Walking alone down the aisle?

Do you have a brother, grandpa, or a close male friend who could walk you down?

You don't need someone to walk you down the isle. Plenty of people walk themselves.

I'm planning to walk myself! I don't think it's a big deal, but it's a little easier for me because I have no relationship with my dad and he won't be at the wedding.

My plan is to just walk down the aisle and up to the altar where FH is standing. We will both turn towards the officiant and he will start the ceremony. Definitely easy to skip the part about "giving away" the bride.

I walked with my siblings. Like you our parents had a rough relationship and we often had to take care of each other. At the end of the aisle I gave them each a hug and then walked over to stand by my husband. We skipped the whole 'who gives this bride' thing. To be honest, I've never been to a wedding where that was part of the ceremony, so maybe it's not that common any more? I am with you about not wanting to feel like I was being handed off. ETA: my siblings are both brothers, but if I had sisters I would have had them walk with me, too...there is no rule that it has to be a male relative. That is a sexist and outdated tradition. My best friend's parents are happily married and she decided to have her mom walk her down.

I think it is fine to walk down alone! I've considered this as well because I have a very strained relationship with my father and feel awkward asking someone else. Not sure what I am going to do yet though. I have read a few articles from women in the same position, this is one of them: http://www.sheknows.com/love-and-sex/articles/1127074/walking-myself-down-the-aisle

This will be my second wedding and I will walk down by myself. FH will meet me about half way down and we will walk to the alter the rest of the way together since we want to symbolize walking into our marriage together.

I could the written your post myself with regards to how I feel about walking down the aisle and being given away. I'm not married yet but I'm planning to walk alone and I'll have my officiant just skip the part about "who gives this bride?" And yes, I think I will just go straight to my place at the altar. I'm sure your officiant can help you decide what to do too. Walking alone is more common than you probably think.

I'm walking alone! Your officiant only does what YOU tell them, so just don't include that. I haven't been to a wedding in years that did the "who gives this woman to be married" speech anyways.

I'm planning to walk alone ... I have a strained relationship with my Dad ... I was never 'daddy's little girl ' and I'm an adult and don't want to be 'given away '.

You can completely walk yourself.

My Daddy passed away 6 years ago, it'll be 7 years when I get married. We were ultra close....I debated about walking alone, but I decided instead to do a "coming together of the families." So my FH will walk both his mother and my mother down the aisle, and I'm walking down the aisle with my FFIL and my Godfather. I asked them both already and we just happily cried together. I've got the best of both worlds.

I plan to walk alone. We aren't doing traditional vows, absolutely not including the "who gives this bride" portion.

I'm grown, I've walked a lot of places by myself.

Joe and I walked together. So did Elpha and Mr. Elpha.

I have also seen where the spouses to be meet halfway, it's great.

Even with my dad walking me, there will be no "who gives this bride away" business. I am not his to give!

I've seen people walk by themselves! I have even seen the bride and groom walk down together!

With over 1600 ceremonies 'under my belt' I've seen about every possible processional. Yes, you can walk by yourself. Yes, the officiant can leave out "Who gives this woman..." Instead, I ask, "Who stands with this wo/man to represent her/his family and its traditions?" And that can be left out, also!

I think I'll walk alone. My dad isn't attending my wedding. My mum wants to walk me but I think I want to do it alone

My father has not been in my life for over 20 years now. My mother wants to walk me down the aisle and I told her that there are only 2 people that I have ever wanted to walk me down the aisle that is my brother and my grandfather. I lost my brother in 2013 and lost my grandfather in 2014. I told her that she had to walk out when the mothers walked out. So, I'll be walking out alone. The funny thing is when my mother brought this up FH and I was laughing. We never discussed about me walking down the aisle but we both knew that I was walking by myself.