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I think you should have Mom/Stepdad in the front row on the aisle and Dad/Stepmom in the row just behind them, also on the aisle.
If there is room for all of them in the front row, I would seat them all there.
My understanding is usually the mother and her husband are seated in the first row and the father and his wife in the second row...I think MOB is supposedly a bigger deal than FOB and so they are seated accordingly. I've also seen the bride's mother and stepfather on the center aisle side of the front row and the father and stepmother further in the pew (even on the far aisle).
What I don't think you should do is sit the birth parents together as if if they are a married couple and separate them from their spouses. That may cause some hard feelings. I know my husband would refuse to sit with his ex-wife and not with me.
EDIT: I just saw your poll. PLEASE don't sit three of the four parents in the front row and single out the stepmother and put her in the second row. That is a definite slight to both her and to your father and I can't see that going over well.
I think you either sit all 4 together on the front row or you sit mom & stepdad on row 1 and dad & stepmom on row 2.
Agree with everyone, Mom and stepdad in front row and dad and stepmom in row 2 or all in row 1. We are doing everyone is row one, but my parents still get along really well as do my step parents.
You should just sit all of them together in the front row. My dad is remarried (for 3 years) and my mom is single. My mom sat on the very end of the aisle, my dad next to her and his wife on the other side of him. They are going to be so focused on the ceremony and their daughter getting married they are not going to be thinking about who they are sitting near.
Thank you all for your responses. Looks like it is between all of them in the front and mom and stepdad in front, dad and step-mom in second row. I think I will talk to my dad to see what he prefers. My mom's seat won't change either way :-) Thanks Bees!!
My mom will NOT sit with my dad in the same row as her. I read somewhere though concerning wedding ettiquette, that it is ok to sit the father in the second row if he and your mother are remarried. I didn't want to, but my mom made such a big fuss, I will just go ahead and do it that way.... This is precisely the reason I don't want children until we are absolutely ready. I don't to ever put them in awkward moments like these on days that are suppose to be all about them.
I had everyone in the front row. Then at dinner, they were at different tables (one with DH's Dad and wife 5, the other with DH's Step Dad and his girlfriend). It almost gets funny after a point! I filled in the dinner seats with uncles and aunts. But essentially there were 2 head family tables.
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My parents are divorced and maintain a civil relationship. The are both re-married- My mother for 16 years and my father for 1 and a half. How should I seat them for the ceremony? I would like them to both be in the front and center, but I would like them to be able to sit by their spouses. I thought about putting them in the frnt by each other and their spouses behind them, but I think my step-dad would feel offended since he has been a part of my life for so long. I thought about having him sit by my mom in the front and have my dad's wife behind him, but I don't want to offend her or my dad either (although I think she would be less likely to get offended).
Any ideas? Anyone have/had a similar situation? Help is appreciated!