, I'd offer to pay for it.