Mother-of-the-Groom Common Responsibilities

When it comes to planning a wedding, know who is responsible for what, when each person has the final say will make the entire process run much more smoothly. What is the role of the groom's mother in all this from wedding planning to wedding day? Know these is very useful to release brides' stress when planning the big day.

Traditionally, the role of the groom’s mother is a little more limited than that of the mother of the bride.

There’s no expectation that the mother of the groom should be more involved, and they shouldn’t take on any additional responsibilities unless the couple asks them to.

Here are a few common mother-of-the-groom etiquette, and ways they can be involved in your wedding, take some stress off your shoulders.

Before the Wedding, you can enlist the mother of the groom in anything you want to do yourself or with your own mom depends on their strengths.

If they have great taste, they can be invited to a meeting with your caterer or florist; to your fit dresses shopping, you’ll have one more person who knows how to work your bustle if you do plan on donning a dress; have them over to help you coordinate and design your centerpieces or table settings.

When it comes to how many people from their side of the family they want on your wedding guest list, the mother of the groom can assist you make the final cut and gotten your guest list down to a reasonable number, collect names and addresses for any family members and friends who will be invited to the wedding, help with seating arrangements when wedding getting closer.

Mother of the groom is the one who you can consult if there is any religion or family traditions of their families. If so, the mother of the groom can give you insight into those practices.

The mother of the groom may offer to host the rehearsal dinner. It doesn’t mean you have to be hush-hush about the kind of party you want to have.

The mother of the groom can also be invaluable on your wedding day to keep everything go well.

On the big day, one of the major responsibilities the mother of the groom can take on is making sure that the people at the wedding they know (family and friends) are taking their seats at the ceremony on time, are all set with transportation to and from the venue, and don’t get lost.

They can be a big help in confirming that the groom’s side of the family is waiting nearby to pop in and out of family photos.

After they take over the dance floor during the mother-son dance, let your new mother-in-law dive into the celebration and enjoy the excitement of having you as a part of the family.

Mother of the groom, mother of the brides, they both will do whatever they can do make the big day best, but sometimes there will something unexpected happen, they may take brides' esponsibilities.

Maybe they just want to help, but don't know how to and when to stop, so talk with them, and set boundaries from the start is the key, choose two to three things they can take off your to-do list and let them know that you’ll be in touch if there are more things you’d like them to help you plan. Put your foot down immediately if you notice they're ordering invitations, booking the caterer, or finding a DJ without asking you first.