Ring bearer: Yes! Or Skip!

I don’t know where the tradition came from, but now I’m curious!
Our son will be our ring bearer, but I will also probably have him walk with me down the aisle unless I decide to walk alone. We have a son (6) and daughter (5), so they will each have a role in the wedding and we want to include them in a unity ceremony too.

View Quoted Comment I looked it up and saw a variety of answers but nothing definite. Maybe someone else knows for sure.
That will be a really cool mix for your son to walk you down the aisle and hold the rings. At my wedding the best man and maid of honor held the rings.

No idea where tradition came from!
Because my venue doesn't allow us to throw things (it's on the beach) I won't have a flower girl so I felt like a ring bearer will be weird. I might have my sister hold them and bring them up for us.

I won’t be having a ring bearer. We have children together so they will be standing up with us and can hold the rings.

Just found this?!?! Not sure how accurate it is

I skipped since I didn't have kids at my ceremony at all

We're skipping the ring bearer - FH and I aren't really into kids

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I would feel more comfortable with an adult holding the rings anyway

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This is really interesting!

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Do you mean like their in your wedding party?

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Thanks for sharing!

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I didn't have any kids at my wedding at all.

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I don't blame you.

My grandsons, who will be 3 and 5, will be "ring bearers" without actually holding the rings. They are actually escorting my granddaughter, who will also be 3, who is my flower girl. The boys will be on either side of her, helping her spread the petals.

Hmm. Interesting. I was actually struggling with this one because I have a nephew that I've only really seen a few times in person. My sister and I are somewhat cool but don't have as close of a relationship like we used to. We have different moms so we weren't raised together for most our lives.

Although we will have kids at our wedding, I don't want to feel obligated to have my nephew as a ring bearer because he's family. Thanks to this post, I'll probably just opt out of having one and then not have a flower girl either to make it less awkward.

Absolutely! I have 4 nephews, and they’re all going to be my ringbearers. I’m really close to them so I couldn’t imagine getting married without them up there with us!

I was going to skip as I have a small wedding party but my cousin moved back from Germany and I wanted to include his son in the wedding he’s 5.

View Quoted Comment No they aren’t in the wedding party. We don’t have a wedding party but my 2 older kids are giving me away since they are from a precious marriage and our son we have together will be standing with us also. It’s a family coming together as 1 not juts him and I.

View Quoted Comment Awwww, that's so cute and unique 😍

View Quoted Comment I think that's a good option since the relationship isn't really close.