{"id":8416,"date":"2013-09-17T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topweddingquestions.com\/blog\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2013-09-17T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T17:42:08","slug":"father-of-the-groom-as-groomsmen-or-usher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/uncategorized\/father-of-the-groom-as-groomsmen-or-usher","title":{"rendered":"Father of the Groom as groomsmen or usher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been planning my wedding for several months now. Is it OK to have the father of the groom serve as a groomsmen\/usher? The brother of the groom is the best man. Please advise.<\/p>\n<h1>Rebecca Black, Etiquette By Rebecca<\/h1>\n<p>Dear Teach,<\/p>\n<p>If he is in the wedding, he really should be best man. It may be insulting to only be a groomsman. But, if he is fine with it, there is no rule against it.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<h1>teach2readers<\/h1>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I thought and what I&#8217;ve told everyone involved. We&#8217;ve decided that he would not be a groomsman and just be the father of the groom. Thanks for you advice.<\/p>\n<h1>Rebecca Black, Etiquette By Rebecca<\/h1>\n<p>In my opinion, that is a much bigger honor. Good decision.<\/p>\n<h1>jlm6456<\/h1>\n<p>It is perfectly acceptable to ask a father to be a groomsman, but ushers usually stand in the back of the church during the ceremony, so I wouldn&#8217;t do that. Maybe Dad would rather sit and enjoy the ceremony, so let him choose.<\/p>\n<h1>teach2readers<\/h1>\n<p>Thank you for the reply. We&#8217;ve decided that he&#8217;ll just be father of the groom and enjoy the celebration with the mother of the groom. Both are agreeable. Janet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been planning my wedding for several months now. 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Best wishes, teach2readers That&#8217;s what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Father of the Groom as groomsmen or usher | | TopWeddingSites.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/uncategorized\/father-of-the-groom-as-groomsmen-or-usher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Father of the Groom as groomsmen or usher | | TopWeddingSites.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;ve been planning my wedding for several months now. 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