Uneven bridal party

We had 7 bridesmaids and 3 groomsmen. Sent the girls and guys down the aisle solo, during the recession the guys had 2 girls each and one girl came back on her own.
The pictures we took were mostly bridal party with bride and grooms party with groom. The one we took all together we just all put everyone staggered. Didn't bother me one bit

I saw a wedding where the best man and groom just went to the altar to wait before the processional started. that way, the remaining groomsmen and bridesmaids were paired

Most if the time, the groomsmen are already standing with the groom when bridesmaids enter. I wouldn't worry about it.

We had 1 more on my side than my husbands. We had his groomsmen and groomsmaids enter from the side and bridesmaids walked down the aisle alone for processional. For recessional someone walked with 2 people.

Yes! We're having 4 bridesmaids and 5 groomsmen. They'll walk in individually, not too many of them anyway. I think it'll be fine.

Why not? They are not couples. And when a bride has a bridesman or there is a groomswoman, or a person drops out of the WP, the number of men and women may get far from balanced. Think of it like a graduation, a group moving 2 by 2 or 1 at a time, with no couples, just people of any gender walking alongside another.

View Quoted Comment What about photos? How did they turn out if you had an uneven number?

View Quoted Comment I’m not worried how they will look walking together or separate. I’m trying to imagine how the group pictures will look with an uneven number.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I think I’ll have the last bridesmaid walk with the last 2 groomsman and won’t have a problem with that. I’m just worried how group bridal party pics will look with me and my 5 girls next to him and his 6 grooms you know?

View Quoted Comment I guess that would work if I only took pics with my girls and he only takes pics with the guys. And then we could get away with just a few group pics?

View Quoted Comment Thanks for the suggestion!

View Quoted Comment Photos don't bother me for the few group photos she just put some guys and girls on each side. I feel like since the girls are smaller it doesn't look as uneven also. If you're worried you can also talk to your photography about their ideas

View Quoted Comment Yes I think the guys will already be at the alter while the girls walk into the ceremony alone, and when we leave the ceremony 2 of the guys can walk with 1 girl so I’m not as worried about that aspect. But I’m having a hard time picturing how group photos will look!

View Quoted Comment Maybe I will talk with my photographer, I didn’t even think of that 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ Lol thank you!

It would bug me personally, and it sounds like you're the same way, but most people don't care and likely won't notice. I found some photos of uneven bridal parties and I think they turned out lovely. I'm sure yours will too!

View Quoted Comment These were our wedding party pictures. We didn’t do formal ones with everyone standing in a straight line.

Daughter had 5 BM and SIL had 6 GM. Honestly? Unless you stop and count when looking at a photo, you'd never notice.... They had over 1100 profession photos, with many that included the wedding party, and there isn't a single one where you'd think, "Wow! That looks awkward!" Especially with that many people, it's just a big group.

In terms of the processional and recessional, the groom walked his mom down the aisle then went to stand at the altar, one of the two best men then walked me (the MOB) down the aisle and then stood with the G, the 5 remaining guys were paired with the 5 BMs for the processional. For the recessional, one of the BMs walked with two of the groomsmen.

View Quoted Comment I'm sure the group photos will be fine

View Quoted Comment Most photographers are excellent at spacing people if you express a concern, that in at least 2 formal photos you would like the wedding party to take up seemingly equal sections of the line, or a similar request. ...
For photos, they are not counting heads, but looking at blocks of space. Usually when there are the same number of bride's and Groom's side, they are trying to space out the men, because the bride has the widest skirt, wider than the average male chest or legs, and bridesmaids skirts each take more space. Unless all of the guys are really hefty and all the women petite, it is easier to have a line look balanced with one more male than female, so the bride and other women can stand further apart with skirts a little spread, so you see the lines of the gowns, and they are less pushed together to balance out men's lower bodies which are smaller than the women's skirts. One or even 2 more males makes it easier not to have to push the women together to one uni-skirt, and have the 2 sides balance, if that is important to you.
This from the web - the groom's side and the bride's take the same space, if you split the photo. between B & G, the men's legs and upper bodies are spread out, and the larger dress profile of the bride and her ladies has to be compressed together. With 1 or 2 more men, the smaller number of women would each step about six inches further apart. The 2 sides would each have half the space, but the B and BM skirts need not be so mushed together. When I was in college I roomed with a Southerner who explained that to have her big old ballroom skirt, and BM's, she had to have 3 ushers and 3 groomsmen. The 3 BM/GM and groom waiting at the altar and walking with the women. And 3 ushers seated. But the 3 BM/GM and the 3 ushers a d GM in a line to make up half the line pictures, because the 4 women took way more space each. And she wanted her ballgowns spread. It had never occurred to me. But on the lawn, and a curving central staircase, she was planning blocks of space not numbers of people.

DH had 3 GMs, and two GWs, I had 3 ladies and 1 man.

We had my dude walk with his two ladies, then paired off the next two, and my MOH was last. His best man stood with him at the top of the aisle.

It's really no big deal.

(I was more frustrated that all his guys were TALL, dangit! ...I'm short, and so are 2 of my BMs.)
Here is one of our silly photos: