Any mixed Families have more then one set of Parent Dances?

Maybe have the Mother Son dance, and then have him dance with his stepmom during the bridal party dance that kicks off the rest of the dancing?

We forgoed all dances to avoid this situation. Otherwise, we would be the only ones dancing for like 30 minutes and feelings could possibly get hurt..

Im having a similar issue, my Step Dad has been more present & helpful in my & my siblings lives in the 6 years hes been around than my dad ever has.

I've decided to let my dad walk me down the isle WITH my mom b/c I dont want him to have a fit (especially since he's allegedly going to help us pay for our photography/videography). As for 1st dance, I decided that Im only giving my dad a half of a song & then going to split it with a song for my mom & I to dance to. As for my Step Dad, my mom & I talked to him about it and we asked him to give a blessing before dinner, and he was so thrilled that we even considered him.

I would talk to his parents about it before proposing it to Step Mom, maybe he can have her do something else special?

I have that issue with my father biological and adopted.. I'm doing two dances a minute with each so that no one gets upset. and they're both walking me down the aisle. I'll be coming in alone and they'll meet me half way to take me the rest of the way. Its really hard because every decision I make and do, I have to make sure no one gets upset or left out.

It depends on how many dances you're talking about here. People don't want to sit through a ton of these. You could have them switch in the middle (although if they're not mature about this, it could go bad). I danced with my son and my husband danced with his mother, but I went without a father/daughter dance.

I was at one wedding where the bride danced with both her father and her step father and honestly I thought it was too much (of course she also had 3 "first" dances, 1 with the bride and groom's song, 1 song the bride dedicated to the groom and 1 that the groom dedicated to the bride where they had the wedding party join in half way through the song). Having to stand there and watch all those dances made DH and I decide that we didn't want to do that to our guests. DH's step mother helped raise DH, we gave her a corsage and had her seated as an honored guest but did not have a special dance for her and DH. Given that his mother may have to change the song she picked (based on your other post) I would worry that adding a step mother dance would not sit well with her (at least it wouldn't if I was his mother).

I would limit the number of special dances because, as mentioned above, it's boring for your guests. We are going to have a father/daughter dance where I dance with my dad and FH dances with his daughter, and our dance, of course. But our song is very long, so after 2 minutes, the DJ will invite everyone else to join us.

I was feeling in my gut that the BEST option would be to just do the traditional Mother/Son, Father/Daughter & Our First. I felt this way no ones feelings would get hurt. I mean at some point in the night we will have dancing & she could dance with him them.. It's just a difficult situation, b/c we are very close with both of his families. (also, i tend to over think these things b/c my family is CRAZY & I always assume his family is going to act out like mine , & they usually dont)

Maybe he can dance with his step mom later in the evening but not as a "spotlight" dance? I know as a guest I wouldn't want to watch 4 or 5 dances before the fun dancing starts. I plan to dance with my stepdad at some point during the night but that special moment of a father-daughter dance I would only ever share with my dad. I want him to have his moment with me and not take away from that.

Like Kretta, I am dancing with both my step father and Dad (2 mins each). They are also both walking me down the aisle. For as long as I could remember this was always the one sure thing I knew about my wedding. My reasoning being similar to your FH's. My step father has "raised" me since I was 3 but that doesn't mean that my Dad wasn't there for me either (and I am his only child) so I wouldn't take away the special moment of walking me down the aisle or a father/daughter dance but at the same time would like to acknowledge to my step-father that I appreciate all he has done for me and for raising me like one of his own and always referring to me as his kid.

I don't have this situation but my best friend did. Her FH danced 1/2 the song with his mom and 1/2 the song with his step mom.

My cousin danced with his mom and step mom, they shared one song and split it up evenly. I would just do 2 separate songs though.

I am dancing with my dad and step dad and doing 2 different songs.

I am doing two separate dances with my dad and step dad. theyre both walking me down the aisle. my parents have been separated since I was like 4 and step parents started coming around soon after.. as for FH he will only be dancing with his mom. His dad just remarried like 6 years ago so he was much older and doestn see her as much as a parent as his mom. and his mom would probably be PISSED too lol that might be funny though

Thank you all for your input, I def agree with the majority here. His SM can dance with him at some point during the night, we will let his mom have her dance with her baby & not bore everyone. We love them & I dont think she will take it personally if he only does a spotlight dance with his mother.

AGAIN THANK YOU!!!