Being "given away"

It's lovely that you are so close with your dad. Mine made my childhood a living hell. I agree with the posters who said he can escort you down the aisle without 'giving you away'. If it would mean so much to him, it would be very gracious on your part to ask him to do it.

No one will be giving me away, my son will be walking me down the aisle.

Just let your dad know that you appreciate him but you're going down as your own person. You'll save him a dance later, share some cake, and you'll hug him goodbye at the end of the night. He sounds like the kind who would appreciate a heartfelt letter being written to him.

I've been out of my parents' house for 20 years, and I'm still having my step-dad give me away. I know it's antiquated, but it's still a special moment for us to share, so I don't really care. It's not really about that anymore.

I asked our minister not to say who gives this woman. He said who presents this woman. I didn't want him to say anything but it was important to my Papa that he "gave me away" so I let him have his moment. Modified of course; it was special and the ceremony was such a blur that I don't really remember feeling anything other than giddy.

ETA: same minister married my brother and his wife. When her twin brother walked her down the dock (harbor side wedding), and asked who gives this woman to this man, her parents and her immediate family all shouted we do. It was cute. I really liked it.

You could walk down with both your parents. There was a bride on here in her BAM that wrote about how her dad was slowing her down as she walked down the aisle. She learned when she watched the video that she was running down the aisle and her dad was slowing her down. After that, I decided I needed someone to walk me down. I want to enjoy every moment of my wedding.

There will be no "who gives"...my dad will silently put my hand in my FH hand then they shake the free hand or something like that. I moved out a year ago but I like the symbolic passing.

Both of my parents walked me down the aisle (and DH's mom and stepdad walked with him). We actually didn't have the officiant say anything - we hugged our parents and then took our places and began the ceremony.