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Another way to say "Matron"

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    Miso    September 25, 2010   Brooklyn, NY

    My MOH is married.  I can't stand "matron" and while she hasn't complained about it at all, she isn't thrilled about it, either.  Does anyone know of alternatives for a married MOH?

     
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    caszos    June 2010   Florida

    Eek, I am not sure, you could just somehow list her as Mrs. Sarah Smith rather than Matron of Honor Sarah Smith

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    BFFOH?

    Honestly unless you're going super formal, no one will call you on it if you just say Maid. Unless your aunt's emily post and your neighbor is miss manners.

     
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    Anchors    October 10, 2010   Knoxville, TN

    @Melissabegins~ BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That made me almost spit out my soda!

    OP~ My MOH is married and she refers to herself as the Maid of Honor =)

     
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    Miso    September 25, 2010   Brooklyn, NY

    @Melissabegns - my mother *thinks* she's Emily Post . . . But I've considered "Best Friend"

    @Anchors - that might be the more realistic answer.

     

     
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    soontobeLJW    May 1, 2010   Cohasset, MA

    I'm having 2 maids of honor, one is actually a matron of honor so I like that they'll have different titles. If neither of you like Matron I would just use Maid... I mean when a bridesmaid's married are you really supposed to call her a bridesmatron? That just sounds silly and I've never heard anyone complain about married women being bridesMAIDS. You could call her a woman of honor, an honor attendant, or lady of honor anything along those lines I think would work!

     
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    azula    February 27, 2010  

    My MOH is married and I never referred to her as anything other than "maid of honor". Well, that's not true, in Spanish I called her "madrina". But yeah, I don't think you have to call her "matron" just because she's married.

     
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    kcasam    December 6, 2010   Baltimore

    i think Maid of Honor is OK...I mean...how many people are really going to notice anyhow?

     
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    krissybee    October 15, 2011   :: chicago IL ::

    yeah, my sister is married and i'm putting "maid of honor" on our programs.

    with all due respect, suck it emily post. Innocent

     
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    jadeblue    July 31, 2010   Western Massachusetts

    I asked mine what they'd like to be called, and they considered "hag" before deciding on "wench." I might just put that in the program. Matron is terrible, though. That word should be banished in reference to anyone born after 1914.

     
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    aliciareneephotography    4/24/04   New Hampshire

    Lady of Honor? Kind of a call-back to the lady-in-waiting thing, which is where much of this stemmed from, I think.

     
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    Miso    September 25, 2010   Brooklyn, NY

    @krissybee LOL!

    @jadeblue hag/matron seem pretty interchangeable.

    @aliciareneephotography I kinda like that . . .

     
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    ElleTR13    April 16, 2011   Memphis, TN

    What about Honor Attendent? I'm having 3--Matron and 2 maids--and I may use that title instead.

     
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    rmdst39    September 18, 2010   Phoenixville, PA

    Our MOH and BM are total roits and very good friends.  We are referring to them as Best Woman and Man of Honor.  :)  I'm in total agreement with you on your distaste for Matron!

     

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