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how about having them stand up for you? if i was your brother and we got along, i would be honored to stand up with you......."men of honor." you don't necessarily need to have an even wedding party or have equal numbers of men/women on each side, unless that's what you want.
Hi Flyfifiz...I'm kind of in the same situation. I have three brothers and my youngest who is 8 is def going to be my ring bearer. My other two brothers are 29 and 33. My FI gets along well with them, but he already has 3 groomsmen while I have 2 possibly 3 bridesmaids. We wanted a small wedding party, but I really want to include them in the wedding since I was apart of both of theirs. I thought about having them walk me half way down the aisle and then hand off to dad but I'm not quite sure that would work. I'm still trying to figure it out..hopefully we'll get some good ideas.
Both or neither. My FI and I actually had the EXACT same dilemma, and I decided to have my brothers stand up with me.
I am kinda in the same situation. We asked both of my brothers (ages 35 and 31) to be groomsmen for my fiance. They aren't super close, but it was really important to me to have them in our party. In years to come, I want to look at my wedding pictures and have my family in our party. His sister is in my bridal party as well. I think it also helps with the bonding/blending of families. And no, 15 isn't too young to be a groomsmen!
Good luck!
I am in a similar situation, wedding of 100, trying to keep the wedding party small with 4 BM and 4 GM. I have 2 brothers and one cousin who is like a brother to me, FI has 1 sister. His sister will be on my side and my brothers will be on his. That left me with my cousing who I don't want to leave out so we are planning to ask him to do a reading during the ceremony. My Youngest brother will be 18 and our youngest groomsman if that helps. I don'T think 15 is too young as long as he can handle the job maturely. What type of ceremony are you having, maybe you could give him a different job like bringing up the gifts (Catholic mass), handing out programs or ushering grandmas and other respected guests to their seats. My brother was 14 when my cousin got married and he was in charge of programs and hung out with the ushers, he wore a suit and tie to coordinate with the wedding party but not a tux. Being 14, he was not really into the whole wedding party anyway and clearly could not partake in the pre-wedding bonding events so this way he didn't feel left out and he just needed to show up for the rehersal and on the day.
Make them ushers or have them stand for you. Personally, we included my brothers as GM although they aren't friends with him, although they get along. He decided it would be thoughtful and the right thing to do and he passed up some of this other friends in order to have my brothers in the bridal party...it meant a lot to me. There are other ways to include them like ushers, or on your side, or maybe have them as readers at the ceremony, or if you feel comfortable with a large wedding party...go for it.
My brother is part of our wedding party, that was just automatic when we started planning the wedding...If you don't want to have them as GM's bc of numbers, mayvbe have one be an usher and one do a reading or something? It would definitely be nice to include them in some way for the wedding...
I hear ya. I wanted my brother in my wedding. But my husband felt he had enoguh groomsmen and didn't ask him. (And we are a little too traditional to have him stand up on my side.) to this day, I still wish we had him in the wedding.
I do like the idea of having them as ushers. But however you divide it, if you want them to be in the wedding, I think they should be. If it'sthat important to you, I think you FI should bend on this for you. I didn't push the issue when I got married, but now wish I had.
Stand them on your side OR have them be ushers. They'll still be in the wedding party. I wouldn't push it too much--you don't have to tell your FI who should stand next to him unless his sisters are standing on your side. We had DH's sister stand on her side and it was really cute =]
What do you want to do? We are having an uber tiny wedding ceremony of like 20 people. I originally thought I would only ask my best friend to stand with me, but then I realized that both of us really wanted to involve our sibs and so we both have two standing with us. Ultimately, weddings are about the couple, but we can't deny the fact that they are also about family and including them was important.
I think if you don't ask them to be in the wedding party, ask them to be a part of something. Like have them read a passage together or usher as pps have suggested.
WOW!! thanks for all the comments!! I loved all the different ideas! Im also happy to hear that my FI and I are not the only ones that are finding this a difficult descision!
Thanks for all help ladies! I will talk it over with my FI and keep you posted!
PS- i think im going to have each bridesmaids walk down the isle with two Groomsmen, and include both of my brothers! lets see if my FI agrees this would be a good idea!
both of my brothers are going to be ushers since they aren't super close to my FI. But, If I had the uneven problem like you, I would probably have them stand on my side.
I think his groomsman should be friends or family that he has a close bond with. If he does not have a close relationship with your brothers you should forgive him if he does not want to include them. My FI has four sisters. If I did that I would have none of my friends or family in the bridal party. A large wedding party=more headache and planning for you.
Family matters more than symmetry at the alter. :) I like your 2 groomsmen per BM idea.
I know you're in the midst of deciding, but I just wanted to throw this out there: My FI and his female cousin are pretty close, and he asked her to stand up on his side. All the guys are wearing navy blue suits, and we got her the same dress as the BMs, but in navy blue. I'll tell ya, it looks really nice.
There days, anything goes with weddings, and it's becoming more and more acceptable to have the opposite sex stand up with you at a wedding. A lot of people are doing it.
I would definitely include them, though, one way or another :)
My husband is not close with my brothers, though they get along fine, and I am BFF with one brother. We had them wear the same tuxes and sing a song in the ceremony (they're quite talented) to include them without having them as groomsmen. Similarly, his sisters were readers and dressed similarly to the bridesmaids to include them. There are LOTS of ways to make people feel recognized as close to you.
I say you don't have to include them. I have two brothers that are close with me and my fiance as well but my fiance has already four groomsmen and I have four bridemaids. Our wedding is only around 120 people and we didn't want a huge wedding party. Because we still wanted them to be apart of our wedding we asked both my brothers to be the Master of Ceremonies, they loved that we asked them and are so excited to do it!
Why not make them ushers or ask them to do readings? They should def be involved but they don't necessarily have to be groomsmen to be involved.
We had this same problem, and I solved it by asking my brother to be my "man-of-honor". Everyone we've mentioned it to thinks it sounds like a beautiful idea, even the more conservative ones, so I don't think that should be an issue. As a symmetry note, including both would also make your sides even 
I definitely think you should include both.. to choose just one could make the other a little upset. Good luck deciding!
I don't believe in forcing anybody to put anyone in their wedding party! I want my FI to have his support system up there with him not people he likes but they are only there because I am related to them!
IMO if you want them involved have them on your side or give them another position of honour!
Making them bridesmen is a great idea and evens out the numbers nicely.
First - does your FI want them standing on his side? Just like I believe it's the bride's choice for her bridesmaids, it's the grooms choice for his groomsmen.
If he's okay with it, I don't see anything wrong with having a lopsided bridal party or having your brothers be ushers. What about walking your mother down the aisle?
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My FI and I are debating on whether my two brothers should be in the wedding party!
We are plannning a wedding of about 100 people. He has a total of 5 groomsmen already, but I think he should also include my two brothers. One of my brothers are 25 and the other is about to be 15.
So if he were to add both my brothers he would have a total of 7! Dang thats a lot of groomsman! Especially since I only have three bridesmaids so far! If he ends up having 7 groomsmen I have no idea where Im going to get my other bridesmaids from!
Anyways, back to my original question. should both of my brothers be included? My FI gets along with both of them, but they arent really close enough to call friends.
And if you agree that both of my brothers should be included, do you think the 15 yr old is too young!!?!?!?
ANY ADVICE OR OPINIONS ARE MORE THEN WELCOMED!