Maid of honor and Matron of honor?

lealfrantz

I have heard of people having both. My mother thinks this is wierd, but I would like to have my sister as maid of honor and my best friend as matron of honor. How do you feel about this? My mother is also concerned about the responsibilities of having two. She feels the honor is standing beside you and holding the bouquet. Is anyone else doing this or have any input?

SarahPLiz

I have my married sister as Matron and my unmarried sister as Maid, and no other attendants. It's perfectly acceptable. One can stand beside you and hold the bouquet, the other can sign the marriage license as a witness.

aneresRN

I'm doing the exact same thing as you.  My little sister is my maid of honor and my best friend is my matron.  I haven't though about who's going to do what as far as signing the marriage license and holding the bouquet. I just wanted to honor both of the people I'm closest with and this was the best solution. 

noodle_oo

In my mind, this is the same as having 2 maids of honor, just that one is married and one is not.  I think it is fine and I've seen a lot of people do it.  however, some people don't like the title "matron" so you might want to ask best friend if she cares about it.  If she does, you could just list both as "honor attendants".

bablingbrooke

It's not a radical idea.  You can split up the MOH activities during the ceremony, i.e. one signs the license, one holds the bouquet, etc.

It's more a title thing than anything else, I don't see it fundamentally changing the makeup of the wedding.  If you truly can't choose between the girls, I would def. just have one of each.  Everyone's happy.

banana468

I was just in a wedding with co-Maids of Honor.  I think that the "new" trend is to shake things up and have your WP the way you'd love it.