Father Daughter Dance dilemma

I haven’t seen or spoken to my father since I was 3 so I know what you mean. I’m totally fine with it myself. My mom is walking me down the aisle and my fiancé is going to dance with her as well as with his mom. I haven’t asked my FIL to be if he will dance with me but I’m pretty sure he would be honoured. If you have a brother, uncle or grandfather that can also be quite special. My mom was never married so I will have a special dance for my grandfather and I.

Dont feel bad. You are not missing out. Forget the father-daughter dance and make it a you and someone special dance

Skip the dances all together, OR do a mother daughter dance instead.

Mama's Song - Carrie Underwood is literally the perfect song for that

Even though I'm not in your situation, my FH and his mom are not on good terms, so for the mother/son dance, she'll dance with my FH.

Are you on good terms with your mom? Why not honour her with a mother/daughter dance instead? Or dance with your brother/sister (if you have one)

I haven't been in this situation, but I have several friends who are. One of them had her dance with her mum, and another did with her brother, which I thought was very sweet.

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I have not been in this situation, but I actually just had a chat with my girlfriend about this and she was in this situation for her wedding. She had her mom walk her down the isle and actually did a dance with her Mom instead. Maybe this is something you can look into?

You could also do a sibling, uncle, someone who you are close to.

Hi Natasha!

Welcome to WeddingWire!

unfortunately, your situation sounds identical to mine! I am not close at all with my biological father and although we have been trying to form a relationship in the last two years, my mother and him do not get along at all. I won’t be inviting him to my wedding - as it would entail so much drama.

My my mom remarried almost 10 years ago and my stepfather has been in my life daily. He will walk me down the aisle with my mom and I will be dancing with him.

My thoughts are i know it must hurt my biological father that he wont be there but it’s not my fault - he could have changed this outcome long ago.

So I am doing a dance - is there another male family member you are close to that you could do a dance with?

I haven't been in this situation - but I do know that I have seen the Father&Daughter Dance done by the Daughter and a Grandparent? I've also seen online that Brothers have stepped in as well. If you have somebody in your life that fills that role I would ask them - whether it's a grandparent, Mom, Brother, Sister, etc. As long as it's who you look up to and has been there for you.

At the same time, don't feel bad if you skip it completely. Tons of us on here are skipping the dance, cake cutting, bouquet toss, garter toss, etc.