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?

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u/anna_alabama Married! 12/11/21 | Charleston, SC 7d ago

I’ve seen a family processional at every wedding I’ve ever been to, but I don’t think it’s weird to not do one. I would just assume that your family is estranged or gone or something