Deceased father/father daughter dance question.

Can you dance with your mother or FH father?
Otherwise I really do suggest skipping, having him do mother/son dance, and honoring him another way.

I can understand maybe playing a song could be a little sad but I do also recognize that you want to honor your father. Maybe before the mother son dance and maybe everyone just have a moment of silence and then maybe your cousin can play a little bit of his favorite song? I don't think it's a bad idea.

Would you be open to walking down the aisle to "Danny Boy"? It would be a way to honor your dad while still not making it a depressing event (like the song with no one dancing).

My father was never in the picture so I am dancing with my mom instead

I really like what Kristen said and think that would be a great idea!

My father is also deceased and I struggle with what to do as well. I thought about doing a brother sister dance, but my brothers don't even like dancing. Then I thought about doing a sibling dance with all of my brothers and sisters (about 12 of us total, different parents) to a fun song like "Jump on it" but then thought that would be awkward since I'm not super close to many of them. I think I finally settled on dancing with my Mother now! We're going to hopefully be a fun mashup of songs that we both love and it'll be a bit shorter but still fun.

I would say think about it a little bit and you'll figure out what works best for you!

I would say see if you have someone else you could dance with. As some previous posters have said, maybe your mother, or your future husband's father if you're close and comfortable with him.

My FH and I were somewhat in the same boat. My father has passed as well. My grandpa is walking me down the aisle but I know he wouldn't be able to make it through a dance and he has expressed he doesn't want to dance in front of everyone. My FH's mother isn't a fan of being the center or attention so we decided to skip the father/daughter and mother/son dance.