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My maternal grandfather died when I was 7, so he wasn't there. My paternal grandfather died in 2007, so he also just missed our wedding by a bit. My maternal grandmother was there with bell's on...that lady loves to get dressed up and she was so excited that day! My paternal grandmother was there, but she has dementia so honestly she didn't really even know she was at her granddaughter's wedding.
My fiance and I both only have 1 grandparent. My dad's mom and his mom's mom. Both live overseas so we don't know if they're going to come over yet. It will all depend on what their doctors say and how they feel about flying 10+ hours on a plane to come over. I really with my mom's parents were alive because they were the ones who I grew up with. I wish they could be there because I know they'll be sooooooo happy! But on the flip side it's ok I guess because we would have had to do the weddng a lot differently if there were more seniors there. We probably would have been forced to have a chinese banquet (which we really really don't want) HAHA
Hopefully his maternal grandparents will be at our wedding....my grandparents will be watching from heaven...can't write much more...tears...
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My grandmother on my mom's side is my only surviving grandparent. Sadly, I'm not sure if she'll be able to make it. We're having a destination wedding and my grandmother has a major fear of flying! Fortunately we'll see all our relatives at the second reception we'll be having a month later.
Not morbid but this does make me a bit sad. See I'm getting married in Puerto Rico and I know nothing of my PRican grandmother or her family that is there, she never approved of my mom, for her son and denied I existed, although I'm told of all my family I look most like her. I wonder if when I'm out and about there, if I'll be secretly looking for her face in strangers?
My Japanese grandma and I have never been close, a cultural barrier I guess? My living grandad's not in good enough shape to travel, I'm closest to him. So no grandparents there for me, but it's always been that way so I'll be ok.
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I think we'll have at least one, his grandmother will be able to come. This was tough for FI and I as we each have elderly grandfathers who can't travel, and they're not local to us/ each other/ or the wedding. We pretty much knew we would have to leave someone out. My grandmother wants to come but I'm not sure she'll make it.
My closest grandmother died when my FI and I had been dating about 3 months. She never got to meet him, but at least I got to tell her about him.
My paternal grandmother will be the only grandparent attending. My maternal grandmother is still living, but has severe Alzheimers and won't be able to attend. All of my fiance's grandparents have passed. We are trying to make sure we do something to honor all of our grandparents...but I'm not really sure yet what that will be.
My maternal grandparents both died when I was a child, my paternal grandparents I'm not sure about. We have never been particularly close.
i'm lucky in that both my maternal grandparents will be there. My Paternal Grandmother will be at my wedding (it's at her house) But sadly my grandfather passed away 11 years ago. I still miss him terribly and though i know he'll be watching i still want to represent him in some way, so i'm planning on having Birds-of-Paradise (his favorite flower) as the focal flowers for the ceromony.
my paternal grandmother will be the only one attending... both grandfathers passed when i was about 3. my maternal grandmother passed 5 years ago and i am most upset she will not be there because i was closer to her... we are honoring her at the wedding however.
both sets of FI grandparents will be there though.
All of my grandparents have passes away along with my mom. On my FI's side, all of his grandparents are gone except for one of his grandfathers. So we'll have at least one grandparent represented!
My Hubby's grandma was originally planning on coming to our wedding, but changed her mind. Not really sure why. His gramps refuses to fly, which I only found out 2 weeks ago. My grandmother is pretty bad shape for traveling. She can't even walk up a stair without help, so a DW was kind of out for her. :o( I will make sure they see photos though. :o)
None of our grandparents will be there. 
All of them passed away before they even met the significant other. I'm really sad about it because I'm also the oldest of the grandkids in America. But I know they're really happy for us in heaven. 
All of my grandparents are deceased and never knew FI. Only one of my parents lived beyond my high school years. FI has three living grandparents and a step-grandfather. Step-grandfather is 100 and won't be able to travel so his Dad's mom is a no go also. His mom's paents are planning on attending, health permitting, but they are both 90 and the wedding's two hours away from their house. My 92 year-old great Aunt my beloved Grandma's favorite sister is planning on coming, health permitting. This whole topic makes me sad.
My paternal grandparents are both deceased, but my maternal grandparents plan to be there! My FI's paternal grandma will also be coming (his other grandparents are decased).
My maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather both died before I was born, and my maternal grandfather died much too young back in 1991. My paternal grandmother is still living (and 90 years old this year!), but she's broken her hip twice, lives in a nursing home, and really has little idea where she is most of the time. I'd love to have her at my wedding, but it just isn't realistic. My fiancee is lucky to have all 4 of his grandparents still with him. And even a great-grandparent out in Kansas!
We plan to honor those who won't be there, though. I'll have flowers for each of them in my bouquet, as well as little nods to them throughout the reception (grandma's cake recipe, grandpa's "song", etc). How are other brides remembering loved ones?
I'm blessed enough to have both sets of my grandparents attend our wedding in June, (barring anything happening in the next three months). Both of my grandparents are fairly young, and I'm the first to get married on my mom's side and the second on my dad's side.
I also have a 100-year-old great grandmother, who is still in great mental shape, but because the wedding is almost an hour away from where she lives, she won't be able to attend. My fiance and I are stopping by the retirement home where she lives to say hello and take photos before the wedding.
My grandmother is a MAJOR part of the reason we decided to have our wedding in Alabama. She's tremendously important to me, so getting married without her is unthinkable, and she has a leg condition that makes it extremely painful for her to sit still for very long -- so traveling long distance is out of the question. The solution? Bring the wedding to her :)
My grandmother is my only living grandparent. Three of my fiance's grandparents are alive but will not be attending the wedding.
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My grandparents on my mother's side will be flying from PR to Philly for the BIG event. My grandfather is turning 90 in August but he is in great condition. Part of choosing our venue - a hotel vs. country club - was so that they could just go back to their rooms whenever they wanted during the reception instead of having someone drive them.
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The only grandparent still living on my side is my maternal grandmother, who is so excited about attending that's all she's talked about for the last year! :-)
My fiance still has all 4 grandparents. All 4 are planning to attend.
To recognize my other grandmother who will be there in spirit, I'm wearing a vintage crystal aurora borealis necklace that belonged to her to keep her close to my heart throughout the entire day. I'm also taking a freestanding full length mirror that I now own, which used to be in her bedroom and I always played dress up in front of when she babysat me. I just love the symbolism - the first time I see myself all ready will be in her mirror :-)
Between the two of us, my paternal grandparents were our only living grandparents at our wedding. I'm very close with my GM and I was/am SO thrilled that she could be there. I actually wore her wedding veil for part of my wedding and I have pictures of her and I wearing her veil. It is so special to me. :) I feel very lucky. Sidenote: tomorrow is their 59th anniversary - we are going to celebrate with them and I truly hope we get to celebrate their 60th!
Both my FI's grandparents are still living and happily married, so I'm thrilled to have them there! They're super fun, interesting people who will definitely add to our special day. My maternal grandmother died three years ago, and she and my grandpa had been married for 60 years...I hope he'll come to the wedding, but he's gone a little crazy and senile since her passing. They were childhood sweethearts- I can't imagine going thru that. :(
Mine won't be. They all live too far and are too old to travel. It makes me really sad, so i am going to be carrying their pictures in bouquet charms on my bouquet.
My FI's grandparents probably won't make it either.
No, and it makes me really sad. None of them are big travellers, so flying to Jamaica is out for them :( Plus, my maternal grandmother has Alzheimers & cannot travel. I love her so much & wish so much that she'd be there.
My fiance and I both only have one remaining grandparent - my paternal grandfather and his maternal grandmother - and they are each 93 ... they are both fairly healthy for 93, so we're really hoping that they can make it to our wedding next Januaray. They are both local to where the wedding is so that wouldnt be a problem, just any potential health issues that may arise. Does make me sad that my grandmothers wont be at my wedding, I loved them both so much! My maternal grandfather passed away when my mother was only 4 so I never met him, but from what I know, he would have been the life of the party!
My maternal grandfather passed away before I was born, and my maternal grandmother when I was young. My paternal grandparents are still living independently and in good health, but they're both about 85 years old, so I don't suppose I have any way of knowing whether they'll be around 2ish years from now when we get married. I think they will.
My FI doesn't have any grandparents left. :-(
@ Taye & LatteLove: I Love that you're both taking your weddings to your grandparents in some way. That's so sweet!
We contemplated having our wedding in my home town for a while, and one of the pros for that was that we'd be able to visit my grandma in the nursing home in our wedding attire. As it stands, I'll probably take the wedding video to the home to watch with her.
God willing, my last living grandparent -- my dad's mom -- will be with us! And I definitely want to find a special way to pay tribute to my deceased grandparents on the wedding day.
There won't be any at our wedding. His have all passed away, and I only have a grandfather who is too fragile to travel to a destination wedding.
My dad's mother is my only grandparent still living, and my FI's dad's mother is his only living grandparent. I really, really hope that they will both be there, and will be devastated if they can't be. It's going to be really hard on FI's grandma, because she doesn't like flying and it's an 11 1/2 hour flight plus 2 hour drive from the airport once they get here, but she's determined to come. My mom's father passed away in January, and I'm still really sad that he won't be there (he and my FI got along really well).
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I'm hoping to have 3 of my grandparents at our wedding -- my maternal grandfather, parental grandmother, and paternal GREAT grandmother. My great grandmother is 101 years old and doesn't get out much, but I'm crossing my fingers that she'll come for at least a portion of the day.
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My grandmother on my mom's side passed away 3 months before our wedding and I attended her funeral. My other grandparents had been long deceased. Mr. Bee has one elderly grandmother that lives abroad and wasn't able to attend our wedding.
We didn't have any grandparents at our wedding. I would have loved to have had my grandmother there, since I was the oldest and first grandchild to get married.
I hope I'm not being too morbid, but will you be having any grandparents at your wedding?