where to put your hands

tgaucin

Where do you put you hands during the wedding at you side or do you hold your fianceè's hands?

Avion22

I think you hold your bouquet until your officiant tells you otherwise.  Usually this is for the vows and rings, so you'll either be holding your fiance's hands or holding his ring.

Amt2109

H and I just naturally kind of held hands. I was still holding my bouquet until the rings, then it was given back to me.

andrea2473

I think we held hands... I honestly don't remember which makes me think that you'll just do whatever feels natural.  We didn't give it any thought.

KatePlusNate04

We held hands. In every wedding I've ever been to, the bride and groom face each other and hold hands during the majority of the vows/ceremony. The only time we didn't was when we lit the unity candle. As soon as I got to H, I handed my bouquet off to my MOH.

Kristin789

Your officiant will probably tell you in the ceremony to hold each other's right hands, which basically means you hold his hands and he holds yours.

Stackeye210

We held hands the majority of the ceremony, facing one another.

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]We held hands the majority of the ceremony, facing one another.
Posted by Stackeye210[/QUOTE]

Yup.

SarahPLiz

I dont remember. For Shame.

mkrupar

Ummm I think we held hands. I don't remember. Definitely something you can figure out during rehearsal. Whatever you're comfortable with.

cindyn9178

In depends on your wedding ceremony, the church, etc.

During a wedding ceremony at our church, the bride sits in a chair with her maid of honor on one side of the altar, and the groom sits in a chair with his best man on the other side. (The bridal party was seated in the first pew on each side of the church). We sat there during the readings, the Gospel and the Homily. We then stood up for the vows and exchanging of the rings (and the Priest instructed us to hold hands).

Kate61487

I handed my bouquet off as soon as I got up the aisle, but some hold it until you actually begin the ring exchange - you can work that out at the rehearsal.

Since we had a full mass there was a lot of time when we weren't facing each other.  During that time we held hands between us or clasped our hands together in front of us, just like we normally would at church.  During the vows we held both of each others hands in front of us since we were facing each other.

Karen's MOH

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_put-hands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:d20460d9-c929-416b-aeb7-f17a32c7e5efPost:a33511e2-955e-42cf-9d38-1bfd1fe8c864">Re: where to put your hands</a>:
[QUOTE]I handed my bouquet off as soon as I got up the aisle, but some hold it until you actually begin the ring exchange - you can work that out at the rehearsal. Since we had a full mass there was a lot of time when we weren't facing each other.  During that time we held hands between us or clasped our hands together in front of us, just like we normally would at church.  During the vows we held both of each others hands in front of us since we were facing each other.
Posted by Kate61487[/QUOTE]

<div>Pretty much the same here. We definitely never talked about what to do with our hands before, but we held hands the entire time, even when we were facing forward throughout the ceremony. I was a little shaky so it was nice.</div>