at all! It is a shame that BioHo is alienating SD25 from her wedding party and making such a mess of things, but again she should learn to say no to BioHo.

I would suggest to have 2 groomsmen walk one of the bridesmaids down the aisle and for photos I would just leave that up to the photographer that is their job to make the photos look good! What else is she worried about an uneven number for? Either that or ask someone else to be a bridesmaid, but sounds like it is pretty last minute

Only the early chapters.  ...buckle your seatbelts, everybody.

This isnt looking too good Aniki.

She might have to cut out a few groomsmen? Im not a wedding planner type, so all that escapes me.

The important part is the sister not going, thats going to live on and the photos will fade into the distance. Hoepfully they can make reparations...

Let SD25 and BioHo deal with it.

SD is dropping her bridesmaids because of BioHo, she's going to have to live with the consequences and figure something out. I would not offer any ideas.

The toxic bioho surely makes her rounds.

Like others have said stay out of this clusterfluck.

I can only imagine what next in the wedding drama.

More room for those ball gowns.  

You go be a bridesmaid, in your poofy ball gown.    *blum3*

Between the dress code and the lack of phones, no one is going to show up for this dang wedding. 

What a bunch of mental middle-schoolers! 

There are two things I can think of for the uneven bridal party.

For the bridal procession, have the best man walk out with the groom instead of walking down the aisle with the maid of honor.  Then it'd be evened up for that purpose.   Pictures are harder.  It is waaaay too late to ask someone else to be a bridesmaid, but maybe you could even up pictures somewhat with a flower girl, if someone has a niece or a good friend with a little girl.  It seems less a breach of etiquette to ask a flower girl later on.

Good grief, that 'Ho is really a problem.  SD25 has totally brought this on herself, but I feel bad for her.  With 'Ho planning the festivities and causing all kinds of familial grief, I suspect this wedding is going to be a major shit show. The only thing we know for sure is that you will look like a million bucks and make 'Ho look like yesterday's junk.

Party at a pub and bioho picked a fight in front of kids crying etc and got forcibly removed from the restaurant right??

and sd25 is asking sd28 to behave knowing full well bioho is a loon who can't control herself?? 
 

getting married is supposed to be about proving you are responsible and independent, cowtowing to what bat shit crazy bioho wants doesn't show independence or you lying boundaries. Marriages like this tend to fall apart like this. Give it time when sd25 husband says he's had enough of bio ho bullshi* and sd25 comes back with "but she's my mummy."

now sd wants to know how to handle the uneven lesser bridesmaids to bestman/bridesmen?? How about you kick one of the guys out, when future hubby conplains about it and you get into a fight, you can say bio ho issues made you boot your elder sister as bridesmaid and you can fight some more...

just wait for the shitshow to start on wedding day and be damn sure bioho will start something and play innocent victim..

Aniki, what does your DH have to say about all of this? Not that he needs to talk to SD25, but I think any future questions she asks you should be filtered through DH and he should respond. 

I know it has made your heart happy that she has come to you for help, but with the drama being stirred up, I think it's time that Dear Ol' Dad step in and say his peace. He'll either get you two booted from the wedding, help SD grow a spine, or get her to stop relying on you for help with the drama. Any of those outcomes sound like wins to me.

Hmmm... a "ball gown" wedding that's short a bridesmaid... I'm thinking get a fancy poodle in a poofy skirt. 

Its going to be a circus anyway right?