I am a wedding coordinator, and I always stress to my clients that they should do what they want. It's their wedding, and although there is a "typical" way of doing things, the most important thing is that they are happy. That said, I would ask the mom and grandmoms who they want to walk them down the aisle. If they want the grooms brothers to do it, then they can walk them down the aisle, then discreetly join the rest of the groomsmen, wherever they may be (probably at that point the groomsmen will still be in the groom's room, so they can just join them there). I had a wedding where the mother of the groom wanted the groom to walk her down the aisle. I just went and got him right before it was time for her to walk down, and then after she was seated he went back to the grooms room. It was very touching, because they talked a little on the way down the aisle, and they kissed before he seated her. It was like he was saying good-bye to her (figuratively, of course). It was very nice.

I am also a wedding coordinator. I agree that it can be very touching for the groom to walk him mother in. If he prefers not to, then you might have his brothers seat his mother and grandmother and have your brothers seat your mother.

so should he walk his mother down, go up on stage and then have my mother walk down?

Seat the grooms grandparents, then the bride's grandparents (if there are any). Then have the groom walk his mom down. If at that point the groomsmen are on stage then he should join them there. Once he is in his place (let him stand there for a few seconds) then your mom can enter. I wouldn't let her enter until he is in his place--you don't want a lot of movement at one time. Have fun and happy wedding.

If the groomsmen will enter with the bridesmaids, which is the most common method, then the groom would exit and he would join the minister for their entrance. They will enter after your mother is seated and after the music changes to the piece for the entrance of the wedding party. They are the first ones in the wedding party to enter.

At my son's wedding, we did something I'd never seen done before. My husband and I were the first people in the actual procession, followed by the rest of the bridal party. While we turned into our seats, the rest of the party took their places up front.
This was the way the wedding coordinator choreographed it and it turned out to be very nice.

This topic reminded me of my last nephew's wedding. All his brothers were in the wedding party, two as ushers. We were all standing around waiting to start filing in, when he rushes up to me and says "Uncle Steve you take grandma to her seat" and dashes out. I turn to his brother and ask him what was going on. His reply was "He . . Uncle Steve I don't know, everytime I turn around he's changed something else." I wound up taking my mother to her seat, escorted into the pew and then had to seat down as his maternal grandparents were right behind me. My brother and sister were seated right behind us and my sister kept leaning over and hissing "You're suppose to be sitting with us." After two times of this, the other grandmother turned around and said "He's not going to climb over us, so sit back and be quiet."

The topper was when he AND his bride walked HIS mother and HER mother down the aisle together. Folks commented later how unusual that was and much they liked that idea! Go figure.

also, there are etiquette folks who will say, you don't escort the grandparents in as though it's a ceremony. They just get seated when they arrive, so they don't have to stand around outside. They're not *in* the wedding party, they're just guests. Important family, but not with some standing.

I like it, too! You'd need a pretty wide aisle, though, for two moms, a groom, a bride, and a big wedding gown. But it's not really that unusual: it's similar to how it's done in Jewish weddings. The groom's parents walk him up the aisle to the canopy, and then any bridesmaids, and then the bride's parents do the same with her. Both sets stand next to the canopy through the ceremony, rather than sitting down with the guests. You literally SEE the families joining. I also like it because it seems more egalitarian to me -- both sets of parents escorting their children to marriage, rather than one man handing over a woman to another. You have to work it out thoughtfully in case of divorced parents, but everyone seems to figure out what works for them. If there are grandparents, usually they come down the aisle first, either as a couple or escorted by ushers (male or female).

It is such a personal thing, I think each Bride and Groom must decide the way they would like it to be and not worry too much about tradition and 'the way things are done'. Make your own tradition...

Here is a link that might be useful: Mother of the Groom Dresses

Serenitynot, you should really start your own thread as replies to your question will be emailed to the original poster nettie 85 who asked her question over six years ago.
I do think you are entirely justified in feeling left out. Where I live both sets of parents would sit with the bridal party and certainly photos would be taken of everyone, usually something like:
The entire bridal party;
Bride and groom;
Bride and groom plus bridesmaids/groomsmen;
Bride and groom plus MOH and BM;
Bride and groom plus bride's parents;
Bride and groom plus groom's parents;
Bride and groom plus all parents;
And so on.
If not seated with the bridal party all parents would have a place of honour.
Why anyone lets themselves be dictated to as to what to wear is beyond me; I would never have dreamed of choosing clothes for either my own mother or my now MIL. I wasn't nuts baout their choices, but it was not my place to dictate to the senior women in our families.
I do agree your new DIL has an issue with you and is being rude and hurtful. Can you discuss this calmly with your son, alone? Do not be accusatory.

hey colleenoz, thanks for your reply, I've got to figure out how to start my own thread, as you've suggested. My son refuses to talk about it and now refuses to talk to me...I'm living a nightmare. He apparently sees nothing wrong with what happened to me at the wedding...btw, you should see the dress she sent me. It looks like something you would use to clean the floor. I spoke with a psychologist who said that she wont be happy until she has completely destroyed me in my son's eyes. :( and up until the wedding me and my son had never even had an argument.

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