A Bright Idea for Seating the Parents of the Bride and Groom

This idea falls into the category of "Why didn't I think of this before??!!" ;-)

Tradition says the parents of the bride sit in the front row on the left side and the parents of the groom sit in the front row on the right side.

When the couple walks up the aisle, the bride is usually on the left and whoever is escorting her is on the right. Once the groom takes his place next to the bride their backs are to the guests. In my "romantic" wedding ceremony after about 6 minutes into the presentation of the ceremony they are asked to face each other holding hands.

Here's the problem I noticed recently. When the bride faces the groom, she is facing away from her parents and the only thing they see is her back. The parents of the groom can only see the back of the groom.

Solution: Seat the parents of the bride on the right side and the parents of the groom on the left side. I know, that's not tradition, however the first time we actually seated the parents in this manner, both sets of parents came up to me after the ceremony to personally thank me for allowing them to see the expressions on the faces of their daughter and son as the ceremony was being performed.

If you like this idea, please be sure to let the Wedding Consultant and the wedding coordinator at your wedding venue, otherwise tradition will most likely be the rule of the day.

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