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We are doing the same thing. Hopefully your FMIL won't mind and I think the guests will aprreciate it! We haven't picked out our songs either yet.
We definitely would've done this, but my husband's mother wasn't able to come to our wedding. Could you try a song such as "Stand By Me" or "What a Wonderful World"-- something not specific to one type of relationship?
I am planning on doing this. FMIL is crazy (like actually, functioning, but I'm sure she is diagnosable) and not a super positive or stable part of FI's life. My dad, on the other hand, is hugely important to me. Sooo, we are dancing to "How Sweet it Is" by James Taylor, kind of swing style, and FI will invite his mom out about a minute in. About 30 seconds later, my brother will escort my mom out, and my FSIL will invite FI's father out.
I think we are going to do this. We both had trouble picking a song and our respective parents had no suggestions to offer and said it was up to us. So I found a fun Michael Buble version of "Save the Last Dance for Me" and I hope both parents are okay with the song.
We did it and also danced to what a wonderful world. great time saver for sure to do them at the same time!
That's a great idea! I will definitely bring this point to my FI to see what he thinks! We're already debating music and dancing, since both of our families are extremely religious!
Aw man I JUST read a blog about this today. (forgive me if it's someone who posts here, I don't remember).
The blogger said they're having a band, so they plan on using John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" and instead, the band will sing "child" instead of "boy". I think it's an awesome idea!
We're totally doing this... and we're doing Stevie Wonder "Sunshine of my life"
We're doing this! We're using "Stand by Me". We thought it was appropriate for both a father/daughter and a mother/son relationship.
we are using "you'll be in my heart". My dad doesn't care and I think these dances are awkward so the less we do the better!
I am definitely interested in combining them somehow. If we aren't sharing a song, then maybe only using 1-2 minutes of each song? People kind of get bored and mill around during these dances...but we have to do them.
I really like that idea. I have no idea if I'm doing a Father/Daughter dance though. I've danced with my dad once in my life and it was at my sister's wedding. I know my FI isn't all that keen on dancing with his mom, he just doesn't really want to. Hell, they don't even hug, although they love each other to bits, they just aren't huggy/dancy I guess.
every wedding i've attended, except for one, had combined the mother/son and father/daughter dances. i figured that was how it always was! it's great cuz it saves so much time.
This is what we're doing too. FMIL requested Carpenters' Close To You specifically as it was her wedding dance with FI's dad who passed away 20 years ago, so it means a lot to her. The lyrics are a little gender specific at places ("All the girls in town follow you all around") but I don't mind, and my dad would probably never notice the lyrics as English is not his native language. In other parts I think it actually works great for a parent dance ("On the day that you were born the angels got together and decided to create a dream come true") .
I'm so glad someone asked about this because I was wondering about it too! I didn't want to make the guests wait through several dances. I have also been reading my mother's emily post etiquette book and apparently you didnt have specific dances outside of the First Dance of the newly wedded couple that the guests would sit and watch. Instead, after the first dance, people were invited to come to the dance floor and dance and then you did the dances with specific people: bride with her father, bride with father in law, etc (same with the groom). but i dont think this is done anymore,
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I'm thinking about combining the father/daughter and mother/son dances into one dance (not sure if FMIL will go for it tho).
Has anyone done this?
What song did you use (or will you use)?