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Post by kelly316 on Jul 16, 2021 1:55:58 GMT
who walked you down the aisle? I chose to walk alone, but deeply regretted it at the last minute. I had so many people volunteer to stand in for my father, but it didn’t feel right. Has anyone else had this situation? Just curious what others do.
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Post by katlady on Jul 16, 2021 1:58:08 GMT
My father did, but I always knew that if he couldn’t I would have asked my favorite Uncle.
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Post by jenjie on Jul 16, 2021 2:00:02 GMT
Dd asked me to walk her down the aisle. Her wedding is in August.
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Post by kate on Jul 16, 2021 2:00:32 GMT
One of my loved ones had her mom walk her down the aisle. She lost her dad when she was a teen.
A friend had her toddler son walk her down the aisle (she was marrying his dad) - the symbolism was very different, but it was sweet as can be.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 16, 2021 2:03:41 GMT
I would want my mom to.
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Post by Jili on Jul 16, 2021 2:06:20 GMT
My father walked me down the aisle, but if I were to do it again, I’d have both of them.
If my father could not have done it, I would have wanted my mom to do it.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jul 16, 2021 2:10:48 GMT
My BFF had her mom walk her down the aisle. Her moms corsage had a stick pin type charm, with a tiny picture of her and the brides father, on their wedding day. It was very sweet.
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Post by kelly316 on Jul 16, 2021 2:15:52 GMT
Dd asked me to walk her down the aisle. Her wedding is in August. That’s so sweet! No idea why we didn’t think of this! Traditions are made for breaking!! |
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Post by elaine on Jul 16, 2021 2:21:18 GMT
I asked my mother, who raised me as a single parent since I was 9, to walk me down the aisle. It was important to me to honor her, rather than a male relative who didn’t raise me.
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 16, 2021 2:24:41 GMT
My brother.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 16, 2021 2:28:06 GMT
I would have had my mother or my brother.
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Post by J u l e e on Jul 16, 2021 2:33:54 GMT
I walked alone. I might have done it even if my dad had been alive. I am not a huge fan of tradition in general, and always thought the idea of being given away was odd.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 16, 2021 2:43:27 GMT
My oldest brother walked me down the aisle.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 16, 2021 2:46:10 GMT
My biological Father has rarely been in my life. My Step-Dad became my Dad when I was about 6.5-7. He walked me down the aisle when I got married when I was 20. He danced the Father-Daughter dance with me. He slipped me extra money for the honeymoon(don't tell your Mother  ). My Step-Dad was a wonderful Dad, and very deserving of the honor of being the Father of the Bride. He did the same for my Sister, when she got married. When I got divorced, I said I would never marry again. I still feel that way. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 16, 2021 2:48:06 GMT
My dad passed away from esophogeal cancer when I was a 16 yo high school junior. I'm an only child & chose my mom to walk me down the aisle when I married in 2000. A friend, whose father was still living & with whom she had a great relationship, walked down the aisle unaccompanied earlier the same year. An acquaintance from work, whose father was still living but divorced her mom when she was a toddler/often missed visitation/shirked parental responsibilities, chose her older brother to walk her down the aisle. IMHO it's a personal choice.
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Post by jenjie on Jul 16, 2021 3:01:45 GMT
My BFF had her mom walk her down the aisle. Her moms corsage had a stick pin type charm, with a tiny picture of her and the brides father, on their wedding day. It was very sweet. So sweet. Dd found an Etsy shop that will turn handwriting into a charm. She’s going to use “Baby Girl” and “Love, Daddy” and hang them on her bouquet. She was mad at him about something when she was around 8, we can’t remember why. But he wrote her an apology note that included “Daddy loves you” and gave her flowers. This was not typical of him, but it obviously made an impact. She said “I don’t remember what I was so mad about, but I’m glad I was.” Because she has the note to remember. |
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Post by Zee on Jul 16, 2021 3:08:34 GMT
My father is alive but I eloped and walked down the aisle with my baby on my hip. He had threatened to not come to my wedding if my mother was going to be there so I figured, bye. He did come to the reception and refused to have the first dance. He was such a child about it. My sister got married a few years later and he managed to pull it together for the ceremony, held at my mom's house.
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Post by giatocj on Jul 16, 2021 3:17:51 GMT
My future father in law walked me down.
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Post by tentoes on Jul 16, 2021 3:20:02 GMT
My dad died when I was 13. My stepfather walked me down. If I would have thought about it a little longer, I would have had my uncle step in instead. He was always there for us. I wouldn't have even thought about having my mom walk me down. That would have been a great idea. She was a great mom.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Jul 16, 2021 3:53:35 GMT
My father wasn’t a part of my life. I asked my uncle to walk me down.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 16, 2021 4:41:34 GMT
I had my mom walk with me. It felt like the right thing to do. My SIL walked alone but carried a framed 8x10 photo of FIL with her down the aisle.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jul 16, 2021 4:45:23 GMT
In the Jewish traditional wedding, both the groom's mother and father walk the groom down, and then both parents of the bride will walk the bride down. If one parent has passed then the other walks alone. There is a whole processional with grandparents involved too.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 16, 2021 5:11:50 GMT
Not married but when the day comes I'll ask my mom to walk me down the aisle.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 16, 2021 5:56:43 GMT
When my cousin got married, my dad, who was her favourite uncle, walked her down the aisle. Her father had passed away when she was a young teen.
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Post by magellen on Jul 16, 2021 6:08:21 GMT
When I was young, my mother would have guilted me me into letting my uncle do it. Now? I am old enough to go it alone. If I ever decide to remarry.
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Post by piebaker on Jul 16, 2021 7:26:19 GMT
I walked with my daughter and we did the dance traditional to father/daughter. The groom danced with his mom and then my daughter danced with my husband, her stepdad.
For my second wedding, my oldest brother walked me down the aisle and then my other brother danced the honor dance.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jul 16, 2021 11:33:17 GMT
In the Jewish traditional wedding, both the groom's mother and father walk the groom down, and then both parents of the bride will walk the bride down. If one parent has passed then the other walks alone. There is a whole processional with grandparents involved too. We went to a Jewish wedding last Sunday, and it was wonderful. Every member of the family was involved. The groom's mother lives in England and her plans to get here all fell apart at the last minute. She joined online -- her granddaughter carried her around by ipad. |
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Post by bratkar on Jul 16, 2021 11:35:21 GMT
When I married, both my parents were alive and the church I married in believed both parents (if avail) should walk their daughters down the isle. So both my parents walked me down the isle.
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Post by Gravity on Jul 16, 2021 11:37:10 GMT
Dd asked me to walk her down the aisle. Her wedding is in August. My best friend did this. She also danced with her mom for the first dance. There wasn’t a dry eye in the whole place. |
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Post by littlemama on Jul 16, 2021 11:51:18 GMT
My dad wasnt in the picture when I got married. My mom walked me down the aisle. We skipped the father/daughter and mother/son dances at the reception.
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