How did you decide who's walking with who?

Nshivers

We have 5 BMs and 5 GMs..  besides the BM and MOH, how did you guys decide who's gonna walk with who?

I'm kind of puzzled.  The first time they will all meet with be the RD and rehearsal next Thursday.  Any tips?

brittneyh4

We went by height, because I didn't really care. The girls didn't really know the guys, so it didn't matter to me. You could go based on people who match (hair color, eyes), alphabetical order, who will look best next to each other height wise (I wouldn't pair a short guy with a tall girl). Draw names out of a hat. If you really don't care who walks with who, just have fun with it.

littleluckypenny

My girls are not walking with the guys.

kristin183

Honestly, I lined my girls up by how close our relationship was and I let FI chose the order of his guys (he went alphabetically) and then that is how they were paired.

futuremrsbecerra

I'm going by the closeness i am with each girl  and length of time we have known each other ( i know this sounds mean). I'm not telling anyone in my WP how i picked the order bc i don't want to hurt anyones feelings but thats how i picked the order.
My order goes:
 MOH ( best friend known each other since i was born)
my oldest sister
my middle oldest sister
my FI's sister
FI's sister in law
college friend

I let FI pick his order and it is pretty much the same rationale as me.

michelletobin

I went by relationship. Not in a bad way, but I went with My sister the MOH with his oldest brother the BM, then my sister in law and best friend from high school with his younger brother, then my best friend and his best friend and my cousin with his other close friend. so it was kinda by relationship to us and I went with hair color as well but it just so happened to work out by status too.

Ash61612

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[QUOTE]Honestly, <strong>I lined my girls up by how close our relationship was</strong> and I let FI chose the order of his guys (he went alphabetically) and then that is how they were paired.
Posted by kristin183[/QUOTE]

this is what FI & I did

WEEZIE918

I was originally going to pair them up by height, but my coordinator said that typically you put them in order of closeness, so that's what each did.

My girls are not being escorted down the aisle, but will be escorted on their way out.

kelsey+brandon

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[QUOTE]Honestly, I lined my girls up by how close our relationship was and I let FI chose the order of his guys (he went alphabetically) and then that is how they were paired.
Posted by kristin183[/QUOTE]

<div>This is what we did (except FI did closeness, not alphabetical, like I did). The only exception, was we made sure to pair up our BM/GM that are married to each other.</div>

kimiandgary

Fi lined his guys up by how close they were. I matched girls based on height to the guys to pair them. They aren't processing in together though.

acaponi87

I did kind of a hodge-podge.

My MOH (my sister) is walking by herself (FI's best man will be up there with him).
My other sister comes next and she is walking with FI's cousin (they have been very close friends for their whole lives and are kind of in love with each other).
FSIL is walking with FI's friend. They know each other really well because they went to the same college etc so they are friends.
I have 1 of my cousins on my side and 1 of my cousins on FI's side. They are brother and sister and will walk together.
My friend and FI's friend will walk together because honestly that's what's left lol.

Nshivers

All great tips!!

Cassandra999

You could do in order of height.  Or in order of how close you are to them.
We did sort of how close they are to me (but I wouldn't come out and tell them that) and we also tried to match up couples.  We have 3 couples in our WP, so where possible we matched them up.  Really it doesn't matter for our WP because they will only be walking 20 ft together.

tgerl

We went by height - although it might not end up being that way depending on the shoes the girls decide to wear.

rasp.berry

The BM and GM won't be walking together. The GM will be waiting at the front with FI to keep him company and the girls will walk down by themselves.

rikkidawn28

I only have 3 of each in my wedding party.  Two of the bridesmaids are wearing black dresses and one is wearing a red dress. (orginally i had 4 bridesmaids so it would have been even number of black & red dresses)
I chose the best man and maid of honor to walk together first, Secondly the maid in the red dress with a groomsmen. Lastly, a maid with a black dress and the groomsmen who is wheelchair bound.
My FI and I will be at the top of the steps with the officiant. The wedding party will form a line down the steps. It is important that our wheelchair bound groomsmen is on the bottom so he is on level ground.

franklissa

Mine are also not walking down together.

abbitha7

I have 3 BMs, my two sisters and my almost-husband's sister. My youngest sister is MOH, so I just decided who of our groomsmen (who are our best friends) would be most respectful and put him with my AH's sister. My other sister is really easygoing, so we figured she could handle anyone hitting on her a little bit.