Anyone honoring a deceased parent(s) of bride or groom during the ceremony?

I'm actually honoring my mother in law who passed July 2016 and my uncle who was like a father to me. I will have signs on two front seats "reserved" with their names and flowers Hope this helps : )

Thank you it does, and thats beautiful

We'll be honoring those who are no longer with us (my father and grandparents) with a moment of silence during the ceremony.

Also for my father, I'll have a locket type chain attached to my bouquet as I walk down the isle with his picture in it.

I am honoring my mother-in-law by having my fsil walk in her place with a single flower and place it in the chair.I also plan on doing this for my grandma.

We are honoring my FHs father and my father with reserved chairs at the ceremony and a table with their pictures with lit candles and a poem. ETApelling

We will be honouring my brother and my aunt, whom was like a second mother to me and my siblings. We will be having reserved seating with their picture but will not have announcement.

My father passed and I'm going to wear a locket with his ashes and picture. And my FH wants to get a big picture of him blown up big enough for him to have a seat in the front row. (Which I think is crazy and will make me too emotional)

We are using my moms favorite flowers for our theme (sunflowers) and putting a reserved sign & single sunflower on her seat

Please don't do empty chairs. That is so graphic, and someone has to sit next to them. It's really a difficult way to remember people. And definately, no announcement.

I love the charms, I love having favorite flowers and music, I love being able to say something during the ceremony, but really, rethink the empty chair. I have done this twice, (against my recommendation) and both times it was impossible to recover from the moment of remembrance.

Fortunately everyone in our families loves the chair and flower idea and announcement so most likely those wont be changed. But i do realize people percieve things differently depending on their emotions toward things

We are simply saying In loving memory of _____ its nothing really big

Im doing something along the lines of this with pictures of my mother. Im just going to make it smaller

Op, I would really follow celias advice. Right now people think it's a great idea. But weddings make people emotional. And right now they're thinking oh that's so sweet. But the day of it could get very tough to move on as people are going to be thinking how different the day could be with them sitting in that chair.

I believe i made the best choice for my wedding. Everyone's ideas are beautful on here

Empty chairs are REALLY not a good idea.

My grandmother passed 16 years ago, and if we would have left an empty chair for her, we all would have been weeping uncontrollably.

I realize that it may not seem like a big deal now, especially if they've been gone a long time, but they're really sad, very blatant reminders that someone is missing.

Imagine having to sit next to one of those empty chairs...

You can do a memorial table, charms, even dedicate your first dance to them, but the empty chairs are really hard for many people to deal with. Please be considerate of your other guests.

Here's a photo of my memorial table. It was really well received, and wasn't as stark and blatant as an empty chair:

I am being considerate.....dont really like seeming assumptions that im not being considerate or "blatant" esp since we had a family meeting and have discussed this several times bc my FHs family gave this idea not me....and i wanted to make sure they are sure. So my choice is best for my day and our families and i dont think im being inconsiderare just bc others experiences didnt go well or others dont agree with what we chose to do.

Thats pretty @JJ yeah we are honoring her only at the ceremony and her seat will be on the end next to FHs dad and his wife is completely fine with it, this was suggested because his older brother did the same at his wedding and it was received very well.

Please let me preface this with : I used to be pro-empty chair.

I lost my mom 3 years ago. FH lost his mom 8 MONTHS ago.

I thought that I wanted to do empty chairs because I felt that having a charm wasn't enough. I wanted to really honor my mom and let people know she was on my mind on such an important day. But now, when I envision how I want our wedding to feel: happy, romantic, and full of loved ones, the thought of looking out over our friends and family watching us tie the knot and seeing two empty chairs is almost unbearable. It's too sad. Maybe it's because the wound is still very fresh for FH and I, but I also believe that it never gets easier, you just get used to it. And maybe someone else in your audience won't be as adjusted as maybe you are, and it will be monumentally harder for them.

Please rethink this, OP.

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Then why did you ask?

@FormalPajamas i appreciate how you expressed your opinion

@Celia - I chose to make the post but i also know i can ignore who i get bad vibes from i didnt post to feel judged or defend what im doing, so i will ignore those types of comments and commentors in this forum