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Is your Dad walking you? Are you walking yourself? Another relative?
I guess I just got it in my head that I was going to walk myself down the aisle because I'm an encore bride. Then it dawned on me that my Dad doesn't know jack about wedding etiquette and doesn't care. Is he going to have hurt feelings if he doesn't walk me down the aisle?
How did all of you work it out?
My male cousin was going to walk me (no dad in the picture) but he's been MIA lately, and I don't know if that's going to happen. Honestly, I'll probably grab an usher and have him do it, the day of. It holds no symbolism for me since I don't have a father, I just need someone to lean on, literally and figuratively.
My two boys, who will be six and a half and almost five at the wedding, will be escorting me down the aisle. I'm very excited that they'll be playing such a special role on the big day!
@SandiegoAli- That is so sweet! I'm sure they are super excited to carry out that role as well!
We're planning on walking together and having the kids waiting with the officiant. But SandiegoAli's response is making me rethink it. I could have him and his kids waitong and me and mine walk up. Decisions, decisions!
Unfortunately my father is deceased. I had a dear family friend AND my brother walk me down the aisle.
I am 41....my dad passed away... my 2 boys 14 and 16 are giving me away! My brother walked me down the aisle the 1st time.
I finally talked to my Dad about it last night and he will be walking me down the aisle!:)
I eloped the first time and although I was more comfortable with walking myself down, I decided to have both of my parents walk me down.
You know, I have just assumed that my Dad would walk me down the aisle. Even planned on it happening that way after I asked him about it and his response was "Again?" I chalked it up to joking.
But now, I'm thinking about doing something different. Me walking alone, or our children walking me in (although they already have roles as flower girl and ring bearer) or possibly us walking each other down the aisle...
So, it boils down to I don't really know! I need to decide soon...we're almost at a month out!
My 7 year old daughter and my 8 year old son will be walking me down the aisle. I told my dad he was "off the hook" with a wink. He's fine with it, especially because his precious grandkids are stepping in for him!
As my family is so NOT going to be there, my best friend's husband will be walking me down. He and I were in the service together and were actually frineds before his wife and I. He is like a brother to me and I love him as though he were family.
If that haddn't worked, I was going to have my mentor at work walk me down.
I just know that I'm not up to walking down alone - I'm such a fraidy-cat! I need someone who can make me laugh and not freak out or give in to the tears that I know will be ready to pour out at any moment!
I LOVE the idea of having the kids walk you down, but my daughter really doesn't want to and I'm not about to make her uncomfortable.
I kind of like that I'm an encore and that no one "expects" me to do what is "normal" for first timers!
I'm not an encore but my bf's mom is (she is getting married Oct 2010) and she is having my bf walk her down the aisle. He was so excited to be asked to do this!
My dad is walking me. I was originally thinking of the kids walking me, but they are not "giving me away"-we are becoming a family. My dad isn't really "giving me away-again" either, but he is walking me all the same. Our church requires the wedding service from the official "book" and the statement of intention is a big deal-as is my dad standing between FI and I until this is done. We are allowed to add things before and after, but the service itself has to remain as written. We are United Methodist. Interesting I thought.
We had a casual ceremony and chose to be mingling with our guests prior to the ceremony. When it was time to start, we held hands and walked each other down the aisle.
A dear friend and my brother escorted me.
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Man that's not a great pic of me but dig those gorgeous boots! LOL
Def hot boots BS! Those boots were made for walkin..down an aisle!
I am either going to have my grandfather or my son walk me down the aisle. But my grandfather's health is quite questionable right now. It would be the greatest thing in the world to have him there. I can't have my dad. He passed away 10 years ago and would have loved to have seen me happy.
Now I almost tear up when I think my grandfather might not even be able to be there too. But my son? That would be amazing. Maybe my son and BIL who'd also be a groomsman. He's already thought it out. He'd walk out with the bm's and his fellow groomsmen, then excuse himself politely walking around the outside to meet my son and I to escort me down the aisle..that is if our grandpa is unable to be there.
My son will be walking me down the aisle. I was thinking my mother, but she doesn't want to do it. She says it is something for a male to do, not a woman. She is kind of old fashion. My dad... he did the first time, but this go round, I really want my son to do it. I want to incorporate our kids in the wedding as much as possible.
My father walked me down the aisle.
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my daughter, who will be almost 3 and my father are walking me down the aisle.
My elder son will be walking me down the aisle - he'll be nearly 13 and, I expect, taller than me by then :)
Both my parents. My first wedding I was stuck on tradition and my mom was kinda hurt she didn't get to walk me down the aisle since we are so close. Screw tradition...I should have had her. So this time it's both!
@Serya: I hear you girl! My little fella is 11 now and is directly eye level with me! By next summer he'll def be taller!
I do hope my grandpa is healthy enough to attend and to do that. That would be my dream since he and my grandma were like a second set of parents to me.
But my son would love the job also.
i'm not an encore but since i've been engaged three times (and waiting on a proposal!!) i definitely feel like i am part of the group... i would say my dad and stepdad even though i think my eight year old would LOVE to walk mommy down the aisle.. and i actually like that idea much better because well it's the two of us joining our lives with m and his kids...
My daugher (age 5) will be walking down the aisle with me - she's so excited!!
Since my dad passed away, my brother-in-law of 25 years will be walking me down the aisle.
My 5 year old son walked me down the aisle. At one point in the planning, he told me his grandad should do it too, but I told him that Grandad walked me down the aisle when I married his dad, and now it was his turn! It was very special and made our day extra-special (not to mention adorable pictures of my SS and my DS standing up there ith us during the ceremony!
I would give my right arm to have my father walk me down the isle. He died when I was 16... I miss him very much.
My brothers will be walking me instead. They are so dear to me, and every time I look at them, I see my father. It will be almost like he is with me.
My son who will be 9 will walk me down the aisle and my daughter who will be 13 will be my MOH. Can't wait! My father and I just aren't that close and I just can't imagine walking towards the new love of my life without my two children on either side.
My father - I eloped the first time, and my biggest regret (at that time!) was not having my family there, especially my parents.
When my mom married my stepdad, I walked her down the aisle, and it was an incredibly emotional experience for both of us.
My 12 year old son is very excited to be the one to walk me down the aisle and so am I!
I was thinking about walking in solo but since my father had given me away to a jerk the first time, maybe he would enjoy giving me away to someone he really likes! LOL
my dad is (so far) refusing to talk to me, which definely means i am discounting him from the wedding party. (i think he thinks that if the first time doesnt work i should marry myself to the church. (NOT happening))
so my mom has told me she will.
My children will be walking down the aisle with me. We're becoming a blended family. Mister's kids will be walking him down as well. He's pushing to have the younger girls act as the flower girls. But I'm so set on having each set of kids walk their biological parent down the aisle.
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