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Are you really close with his dad? I would feel extremely strange about dancing with my FIL at all at the wedding, much less during the important dance like mother/son.
Can you dance with a brother, uncle or other relative?
I feel like that would be awkward too!
If your fiance doesn't have a particular song that is very mother & son, I'd combine it with his . . . and, even let them take the floor first and then join in during the middle of the 1st verse or at the end of it, so then they can have their moment and it looks more like you and you FIL are joining then instead of having your FIL & Daughter-in-law dance.
If he really wants you to do something separate, maybe you could do a song like "Stand by Me" or "The Secret of Life" by James Taylor, which are more of support (Stand by Me) and life lessons.
@lattelove-- I don't really have another male relative that I am close to and would want to dance with, and the thing is really that my FI's Dad (who is a financial contributor) thinks it's awesome that he is getting a daughter for Father's Day(my FI is an only child), so, I think that is what the dance is signifying for him.
I think I need to talk with my FMIL and see how she would feel about me and my FFIL joining them during the mother son dance, because I certainly don't want to take away from that moment.
I agree that you should talk to your FI about how he feels if you and his father were to dance during the mother/son dance. If he doesn't want you to, then I think you should start dancing with just your FFIL (during a different song) and then halfway through invite all fathers/daughters to join in the dance so it's not as awkward for you and FFIL if you don't feel that comfortable dancing with him.
I think it would be nice to honor the weekend and invite other father/daughters to join in.
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So, to give you some background, my parents are deceased and my FI's parents are divorced. I was really hoping to just avoid having a Father/daughter mother/son dance at all. However, my FI said it is really important to him that he have a mother/son dance with his mom. He then told me that since we are getting married on Father's Day weekend, it is really important to his dad to have a fFIL/FDIL dance. I don't know how I feel about this.
What would be the best way to make this less awkward? Combine the M/S and FFIL/FDIL dances into one? I get along fine with his Dad, but this dance is clearly different than the traditional father/daughter dance. Any song suggestions or other ideas?
Thanks!