Maid of Honor/Matron of Honor

Re: Maid of Honor/Matron of Honor

• glasgowtolondon member

  

  April 2016 edited April 2016

  If you can't decide, why not select alphabetically? I doubt your friends will actually read anything into the order they walk/stand in though, so I wouldn't worry about it.
  
  Eta: Is the wedding back on?

               

  

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• Knottie1436125977 member

  

  April 2016

  Thanks!
  
  Yes, it is! We had a really good talk around New Years, and everything has been great since! He is even helping more with the wedding. We did decided to move it back, but I believe deciding that saved our marriage before it even began!
  

  

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• glasgowtolondon member

  

  April 2016

  Thats great, congratulations. 

               

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  April 2016

  Knottie1436125977 said:

  Okay, so I have a matron of honor and a maid of honor both of whom I am really close to. Which one should be the closest by me and walk down with the best man? Any help would be appreciated!
  

  Alphabetical order by first name.  Alphabetical order by last name.  By height.  Is the best man single, if so, he should walk with the Maid of Honor, if he's married, he should walk with the Matron of Honor.  By who you've known longest.  By who can run the mile in a faster time.  By who traveled to get to your wedding from the furthest distance away.  In other words, it doesn't matter.

  

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• bleve0821 The Shire member

  

  April 2016

  I would have them mud-wrestle over the honor.

  
  

  "And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they won’t just be able to take one, they’ll have to take two, one of you and one of me..."
  

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• ChelleJayne member

  

  April 2016

  I also have a Matron of Honor and a Maid of Honor. The Matron is walking with the Best Man and the Maid is walking with a Groomsman. I'm not sure how I chose, that's just how I saw it in my head.

  

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• aurianna member

  

  April 2016

  adk19 said:

  Knottie1436125977 said:

  Okay, so I have a matron of honor and a maid of honor both of whom I am really close to. Which one should be the closest by me and walk down with the best man? Any help would be appreciated!
  

  Alphabetical order by first name.  Alphabetical order by last name.  By height.  Is the best man single, if so, he should walk with the Maid of Honor, if he's married, he should walk with the Matron of Honor.  By who you've known longest.  By who can run the mile in a faster time.  By who traveled to get to your wedding from the furthest distance away.  In other words, it doesn't matter.

  Or if one of them is a clutz maybe you doing want her being the one to hold your bouquet.
  

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  April 2016

  aurianna said:

  adk19 said:

  Knottie1436125977 said:

  Okay, so I have a matron of honor and a maid of honor both of whom I am really close to. Which one should be the closest by me and walk down with the best man? Any help would be appreciated!
  

  Alphabetical order by first name.  Alphabetical order by last name.  By height.  Is the best man single, if so, he should walk with the Maid of Honor, if he's married, he should walk with the Matron of Honor.  By who you've known longest.  By who can run the mile in a faster time.  By who traveled to get to your wedding from the furthest distance away.  In other words, it doesn't matter.

  Or if one of them is a clutz maybe you doing want her being the one to hold your bouquet.
  

  Or you'd rather the klutz deal with the bouquet because it means she'll be farther away from the candles.  (Go ahead and drop the bouquet, but just don't catch yourself or my venue on fire!)

  

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• thisismynickname2 City By The Lake member

  

  April 2016

  aurianna said:

  adk19 said:

  Knottie1436125977 said:

  Okay, so I have a matron of honor and a maid of honor both of whom I am really close to. Which one should be the closest by me and walk down with the best man? Any help would be appreciated!
  

  Alphabetical order by first name.  Alphabetical order by last name.  By height.  Is the best man single, if so, he should walk with the Maid of Honor, if he's married, he should walk with the Matron of Honor.  By who you've known longest.  By who can run the mile in a faster time.  By who traveled to get to your wedding from the furthest distance away.  In other words, it doesn't matter.

  Or if one of them is a clutz maybe you doing want her being the one to hold your bouquet.
  

  I think these are all great suggestions, even if they're said a bit in jest. I had three attendants and they walked in order known the longest. My close friend was fretting over her order and I suggested the same for her (8 attendants!) because it really did seem the most objective in her case. 
  I think having any objective logic is helpful so people don't feel ranked. It sounds so silly and petty, I know, but this is something that causes brides stress as they don't want to offend. 

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• lc07 Sunny Southern California member

  

  April 2016

  I'd let them decide their walking order.

  

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• Knottie1436125977 member

  

  April 2016

  Thank yall for all the help! I love every suggestion!  
  

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• princessleia22 Oceanfront Property in Arizona member

  

  April 2016

  Yeah, it doesn't really matter much.  I had matron & maid, and one other bm.  Order was decided 5-minutes before the wedding by our wedding coordinator that suggest matron go first, then maid, then bm, based on their height. 
  

   

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