Dad won't be able to come to the wedding

Why can't he come? I would skip it.

If you're close with your uncle I would do that! Despite your father not attending, you should be able to feel that bond with a family member. Do whatever makes you happy, girl! No one can hate on your decision on your big day!

I'd skip it too.

I would only dance with someone else if you have a close relationship with them. Traditions have changed over the years and it's not necessary to have every single one .

Do it if you are super close with your uncle. If you're only doing it to have someone take dad's place, it's perfectly fine to skip it. I'm so sorry your dad won't be at your wedding!

My dad lives in Peru .. he won't be able to get a visa before the wedding takes along time ....he won't make it on time .. my mother doesn't talk to me for more than 4 years so I won't have her either .... this is stressing me

??? My father passed 2.5 months before the planned day ( I got married early in his hospital room before he passed). I would have bawled my eyes out dancing with my brothers, and his Mom didn't want to dance (longs story) so we skipped them.

I'm very sorry. I would do whatever feels right to you. It's fine to skip it. My DH and MIL actually skipped the mother-son dance (not because she wasn't there but because they both weren't that into it and were more comfortable with the idea of me dancing with my dad and calling it good). It's not a big deal to skip a parent dance if you feel more comfortable skipping it.

If you really wanted to do the dance though and feel like honoring your uncle (or a brother, or grandfather, or your mom, or FFIL) then that's fine, too. I just wouldn't do this because you feel like you have to have something in place of a father-daughter dance. You don't have to do the dance. Only replace it with a dance with someone else special if that has meaning for you.

I'm sorry your parents won't be there

Thank you ... I think I will skip it