Am I wrong?

[s_r_d3]

Ok this past weekend was my future sis inlaws wedding. While at the rehearsal the pastor (also the grooms father) said that the brides mother is always seated first. I've read tons of books and stuff online that says the brides mother is always seated last before the bridal party. He argued with mom over it and it made mom upset cause mom also read the same books as I. He allowed her to be seated last but he wasnt happy about it even though its what the bride herself wanted. So my question is is there any religion where the brides mother is seated before the grooms mother? Thanks!

[SerendipityCrafts]

You are not wrong .... if it is a Christian wedding, the groom's mother is seated first and then the bride's mother.

Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080527074930AAXTwBK)

What is the order of a Christian wedding processional?
A Christian wedding processional begins with the clergy, the groom, and the best man entering from the side to the altar area of the church. Following that, grandparents, parents of the groom, and the mother of the bride all enter the church in processional. They are followed by groomsmen, bridesmaids, the maid of honor, and finally, the bride with her father. If we are not in a church situation, we may choose to have the groom enter at a different point in the processional and walk in, perhaps, immediately preceded by his best man. That's something we decide in our conversations with the bride and groom before the wedding.

Wedding planning includes working out who sits where at the wedding ceremony and does not need to be difficult. Traditionally, in Western Christian churches the bride’s family sits on the left side of the aisle while the groom’s family sits on the right. The problems sometimes begin when there are step-parents.

The mothers always have the best seats, in the front row. The fathers sit beside them, but in the case of a step-parent, the mother of the bride or mother of the groom would still sit at the front with her new partner, or on her own. The father would sit in the 2nd row, with or without a new partner.

Grandparents can either sit with parents or in the 3rd row, behind them, depending on space.

The mother of the bride is the last person to be seated. Traditionally the father of the bride would be waiting to walk down the aisle with his daughter, so either the usher, or another family member could escort the mother to her seat.

When everyone is seated, the celebrant and the groom enter and the best man follows. The best man then stands with the groom and the celebrant.

[WebLady]

I think it really depends on how you want things done, but most of the weddings I have been involved in the groom's mother was seated first, then exits last; after the bride's mother.

[s_r_d3]

It was a nondenominational wedding with really no tradition. The groom requested to escort his mother down and since dad was giving sis away mom had someone else walk her down it turned out to be our uncle who was part of the wedding anyways. I thought we were right but his father kept saying that we were wrong and he'd done research and its always the brides mother who is seated first. Thanks for the info ladies!

[aunt_mie]

Ok this past weekend was my future sis inlaws wedding. While at the rehearsal the pastor (also the grooms father) said that the brides mother is always seated first. I've read tons of books and stuff online that says the brides mother is always seated last before the bridal party. He argued with mom over it and it made mom upset cause mom also read the same books as I. He allowed her to be seated last but he wasnt happy about it even though its what the bride herself wanted. So my question is is there any religion where the brides mother is seated before the grooms mother? Thanks!


it shouldn't matter....if you want your mom to be seated last then she should be seated last.......

[bichonlvr]

Yeah I think it does not matter..it is really want the couple want right?!?!

[RevMatty]

Here's a chart I had once posted awhile back on something similar...
http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=8839