We are often asked which side the bride should stand on as she walks down the aisle. Well here is your answer and the reason behind it:
Traditionally, the bride stands on the left, the groom on the right. (Although the Jewish wedding tradition reverses this.) Weddings used to be a lot more like the ones you watch on daytime TV, with dastardly ex-suitors and other thugs sometimes rushing the altar. And of course, some wedding crashers were heroes, just trying to rescue a captured bride. Whatever the reason for the interference, the groom needed to keep his right hand free so he could grab his sword, thus the bride stood clear and to the left.
If you want to watch a cute movie about kidnapped brides, chases on horseback, and a whirlwind romance, check out The Abduction Club (2002).
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