Mother bride dance?

Maybe she can dance with Fh?

I think this is an awesome idea! I have never known my father. My mother is who raised me blood, sweat and tears. I have decided to add a Mother Daughter dance in my upcoming nuptials that will include a song she dedicated to me when I was in high school!

Why don't you do a dance with your mom and dad at the same time?

I'm doing one! But not telling her about it at all. My mom is my best friend and has been with me through everything. I'll be dancing with both of my parents and just slightly shortening the songs.

I danced with my mother at my first wedding because my father is not in my life and my mom is everything to me. With that said I think that having a father/daughter, mother/daughter, and possibly mother/son dance might be too much. If your FH doesn't do a mother/son then that might help, but I would try and pick one or the other.

It's a nice idea, but I agree with others, too much. Your guests will be ready to party!

We are playing the "Mom Song" by Meaghan Trainor.

If you want to dance with both of your parents, do it!! If your guests have a problem with that, then I would question why they're guests. Of course you want them to enjoy your wedding, but I honestly don't think one extra dance would ruin it for them.

I went to a wedding last summer where the bride danced with her mom to "Mama's Song" by Carrie Underwood and it was a really beautiful moment to watch. I say you should dance with your mom!

PP's are saying it's too many dances, but maybe have the songs you pick shortened so it doesn't take up as much time?

Could your FH dance with her?

This way, you're not getting 2 dances (well 3 with the first dance) while he gets 0 parent dances.... that'd be awkward to me as a guest, regardless of the sentiment...

My FH and his mom didn't want their own dance, so we just stuck to the one father daughter.

I'll be dancing with my mom because my dad passed away back in 2010, but she's also my best friend. Even if my dad was still around, I probably would have danced with both. Maybe cut both songs a little short? 1:30 of one and 1:30 of another so they each get a special moment with you?

I am doing a mother daughter dance. She raised me. I met my dad when I was already an adult. She will also be "giving me away".

My FSIL did a mom dance after the father daughter dance! do whatever you want!

FH and I decided to do a dance when he dances with his mother and I dance with mine at the same time. He is close to his mom and my mom has always been a single mom. This was a compromise that made everyone happy.

I am skipping father daughter dance and opting for a mother-daughter, but that's because there's potential Dad versus step-Dad drama. That and my mom is the one who mostly raised me.

@Ryan&Jess We picked the same song!!! It's great

I kind of agree that it's a lot to sit through as a guest. I know you could argue that the time is there if FH doesn't do his dance BUT then you run the risk of his family/guests getting upset that you got TWO dances and he didn't even get one.

You could split the dance, like start with your dad and then invite your mom to join midway through. Or Maybe if you did very short samples of songs? If you had specific ones in mind. That way it is still touching without bogging down the guests

I am a single mom of four, currently planning the wedding of my youngest daughter, however when my oldest daughter got married instead of the mother father dance (as her father had been absent from her life) we did a mother daughter dance. You need to do what you wish as honesty it is your and your significant others day and you both need to do the things that you want and will make your day unique, special and a wonderful memory for you both!!!!