How to seat parents at the ceremony without ushers
My fiance and I are not planning to have ushers at our wedding. We will have two guest book attendants who will be handing out our programs. I am at a loss for what to do about seating the grandparents and parents. Should we have our groomsmen seat them before they walk down, or should they seat themselves? Would it be offensive or bad ettiquette to not have someone escorting them? Also, we have several interesting situations....both of our parents are divorced - his father is the best man, so his wife will not have an escort for seating. His mother will have her boyfriend as an escort. My mother is remarried and will be with her husband. My father will be escorting me, so his wife will be without an escort. We have several sets of grandparents and step-grandparents coming to the wedding - some of which are without escorts. Should we only arrange seating escorts for those who are without someone? Or should we arrange for them all to be escorted to their seats by our groomsmen?
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Nancy Tucker
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You would definitely want to give honor seating to all of the parents and grandparents. All mothers would be seated by either a groomsman or some special family member. The same for all grandmothers. The spouses or partners of these ladies will follow behind the escort. Nancy Tucker President of Weddings Beautiful US http://www.weddingsbeautiful.com and http://www.coordinatorscorner.com
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Agreed. It may be helpful for you to read a wedding etiquette book, like the Bride's Book of Etiquette for the timing of all of this and where these honored guests are seated. There is specific etiquette involved and it appears as if you have a lot of questions. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
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How to seat parents at the ceremony without ushers
