Wedding Party

What's the difference?!

This may be a ridiculous question but I've been looking at some personalized gifts for my bridal party and have run into the issue of my MOH. What's the difference between calling her my Maid of Honor or Matron of Honor. I'm kind of assuming it's like the difference between Ms. and Mrs. but I'm not sure. Thanks in advance for clarifying!

Re: What's the difference?!

  • Maid = an unmarried woman Matron = a married woman.
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  • That's exactly the difference: Married vs. unmarried. I personally don't like the title "matron" since it makes someone sound like an old prison marm, but that's just me. If you call them "maid" no one will get mad (I hope).
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  • That's what I thought! Thank you so much!!
  • You could always avoid the "maid" or "matron" route and go with attendant or honor attendant. :-)
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  • All of my girls are married, so they're technically all bridesmatrons.  However, I'm calling them bridesmaids for simplicity's sake (and because only one of the five is over 30, I don't want them to feel old).  I'll probably let my MOH decide whether she wants to go in the program as Maid or Matron of Honor.
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  • Matron is married, maid is not.
  • It wasn't really a personalized "gift". It was actually wine glasses that had bride, groom, Maid/Matron of Honor, Best Man, etc etched into it. My fiance and I are having a wine themed wedding so I thought they'd be fitting. But it wouldn't really be their "thanks for being in my wedding" gift. Just a little personalized something to add to the theme of the party. And I doubt we'll get them anyway, we have a small budget and have other-more important-things to spend our money on. I just saw them and wasn't sure what the diff. between maid/matron was.
  • Thanks! I didn't know they had those! I will definitely have to look into it!! Thanks for the advice!!
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