Dance with Parents

Hi Ashlea, I am so sorry for your loss.

I am in the same boat, sort of. I just lost my dad in February and he has his mom and step mom to think about. We have decided to do just our first dance and then move on. This is also his second marriage so we are kind of doing things as non-traditional as we can with still making it the best, most memorable day.

Thank you all for your suggestions I failed to mention that I was extremely close with my dad, but my mom not so much. She is in my life though. My fiancé still doesn’t want to have the mother son dance, but I think I am just going to make him do it anyway. Definitely don’t want to take that away from her. I think we will just have our first dance, and the mother and son dance.

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I LOVE THAT SONG!
I think that will be beyond beautiful for Your Mother & You. I am sure there won't be a dry eye there.

I'm doing a mother daughter dance and my FH will be doing a mother son dance.

My dad is alive and well, he just doesn't like to dance and has some mobility issues

It is entirely up to the two of you. We will only be doing a first dance and then let the party start. My father isn't part of my life and his mother has mobility issues and would not enjoy having everyone staring at her while they dance. We may have some songs that are special to us and mother/son, mother/daughter but everyone will be able to dance with us.

I lost my dad last year and so I’m actually going to surprise my mom by dancing with her. I will have our DJ announce after the mother son and first dance that there is one more dance. I’m thinking maybe dancing to Mama by Carrie Underwood.

I’m so sorry to hear . But as others have mentioned- is there someone else that’s special to you that you could have that dance with? I’ve heard from grandparents, uncles, close friends etc....

I should add that I do think he should still have his Mother Son dance. Don't let him miss out on that moment. You are both lucky to have your Mothers in your lives still at the least, make sure his mother gets that moment with him.
It would just be to figure out who YOU should spend your dance with, and like I said, I think your Mother would be a wonderful choice. That is just me personally.

Do you have your grandparents by chance? A Brother or Brother-in-law ?
I would maybe suggest if those aren't your options that you have a dance with your Mother. There are some BEAUTIFUL mother daughter songs, one of my Favorites would be "Mama's song - Carrie Underwood"