Wedding Party Jumble

brigitten20

I have 17 people in my WP including my FH and I. (My FH is a Mason and we have a lot of family members). I have a Matron of Honor, a Maid of Honor, 4 BMs and a FG. My FH has a BM, 5 GM and 2 RB. I'm not sure on the right way to do such a big WP. Do I line them up from shortest to tallest, tallest to shortest, age wise, who knows who?? Is there any wrong way to lining up a WP???  I'm completely lost on what to do. Any help would be wonderful.  Thank you!

OliveOilsMom

You can line them up however you want. If there are any couples as BM & GM, I would try to let them walk together. 

I paired off my BMs according to how I thought it would work best for everyone.  My pregnant MOH was concerned about her big belly, so I paired her up with a GM who has a big belly of his own.  My sister was the other MOH and I had her walk out with the BM.  My jr BM (no FG for me) and RB walked out together.  Another BM & GM walked out and then lastly, my two extra BMs walked together. 

OliveOilsMom

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-party_wedding-party-jumble?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:37Discussion:e3c6a78a-b8cd-483a-8124-7ca1ec05ace7Post:eeb79375-b371-4363-916e-dcc1939ae505">Re: Wedding Party Jumble</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding Party Jumble : Hmm. That's an interesting method.
Posted by djhar[/QUOTE]

She actually loved it!!!!  She just hasn't been comfortable with herself for the last 3 months, so I told her about the size of the other GM and she wanted him!

jemmini6

Generally, the only 'typical' pairing is obviously to have the BM and MOH paired together.  Other than that, you can arrange the rest of your BP however you see fit.  Height or age are popular options because then you aren't 'ranking' anyone.

As for the RBs and FG, they typically process after the BP and before the bride, with the RBs first and then the FG.  Depending on their ages, you may also want to consider having their parents or a family member sitting in the first row or two that they can then go sit with, because most children don't do well standing still on display for 20-30 minutes.

crnflkgirl75

We had a little we, and I had a male MOH and H had a female gm... We walked the male MOH with the female groomsman, and the bm with a bridesmaid. It worked and everyone was pleased. Match them up however it works best!

Kate61487

We went by pairs as well.  I had a tall blonde BM, H had a tall blonde GM so they walked together.  I had two MOHs while H only had one BM, since his BM is very outgoing and single I paired him with my outgoing single MOH and my more reserved and taken MOH walked with H's married GM.  It all kind of just fell into place.  (Obviously their marital status doesn't actually matter, but I figured they had more in common).

I think the only 'wrong' way to do it would be to, like, award the closest spot to the best wedding helper and make them compete for it or something.