Spanish wedding... Padrinos vs. Best Man/ Maid of Honor?

UGH I NEED HELP!!!


My fiance and I didn't quit understand the "rules" of a spanish wedding. We are getting married in a catholic Church. Well growing up I always thought of having a maid of honor who is my 19 year old cousin I grew up with. My fiance also thought of having a best man, being his cousin HE grew up with. Well thats all good and said. Then we knew that we nedded padrinos and we decided on 2 sets, (our aunts and uncles) My mom JUST now decided to telll me that Best man. Maid of Honor and Padrinos are the SAME people! Also the Padrinos are to pay for a part of the wedding. Here are my ideas... Have our chosen best man/ Maid of Honor but just give them the title and put them next to us in the ceremony. and have our two sets of Padrinos... Is this a bad Idea?





My other idea is... I have a 24 year old brother and his wife, we can make them a set, then take my Fiance's cousin, Pair him with MY Cousin and that would be another set.





Please give me your opinion... Thank u

Spanish wedding... Padrinos vs. Best Man/ Maid of Honor?
Well, I think that Padrinos are totally different from your BM/MOH.





I'm getting married in March and our BM is my fiance's best friend and my MOH is my 17yr old niece. All they are paying for is their clothes/accessories, etc.





We also have 3 sets of Padrinos:


-One set for the lazo


-One set for the arras


-One set for the rings





Each of these sets volunteered to pay for the item that they are presenting during the ceremony. Our BM/MOH will stand next to us, but each set will approach the altar as the priest calls for them to do so. And, our BM and MOH's names will appear on our Wedding Certificate.





I think its fine to do things however you want them. Its difficult to adjust your ideas to the rules of Spanish Catholic weddings. I'm having the hardest time trying to plan a bilingual ceremony ( my fiance's family doesn't speak spanish and not all my family speaks english) and adhering to all the traditions my family wants me to follow. Do things however you want, its your wedding!! Congratz and Good Luck!
Reply:Hmm.. from what I had understood, padrinos are i guess sponsors, like you said help pay bits of the wedding and MoH/BM are people the bride and groom choose, like a close friend or relative. Two different things. When I got married (Dec. '06) we had a couple of padrinos. My hubby's best man was his brother and my MoH was my 7 year old sister, and they were up there too. But we recognized our padrinos during the reception.





OR like when my aunt got married 9 years ago, I was her MoH.. I was 12! I sure know I didn't pay for anything.. hehe ;)





I think it's really your choice, it is your wedding :) And wedding just get bigger and bigger the smaller you want to keep it :P





Congrats and good luck :)
Reply:i know exactly what you are talking about.


but for my wedding we are having our bridesmaid and groomsmen. and the padrinos are gonna be extra.


I will give them for example a color for the outfit to symbolize they were our padrinos for the wedding but i will not be including them in my bridesmaid or groomsmen group.


to me i am tre3ating them like a second group.


get it?


i hope i dont get you confused.


if your confused email lol.
Reply:They don't necessarily have to be the same people. For our wedding our MOH and BM were not the padrinos. Our padrinos were my brother and his wife both regular groomsmen and bridesmaid. They were the ones who bought and gave us the lasso. For the coins we did the same thing but with another couple. In the past they would help pay for the wedding but in modern times that is up to you and them. We chose to pay for it ourselves. Hope that helps.

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