Both parents are escorting bride, which side is the MOB on? Curious for your opinion

[momee]

I've seen both, I think they should have Dad on left, mom on right of bride.

 

 

What say ye?

[QueenCat]

I'd day it really doesn't matter. What matters is what the bride prefers.

[chocolatechip]

Well, don't the bride's parents usually sit on the bride's left? 

 

Considering that, I'd say I would naturally gravitate towards putting the father of the bride on her right and the mother on the left.

 

But, as previous posters said, in the end it doesn't really matter.

[momee]

That's why I was confused.  I'm coordinating a wedding of about 200 tomorrow and it dawned on me I've never done one with both parents escorting.  Seems right to have the mom closest to the side traditionally saved for the bride's guests.

 

I confused myself even further by looking at pictures on google, haha.  Everything imaginable is there.

 

I'll ask the bride but bet she won't care... I just wanted to check myself before the rehersal tonight.

[Kathryn]

I wouldn't think it would matter. My natural inclination, though, is mom on left, dad on right.

[happypamama]

I would say mom on left, dad on right, because that's how Dad and I walked at my wedding, and that's how Dad and my sister walked at her wedding. But those were Christian (Protestant, if that matters) services, and I want to say that I've read that Jewish weddings are the reverse. I could be completely wrong on that, though.

[StaceyinLA]

My husband and I walked my oldest together, and I was on the left.

[MedicMom]

I did that. Mom was on the right, dad on the left. No particular reason why it was that way.

[El...]

In the military tradition, the lady walks on the left, so the knight's man's dominant hand is free.  Lefties are out of luck.  So, dad on the right, daughter in the middle, mom on the left?

 

I seriously doubt that anyone will criticize whatever happens, though.  :) 

[AHASRADA]

I would say, wherever the dad traditionally stands, mom should be on the other (remaining) side. Sounds simple, but what do I know?

[MomtoCandJ]

My mom was on my left and my dad was on the right, same with Dh's parents (they walked with him down). If it matters any my mom is left handed and my dad was right.

[HRAAB]

I was on the right, dad on the left.  I can't see that it matters.  In our case, it was an informal, backyard wedding.

[HS Mom in NC]

Doesn't matter.

[songsparrow]

I don't know that there is a standard.  But when I walked down the aisle, my father was on my right because at the head of the church the women (bride & bridesmaids) stood on the left and the men (groom & groomsmen) stood on the right (as viewed from the back of the aisle looking toward the front of the church).  If we had divided seating in the traditional manner, the bride's family would have sat on the left and the groom's family would have sat on the right.  So if both parents had walked me down the aisle, my father would have been on my right and my mother would have been on my left.

[Evergreen State Sue]

If there is a train to the wedding gown, it is easier for the mom to be on the left so she won't have to step around the train and possibly trip in heels.