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Memorial Table Questions

Michelle, on January 13, 2020 at 3:58 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 5
Do you think its strange to include young photos of grandparents? Or better to do older ones, as you remember? FH knew his grandparents until they passed. My maternal grandmother died when my mom was young so I never met her. So would it be odd to have a younger photo of them, and an older photo of just him as I knew him?


We were also thinking of photos of us with our grandparents, but he doesnt have much for his paternal side for photos, I only have group/all family photos with my paternal side. Not sure if its weird to have whole family photo at the memorial table if most people are still with us?
In the end, we mostly have photos each with the grandparent we were closest to. Mine was my maternal grandfather and his his maternal grandmother. If we use, for example, grandparents wedding photos, but then one each of those of us with just 1 grandparent, is it rude/poor taste?
I also wanted to include a photo of my great aunt, who was like a grandmother to me. Is it weird to dovthis but not include other family who we were not very close to (aunts/uncles)?
Thanks!

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Latest activity by Sherry, on January 14, 2020 at 4:46 PM
  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
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    It's your memorial table, you should put whatever pictures you want and what makes you happiest for remembering those loved ones on your wedding day. We had some younger pictures (my maternal grandparents wedding picture, a younger picture of my husband's great grandmother, etc.). Put the pictures of the people you miss and wish could be there and don't stress about etiquette with this aspect. Memorial Table Questions 1


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  • Jill
    Expert April 2020
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    I say put whoever you want on the table! I don't think it should matter whether they are from when they were younger or older. Printed photos from before are hard to come by anyways so that may be all you have like you said. As far as putting some and not others, put the ones that you truly wished could have been there and don't feel obligated to put every single family member.

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  • Alycia
    Expert September 2021
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    I'm using my grandparents wedding photos on our table. My fiance is doing both. I'm not too concerned.
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  • Katie
    Super November 2019
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    We used a military photo of my husband's grandfather but an older one of our other grandparents.
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  • Sherry
    Master September 2019
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    You can use whatever photos you want to.

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