matron vs. maid of honor

I agree...don't think it matters. The brides that I;ve seen do this have the matron of honor closest to the bride. But...in the few cases I've seen the matron of honor was the brides sister so I guess higher in priority to them. Again...really don't think it matters though.

Abbey C. I am not really sure, but I bought a book from Books a million on wedding ediqutte and it says that a matron of honor is someone that is married or has ever been married before. I don't know, that's what it says......never heard of that before.

But I'm calling mine a maid of honor, not Matron.

It hardly matters who stand closer to the bride.....You can ask them to decide mutually if you do not want to hurt any one's feeling.......Any one of them can stand closer to you on your wedding day.....

The differences is only that A matron of honor is married, while a maid of honor is not........The duties of a maid of honor or matron of honor are the same........keeping a close eye on the bride........helping with the wedding planning and helping the bride to get ready on her wedding day..........

It is also the responsibility of the maid of honor or matron of honor to plan a bridal or wedding shower for the happy couple........

I am having 2 maids of honor (one sister, and my best friend), and one matron of honor. Is this weird?

All of my bridesmaids are married, so do I refer to all of them as my matrons of honor?

You can have them stand in whatever order you want!

@Beneal - if your Maid of Honor is married, the correct title is Matron of Honor, married bridesmaids are still referred to as bridesmaids. I had a maid and matron of honor (my sister and my sister in law), but you can have just one, both, or neither!

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So here's my dilemma. I've decided to have a maid of honor and a matron of honor. My FH thought he'd only need a best man. He's having difficulty finding a groomsman for my bridesmaid, let alone my bridesmaid and my recently titled matron of honor. Does he need to have two best men for maid and matron of honor, or can he just have two groomsmen and a best man? I'm so confused about the wedding party stuff!

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I would make them all bridesmaids. They all can share in the work without the added stress of who should go where.

So I have a matron of honor and a maid of honor now my matron of honor is married but separated do the matron of honor have to be actively married to be considered my matron of honor?

I have two step sisters we close lol and my two bff's one will be my Maid of honor and the other my matron. My sister's will be my brides maids

I often times think the use of the titles maid/matron of honor and best man, as well as bridesmaid, groomsman, bridesman, groomswoman, etc is just too much to worry about. Call them all the wedding party and don't try to distinguish between the various rankings of your nearest and dearest. When it comes to who stand where draw straws or go alphabetically, maybe by height, siblings first or maybe friends first. Just choose your nearest and dearest to stand with you, those people you just can't imagine not being at your side (literally and figuratively) through lifes ups and downs, challenges and joys.

I also had both. My Maid was my sister, so she went first. The Matron was my bff, and she went second.

I'd go by how close you are relationship-wise to them.