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Iysha40
Devoted May 2022

Married couples in wedding party

Iysha40, on September 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 79

I keep having this debate with my mother and I am really undecided of what I will end up doing. Both of my FSIL's are BM's and their husbands are GM. I wanted to match everyone up according to height and have them walk in tallest to shortest. My mother however feel that my FSIL's should walk with...

I keep having this debate with my mother and I am really undecided of what I will end up doing. Both of my FSIL's are BM's and their husbands are GM. I wanted to match everyone up according to height and have them walk in tallest to shortest. My mother however feel that my FSIL's should walk with their husband regardless of how the heights match up. What are you ladies and gents thoughts on this?

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  • Katherine
    VIP June 2017
    Katherine ·
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    There's one married couple in our party, but the guy is FH's BM and the gal is my fourth bridesmaid. I put them in order of how long I'd known them, not height. But there's no way to let her walk with her husband unless she's my maid of honor. I figured they could handle being apart for a 30 second walk up the aisle after the ceremony.

    ETA: I was in a wedding where I was the tallest bridesmaid by a mile (I'm 5'10" without heels) and I was paired with the shortest groomsman (maybe he was 5'6", I had to bend over to put my arm through his) and all the other groomsmen were 6'+. That was awkward. But all my girls are "normal" height (5'4"-5'7" ish) and the guys are all 5'10"+, so I guess that worked out for me!

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  • A. L.
    Master July 2017
    A. L. ·
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    Nobody cares how tall anyone is.

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  • Christina
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    I think being paired by height is a little bridezilla. No one is going to notice or even care about height. Your bridal party might not be so happy if they couldn't walk with their s/o. I am sure they wouldn't care because it's your decision, but I also don't think they would understand your reasoning. I have always been told they should be in order of who is closest to you and not height so there's that too.

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  • Flying
    Master May 2017
    Flying ·
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    One of my GM is 5'9" and he's walking with a BM that is 6'

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  • FutureHennigan
    Super September 2018
    FutureHennigan ·
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    Sorry to say but I think your mom is right about this one! Nobody (except you) will notice if you line them up by height.

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  • Lauren B.
    Master October 2015
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    Let them walk with their spouses

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  • Laura2.0
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    No one will care. This is pretty low on the list of things to be stressed about. Pair the married people together.

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  • Natasha
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    I say let the couples walk together and don't worry about the height it is okay.

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  • Iysha40
    Devoted May 2022
    Iysha40 ·
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    Let me clarify for some of ya'll who cannot come on these forums and not be rude in your comments. I am not looking to match my 6'9" GM with a 6'9" BM. Opposed to sitting down and figuring out who would walk with who. Minus the MOH & BMan I was going to have the BM's line up tallest to shortest and have the GM do the same and where ever you feel in line is who you walked with. I just thought it be more work trying to figure it out else wise. I'm not being a bridezilla, and as for "who cares" obviously I do which is why I asked. Isn't that what this forum is for??????

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  • Steph
    Super August 2016
    Steph ·
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    Definitely have them walk by couple. I would be super irritated if I was in a wedding with DH and we weren't paired together. No one will care about the heights but they will be pissed if they don't get to walk together.

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  • Katie
    Master October 2016
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    If you have a certain order you want your bridal party stand have them walk in that order. Couples do not have to walk together.

    @Steph You would seriously be irritated if you couldn't walk with your FH? It's literally two minutes of walking. Sheesh.

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  • Karyn
    Devoted October 2016
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    Yeah I think I agree. Think about guests who aren't really sure who is who. That's confusing. "Oh, that's his sister. But the guy she's walking down with is his other sister's husband"

    Sorry. Think you're mom is right.

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  • Caitlin
    Master July 2017
    Caitlin ·
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    1. No one was rude.

    2. Match couples up - people are more likely to notice you didn't match a couple up together than them not being in order of height.

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  • GymRat
    Master May 2017
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    @His Queen - lose the attitude. No one was RUDE, it's called snark and if you would have lurked these forums a bit more you would realize that.

    When we say, "who cares" what we're trying to get you to understand is that no one will care! It isn't a big deal and nothing to stress/worry/give much thought about.

    This is so low on the damn totem pole it's nonexistent and something you don't even need to worry about with 10 months til your wedding.

    You know that Rihanna song Work? Sing it like this:

    LURK LURK LURK LURK LURK

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  • Old married lady
    Master September 2016
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    Steph if you get mad about who you walk with at a wedding you probably need to relax.

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  • A&W
    Master May 2017
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    Height order is nice if it works out, but it's totally unnecessary. Just let the married couples walk together.

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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    I think it doesn't really matter either way! You can line up your bridesmaids & groomsmen however you want, and I think it's totally ridiculous that someone couldn't survive walking out down the aisle for 30 seconds without their spouse Smiley smile

    We don't really care that much at all so we're just lining them up by height as well!

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  • Flying
    Master May 2017
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    I really hope no one pays attention to height. I'm only 5'2" and my ENTIRE bridal party is taller than I am. Except maybe the 12 year old jr. BM I have. But even she might be taller than me once we hit May to be totally honest.

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  • Iysha40
    Devoted May 2022
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    Lol.... no attitude over here and yes some were rude. I remember now why I stayed off of these things. Happy planning everyone!

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  • MrsSki
    Master April 2017
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    My FSILs are also BMs and their husbands are GM. I want them to have pretty professional pictures of them walking back the aisle together, so we're ignoring height and going in age order for the siblings

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