Wedding which side to sit
For Jewish services, it's the opposite. But should someone express a preference for one side or the other many guests will say they are friends or relatives of both to-be-weds , they can be seated wherever they want to sit. If one side of the family has more guests than the other, the ushers if you're having them can help seat people to even things out. Couples with no preference as to who sits on which side can toss tradition completely and let guests choose their spot on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Make sure elderly guests are seated near the front and guests in wheelchairs or on crutches have access to an end seat. The first four or five rows may be reserved for immediate and extended family like aunts, uncles, cousins and godparents and other special guests like the parents of a child attendant by tying ribbons across those rows.
Both wedding parties typically sit in the first row after processing down the aisle—if they're not standing up at the altar with you. Immediate family is seated just before the ceremony begins. Siblings if they're not in the wedding party are seated before grandparents and great-grandparents. They sit either in the first row with parents or in the second row with grandparents.
If you have step-relatives, make sure the ushers know whom they are. Step-relatives should be escorted to their seats first—for example, step-grandparents precede birth grandparents. You may want to reserve a few extra rows directly behind immediate family for step-grandparents and stepsiblings but don't feel like you have to separate blood relations from step-relations if you'd like them intermixed. If parents are divorced, seat the parent who primarily raised the bride or groom in the front row with their partner, and seat the other parent and their partner in the third row.
Alternatively, birth parents may sit beside each other in the first row, or they may share the front row with stepparents.
This is one discussion you'll want to have well in advance of your wedding day. Bring it up early and talk candidly to avoid awkwardness or tension when the day arrives. In Jewish ceremonies, all parents stand under the chuppah with the couple. In Christian ceremonies, the bride's mother is always seated last and the groom's mother is seated just before her.
The seating of the bride's mother usually signals the ceremony is about to begin. Brothers of the couple usually seat their mothers, but the head usher can do it if the brothers are in the wedding party, or a brother can seat his mom and then take his place with the other groomsmen.
Unless you're having a super-intimate ceremony, we recommend having about one usher to seat every 50 guests. While wedding ceremony ushers are often male relatives or wedding party members, you can definitely designate both male and female friends to this task.
It's nice to know there are people in charge of passing out programs, getting people to their seats as seamlessly as possible and keeping an eye out for sensitive seating issues like keeping your two feuding uncles apart. If you're going the traditional route, have ushers escort female guests to their seats. The usher should offer his right arm to the woman and lead her down the aisle to her seat, while her date or partner follows.
With a group of women, the usher might offer his arm to the oldest woman. But these days, especially for a more relaxed ceremony, it's fine for ushers to simply greet guests at the door and lead them to their seats, saying, "Please follow me. Main Menu. Sign Up. Back to Main Menu. Planning Tools. Wedding Vision. Discover Your Vision. Firstly, just remember the simple rule; bride to the left and groom to the right. For a traditional Christian church wedding this is the way to do it.
Well, in times gone by kidnappers would often abscond with the bride in order to steal her dowry, so in order for the groom to protect his bride, he needed to keep his sword arm free. Hence, the bride would stand to the left so he could fight with his right.
Parents and immediate family will sit on the first row or however many rows are needed , extended family will sit on the second row, and behind them will sit invited friends and guests. These are dependent upon a variety of factors and it would be way too complicated to list all the variations here. We hate to break it to you, but you might not love the reasons—the tradition behind the bride standing on the left side of the altar actually stems from the old days of "marriage by capture," meaning the groom needed to leave his right hand aka, his fighting hand which he used to hold the sword free in the event that he'd need to defend his bride from other suitors who may try to whisk her away at the last minute.
But today, most couples still choose for the bride to stand on the left, with the groom on the right—probably because they simply haven't given it much thought. As far as we're concerned, it truly doesn't matter who stands on what side of the altar, so feel free to mix it up.
If you're most comfortable standing on the right so the audience will see your good side, or whatever other reason you may have , go for it — it ultimately doesn't matter which side the bride stands on in the ceremony. But take note: If you're having a religious ceremony, check with your officiant and make sure that changing your positions at the altar won't go against the beliefs of your house of worship for instance, brides in Jewish weddings often stand on the right instead.
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