Bridesmaid & Groomsman order/pairing

Rule of thumb is that they're paired in the order you want them to stand (MOH with BM, etc). Usually the bridal party stands with the most important people closest to the bride and groom and stemming out from there.

If you're not having your bridal party stand during the ceremony, you can pair them however you like. But the MOH and BM should still be paired together.

Other than MOH and Bestman being first we did by height. Shortest closest to us and tallest furthest away. We are short so didn't want the tallest closest to us. It just happened to work out that our MOH and Bestman were 2 of the shortest.

I think it gets awkward when you do it by who is closest to you or the most important. People might get offended. Other than MOH and Bestman of course

We have mostly family, so I am doing MOHs (my cousin and then my SIL), then my family (other SIL, step sister), his family (his brother's fiance), and then friend.

We figured my family, his family, then friends for both sides. So he will have his two brothers (best men), my brothers, and then his two best friends.

Please order them by personality because that sounds like it would cause a hilarious argument at the rehearsal that you can then come back and tell us about.

In all seriousness, just do it in the order you want them to stand. For me, FH's sister walks first, then my sister, then my other sister who is MOH. So the standing order will be me, MOH, sister, FSIL.

For the groomsmen, BM will walk last to stand closest to the groom, and the other two groomsmen are ordered by how long FH has known them. So the groomsman who walks first, and stands on the outer edge, is the one he's known the shortest amount of time.

Also, they don't have to be paired. Everyone is walking down solo for us.

By personality I meant, for example, not have two really shy people together.... Have someone who will make that person feel more comfortable. Not in a drama or fighting type of way. Everyone in our wedding party is awesome, just some very outgoing and some very shy.

It also might help to mention that we have a fairly large party... 7 on each side (so pairing would be best for sale of not having a train of 14 solos being introduced)

The height thing would be AWESOME because I'm only 4'10 lol but we have the BM who is tall and built and MOH who is not too tall or super short :/ just have a group that is hard to go by many ideas. And I do see the point in having it by who is closest to you or order of importance, but I also wouldn't want anyone feeling like they are in order of importance

I've been a BM 7 times and it was always by height.