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WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Keep or Skip: Father walking you down the aisle?

Lynnie, on May 30, 2018 at 1:33 PM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 85

This week we're playing " keep or skip " with popular wedding traditions! ✔️

The traditions around parents blessings and "being given away" have definitely fallen out of favor as weddings (thankfully!) become more modern, but some people still really want that moment with their dad walking down the aisle! What are you doing? Are you keeping or skipping (or modernizing) this ceremony tradition?


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85 Comments

Latest activity by Jana, on May 10, 2020 at 3:18 AM
  • M
    Devoted July 2018
    Mrs. Terelo ·
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    Keeping. I wasn't going to since its my 2nd wedding but it was important to my dad so we're doing it.
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  • Tammy
    Super October 2018
    Tammy ·
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    Halfway between. My mom will be walking me down the aisle!

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  • Erika
    Expert April 2019
    Erika ·
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    Decided to keep it. It's my second wedding and we've been living together for over 7 years but I think it would hurt my father's feelings if I didn't.
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  • FutureMrsKC
    Master January 2019
    FutureMrsKC ·
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    Keep! My dad and I are super close and I'm the first of 2 daughters to get married. My sister and I both plan to have dad walk us down the aisle.

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  • K
    Expert February 2019
    Kelsey ·
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    Will for sure be having my dad walk me down the aisle. I'm a daddy's girl and love him more than anything. Couldn't imagine anyone else walking me towards my FH
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  • Tiffany
    Dedicated January 2019
    Tiffany ·
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    Halfway keeping. My father and my grandfather will walk me down the aisle, but we are skipping the "giving away" tradition. After walking me down the aisle they will take their seats, no questions or acknowledgement of handing me over.
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  • Maria
    Master June 2018
    Maria ·
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    I hope I can keep it but I'm not sure we fit down the aisle at church!!!! I'm wearing a ballgown and I don't want to awkwardly waddle down the aisle. I'm stressing about this.

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  • Jen
    Super May 2018
    Jen ·
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    Kept! I'm the first of his girls to get married and he and I are really close. However, we didn't see it as him "giving me away".

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  • Mrs. Fall Bride
    Master October 2016
    Mrs. Fall Bride ·
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    In the Jewish religion, both parents walk their child down the aisle, and I kept to that tradition.

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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    Kind of keeping. My stepdad will (hopefully) walk me down the aisle. I plan to ask him on Father’s Day!
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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    My dad will be walking me and both of my FH’s parents will be walking him as he is Jewish.
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  • Daria
    VIP January 2019
    Daria ·
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    Keeping! It's not about being "given away" just that special moment with my dad. The officiant won't ask him anything, he'll just walk with me then give me a hug or peck on the cheek and sit.

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  • Carol
    Super April 2024
    Carol ·
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    This is the whole reason we chose to have a wedding. Long story short, my dad almost passed away, had a brain tumor that severely changed his personality. after he survived he apologized for his behavior prior to the tumor and mentioned that he thought about who would walk me down the aisle had he passed away (this was ten years ago, 8 years before I even met my FH, I was 14) so I want him to walk me down. We will not have him say that he is actually giving me away since I’ve lived in a different state for almost 5 years now. But yes, keeping!
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  • AQuixoticBride
    VIP July 2018
    AQuixoticBride ·
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    I decided to have both of my parents walk with me.
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  • Katelyn
    Devoted January 2019
    Katelyn ·
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    I asked my mom and dad to walk me down the aisle, because I am extremely close with both.
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  • WED18
    July 1993
    WED18 ·
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    My girls are keeping this and my DH is beyond excited and honored to do so. We’re catholic and it’s never been part of the catholic faith to “give away” the bride. It’s actually a “modern” tradition as the old way was the couple enter together as a sign of their mutual willingness to be married.
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  • KarenO
    Master June 2018
    KarenO ·
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    Keeping, if my dad is able to. (He has escalating hip and back issues.) I don't look at it as giving me away, but as a honor to be walking beside my dad on a very important day in my life.

    I asked my mother to walk with me too, but she said she's too self-conscious and refused. Funny, my dad and I are the shy ones in our family, and my mom is the social butterfly.

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  • MrsSnez
    Super October 2018
    MrsSnez ·
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    I'm walking by myself. I do think it's a sweet tradition for those who want to honor their dad though!
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  • Happy Hedgie
    VIP September 2018
    Happy Hedgie ·
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    Keeping, my father and I are very close so I can't imagine not doing this.

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  • Nicole
    Expert November 2018
    Nicole ·
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    Keeping - having both parents walk me down the aisle! I believe my FH will have his parents walk him down prior as well.

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