procession order

bonniebrett

did any of you have (or will have) the best man and MOH walk down the aisle together. FI decided that's how it will be, and now my sister is mad at me (a whole other set of issues there) and my dad insists we're doing it wrong. i've seen both. i feel like at more religous ceremonies i've seen them walk separately. If you had them walk separately, were the other groomsmen walking down with bridesmaids?thanks!

Rachiemoo

we had all groomsmen and bridesmaids walk down alone (except for my brother, who escorted my grandmother). i personally prefer it this way but i don't think its a big deal to pair them up.

Danaz1

we had everyone walk down alone because we had uneven numbers on the way back my sister walked back with her husband and son and the best man walked my other sister out and everyone else just walked back alone. There is no one way to do it and no wrong way. You do what you want to do.

bonniebrett

i will do what i want!! hahait's so hard sometimes. if i make my own decision on something, my family acts like i'm difficult. it's almost over!

slbriz34

We have a small party, if you want to call it a party.  Except for FI's grandmother, who'll be escorted by his uncle (her son), BM and MOH will walk down separarely.

RedZee

At more religious ceremonies, I think it's usually separate. We had the GMs walk down 2 at a time (there were so many and we didn't want the procession to take forever) and the BMs walk down one a time. We had no best man and the MOH (my sis) was the last to walk down before the "strolling mariachis" (no flower girls).Before the wedding, I was hearing all kind of opinions and we ended up just kind of leaving everyone out of the decision-making until that day and making our own decisions (as long as the rabbi was ok with things). When it comes to wedding planning, everyone has an opinion if they know what's going on. If you just do what you want, they won't even notice most of it. No one said one word about anything on the wedding day or afterwards.

Knottie_22381855

We did do pairings becasue, a) I prefer it that way and b) they were logical: GM/BM - husband and wifeBest Man1/BM - husband and wifeBest Man2/BM - his brother and my sister My two MOH's walked alone (well, one walked with the ring bearer, her son).

silversparks

Do it the way it makes sense to you and FI... and the relationships of the people in your party. Our order:Best Man (alone)DH and parentsMOH (sister #1 with husband and kids)MOH (sister #2 alone)Me and parents

2dBride

We had our dude of honor and maid of honor (my kids) walk separately in the processional.  Because we had no other attendants and no parents present, we figured the processional would have been awfully short if they had walked together.  During the recessional, they walked together.In Orthodox ceremonies, they typically walk separately, because of the prohibition on a man touching a woman who is not his wife (or touching his wife if she is having her period or has not yet been to the mikvah after her period).  However, if you are less Orthodox than that, you can do it however you want.

penaltyshot

We had all the groomsmen and bridesmaids walk together. I had been to a (non-Jewish) wedding where my husband was a groomsman who walked alone, so I knew I didn't want to do that. It just took so long for each person to walk separately and honestly, all the guys looked so uncomfortable on their own.

Liz4444

we are having an orthodox ceremony and everyone is walking in pairs, including BM and MOH

lachlom

I think more often than not, Orthodox ceremonies it's separate. If it's together, there'd be no touching(the man 'escorting' the woman by the arm)