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Brittany
Super September 2015

Man of Honor

Brittany, on April 5, 2015 at 11:17 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11

I have asked my brother to be my man of honor in my wedding. We have a plan for his attire, etc.

I'm not sure about two things:

1. Should he walk in like a maid/matron of honor would? Or maybe come out with the groom and best man?

2. If he does come in down the aisle, should I have him carry something? I don't know if he'll feel awkward and not know what to do with his hands.

Has anyone else had a man of honor? What worked for you?

11 Comments

Latest activity by jenna_, on April 6, 2015 at 1:26 PM
  • 714HBLady
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    714HBLady ·
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    I would say since he is standing on your side have him walk out like a maid of honor would. Either option works though.

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  • L&G
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    L&G ·
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    My brother is also on my side, I am calling him the brides best man haha. He's going to escort my mom to her seat and then wait up front withy the guys

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  • alyshadanielle
    Master April 2015
    alyshadanielle ·
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    If I had a Man of Honor, I would have him walk in with the guys but just go stand on your side. I don't think he should carry anything.. That may be a little weird lol.

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  • Brittany
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    Brittany ·
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    That's what I thought, Alysha...it would be weird.

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  • Nancy Taussig
    Nancy Taussig ·
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    If you're not having a ring bearer, he could carry a box with the rings.

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  • Beth
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    Beth ·
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    My friend had a bridesman. He walked in with the bridesmaids but didn't carry anything.

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  • Uber Dami
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    Uber Dami ·
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    My man of honor is coming down the aisle with my maid of honor, he's not carrying anything.

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  • MzRosaLu
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    MzRosaLu ·
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    My brother is also my Man of Honor, and his partner is one of FH's groomsmen, so they are going to walk out together (the same way the bridesmaids will walk with the other groomsmen). He won't be carrying anything...just struttin' his stuff down the aisle :-)

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  • jenna_
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    jenna_ ·
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    I had a man of honor. he was the only one on my side. DH had a best man and a groomsman. i understand that our wedding party was a little nontraditional with it being all guys, but that actually made it a lot easier for us, i think. it may not apply, but this is what we did:

    (one song played for all of this, it was just easier.)

    officiant and groom walked up along the treeline (not down the aisle. they walked up from the side.)

    the rest of the guys walked down the aisle in this order: best man, man of honor, groomsman.

    that was it. it was super simple. super easy.

    then i walked in with my dad.

    ETA: he wore the same thing that the best man and groomsman wore, right down to the same bout. he didn't carry anything. he wasn't a bridesmaid... lol.

    he did hold my bouquet during the ceremony and helped fix my train and veil once i made it up to the altar and got in my position.

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  • Megan Jo
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    Megan Jo ·
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    I am having a "man of honor" but I do not have any BM, our three brothers are our wedding party since we are having a DW. I am going to have him stand next to me and FH will have his two bros stand on his side. That doesn't help your situation for what I'm doing but my opnion is you should have him walk with your BM if he walked with the men it would just make him seem like a Gm not a man of honor.

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  • jenna_
    Master March 2015
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    @Meggie Jo's idea would work well.

    if you're also having bridesmaids with your FH's groomsmen, then i'd have best man and man of honor walk in single, and then you could pair off the remaining bridesmaids and groomsmen. or if you aren't even, you could have them all walk in single. you can have them walk in a single file line so it doesn't take as long with one person down the aisle at a time.

    that's what we did. all three of them walked down in a single file line rather than one at a time.

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