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ERIN
Just Said Yes August 2020

Step Father / Father - Walking down the aisle!

ERIN, on February 3, 2020 at 10:41 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 4

Here's my dilemma.

I am very close with my step dad. He has been apart of my life for over 20 years (parents split when I was 8). My dad and I don't talk much and are not that close, but I know that I need/want to include him in the ceremony and first dance.

I know that I DON'T want to have one on each side as I walk down the isle. (the isle is small I personally don't want one on each side of me). What did you do or what are your ideas? I was thinking of having real dad walk me to the isle, then step dad take over and finish, but i feel it might be awkward for my dad to step aside and walk around the side to sit? PLEASE HELP!! Spam me with ideas please!

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Latest activity by Clíodhna, on February 7, 2020 at 9:06 AM
  • Kaitlyn
    Devoted October 2020
    Kaitlyn ·
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    I don’t think it would be unreasonable to ask your father to walk you to the top of the aisle and then have your stepfather pick up where he left off. My dad got remarried in July and her male best friend who stood with her at the altar walked her to the end of the aisle and then her uncle walked her down the aisle.
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    If you're being given away, another option would be to have either your dad or stepdad walk you down the aisle and have the other one stand up when the officiant asks who is giving you away. You could also have one walk you down the aisle and do the father daughter dance with the other.

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  • M
    VIP January 2019
    Maggie ·
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    I have two dads (and different, complicated relationships with each). I chose neither to walk with me. I preferred to walk alone for a variety of reasons.

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  • Clíodhna
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2030
    Clíodhna ·
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    Welcome to the WeddingWire community, Erin. if you don't lie the idea of both of them walking you down the aisle, or one of them walking you down half and the other taking over, would you consider walking down the aisle alone? Then you could do a father-daughter dance with each of them? This may be a good compromise.

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