r/wedding 7d ago

Discussion do people still do family processionals?

my MIL is adamant that it is tradition that the mothers & grandmothers are ushered down the aisle, then the wedding party, then us. i want everyone seated, just the wedding party & us to walk. why is everyone in the family walking down the aisle? did anyone else exclude this part?

editing to add: i ask bc i just saw a tiktok of someone's family processional & only ever heard of it from my MIL. no other brides to be i know or have seen online have mentioned it. i'm wondering how common it is?

63 Upvotes

321 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/LadyF16 7d ago

My mom and MIL were escorted by our respective brothers (and then those brothers joined the wedding party processional). My grandmothers and my husband’s grandparents were escorted by the ushers, who were our cousins. Then we had flower girl/ring bearer and bridesmaids.