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[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Interesting. I've never seen groomsmen escort bridesmaids up the aisle. With the exception I note below, I've invariably seen the groom, best man and clergy wait at the front, the groomsmen come up the aisle in pairs and stand to the side of the groom, followed by the bridesmaids and then MOH, who come in one-by-one and stand next to the bride. The groomsmen do escort the bridesmaids out.

So the groomsmen escort each other down the aisle? Now that I've never seen.

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

The church were we were married had the pews set up in a "+"shape - so the bridesmaids walked to the mid point break in the pews where the groomsmen then met them and walked them in the rest of the way. The best man was up front with my husband. Not sure why we did it that way, other than the church's wedding person told us to do it that way.

You just reminded me...my husband was in a wedding where the aisles were somewhat of a "Y" shape and the groomsmen and bridesmaids both started out at opposite ends of the "Y" at the same time and met up in the middle, and continued the rest of the way towards the alter together.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

So the groomsmen escort each other down the aisle? Now that I've never seen.

LOL. No, they're not arm-in-arm, just side-by-side.

And come to think of it, I do sometimes see them come in one-by-one rather than in pairs. But it always seemed like the idea was that nobody cared about looking at the groomsmen like they care about looking at the bridesmaids, so you get the groomsmen in fast, and then slow down for the bridesmaids.

[carnation]

I had never seen groomsmen come down the aisle with the bridesmaids before--I'd only seen them wait up front with the groom--and then AXOAlum, who was the coordinator at our oldest's wedding, suggested that they walk up the aisle with the bridesmaids. It was so appropriate! The music was bouncy and Scottish (from "Braveheart") and it worked out beautifully.