Hello!!
My fiance and I are getting married next September and we are doing a small(ish) wedding of around 70-90 people. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful Father in my life and I am so excited to have a father-daughter dance with him. My fiance does not have a great relationship with his Mother. There were no huge falling outs or anything like that but she hasn't always been there for her children and moved away for many years but has since returned to the area. Unfortunately, she missed a huge chunk of her children's lives and now they have grown up essentially without her. He told me that doing a dance with her would make him feel awkward, which I completely understand.
I am wondering if it would be appropriate to just do a father/daughter dance? My fiance's mom will likely attend the wedding, and I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I also don't want to force something for the sake of tradition.
Does anyone have any ideas for approaching this situation? I am sure many others have experienced something like this.
Thanks!