Regardless of whether you are the bride or the groom, if you have a stepparent, you are likely under a lot of stress, often from being forced to choose between a bio parent and a stepparent for various things concerning your wedding: Who should give the bride away? Should mom or stepmom have the mother/son dance? Should dad or stepdad have the father/daughter dance? How should your parents be seated? How will you handle pictures? Will you expect your divorced bio parents to stand together with you in pictures at the alter with your new bride or groom? The questions seem endless.
Here are a three a bride can honor her stepparent at her wedding.
Giving the bride away - There are a couple of ways you can honor your stepfather at your wedding if you are the bride. One way is to have both your bio dad and your stepdad give you away. One can walk on either side of you as you walk down the aisle. Alternately, you can have one father walk you halfway down the aisle and hand you off to the other dad mid-way down the aisle and that dad can walk you the remaining distance to the alter where your new groom awaits.
Father/Daughter Dance - Similar to having both of your dads give you away, let both of your dads have a dance with you. You can either let each dad have their own dance with you, or have one dad cut in mid-way through the song.
Give your step dad a special role at your wedding. If he is good at photography, ask him to take some extra special pictures. If he is personable, put him in charge of greeting guests at your reception. Is he organized? Put him in charge of overseeing the caterers set up or have him be in charge of keeping track of the flowers when they are delivered.
There are many other ways you can honor your step dad at your wedding, however these are three of the bigger ways you can do this.
Hopefully your mother will not give you grief over wanting to include both her former and current husband in your wedding, however if she does, politely remind her that this is your special day and that you would appreciate if she would be supportive of your choices for how you want your wedding to take place.
Here are a three a bride can honor her stepparent at her wedding.
Giving the bride away - There are a couple of ways you can honor your stepfather at your wedding if you are the bride. One way is to have both your bio dad and your stepdad give you away. One can walk on either side of you as you walk down the aisle. Alternately, you can have one father walk you halfway down the aisle and hand you off to the other dad mid-way down the aisle and that dad can walk you the remaining distance to the alter where your new groom awaits.
Father/Daughter Dance - Similar to having both of your dads give you away, let both of your dads have a dance with you. You can either let each dad have their own dance with you, or have one dad cut in mid-way through the song.
Give your step dad a special role at your wedding. If he is good at photography, ask him to take some extra special pictures. If he is personable, put him in charge of greeting guests at your reception. Is he organized? Put him in charge of overseeing the caterers set up or have him be in charge of keeping track of the flowers when they are delivered.
There are many other ways you can honor your step dad at your wedding, however these are three of the bigger ways you can do this.
Hopefully your mother will not give you grief over wanting to include both her former and current husband in your wedding, however if she does, politely remind her that this is your special day and that you would appreciate if she would be supportive of your choices for how you want your wedding to take place.
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