Giving Away of the Groom... have you ever heard of this?!

Never heard of this

Hmmmm. Strange, never heard of it before but you do you.

I have never heard of such a thing! I honestly would just say that you are doing a wedding "untraditional" to what she may have done and there will be no giving away of the groom

Is his family catholic? often in catholic weddings both the bride and groom are escorted down the aisle by their parents.

I've never heard of "giving away the groom", but I have seen the groom always walk down the aisle with someone, so perhaps that's what she means?

His family isn't catholic but his mom grew up catholic so that could be it.... she definitely said giving away of the groom. I guess what bothers me most is she wanted to tell us who should do it since she won't be there. Really?!

I think this is just a case of semantics. My Dad " gave me away" but really he just walked me down the aisle. A lot of the older generation don't know that the particular wording of "giving away" can be seen as offensive. I doubt she meant anything by it. It is strange that she chose the people. Did she already ask them? Can your FH choose whoever he wants to walk him down the aisle?

I don't know if this is something that's common in the Italian weddings elsewhere but most of our good friends are Italian and each time the grooms were walked down the aisle by his parents. Assuming that's what you mean by giving away?

I love how some people are completely thrown off and think that this understood standard tradition is so silly when it's gender swapped. Heads up - you're starting to see the sexism!

We are having a Catholic ceremony and both FH and I will walk down the aisle with our parents.

I'm not Jewish either and both of us are planning to walk down the aisle with our parents.