Who Walked You Down The Aisle?

It’s defiantly a personal decision only you can make.


I am going to walk alone. My dad is in my life, but for many years he wasn’t very present. Our relationship was ok, but nothing special. Similar with my mom (they divorced when I was 3). Because neither were great at being parents I grew up with my grandparents. I always thought my grandpa would walk me down the aisle. Fast forward to now and because of my daughter my father has been much more a part of my life. However, it still doesn’t feel right to me to have him walk me down the aisle. We just don’t have that kind of relationship. I know that asking my grandfather to do it instead of my father would hurt him and I do t want that. So I’ve decided I will walk alone.

I'm having both my parents walk me. I know traditionally speaking, a father would present his daughter to the groom as presenting an object or completing a transaction. I'm choosing not to see it in this way and rather more like our parents presenting both of us to each other so we can build our lives together as adults and not kids at home anymore. Not just my dad giving me to some random dude because he paid for me, but rather both my parents who raised from a little baby to an independent woman.

My sister's friend's dad refused to walk her down the aisle (he didn't approve of her marrying a woman). So my dad offered to walk her down the aisle and he did.

I'm walking alone. My dad passed tragically in 2006. I cannot get over it. I have one child a son and one brother neither of them give me the feels of my dad. I am walking alone with a photo covered by my dad's spirit. Aaand his family will be very anxious to see whose taking his place.....they'll be pleasantly surprised no one and I'm still my dad's lil girl.

I actually walked alone. I have both parents still and good relationships with them but I viewed it as me taking that journey alone to my husband

TBD. My dad is alive, but unable to fly for the wedding due to congestive heart failure (he's in treatment and responding very well thankfully). I will either walk myself down the aisle since this IS my second marriage, or possibly have my mom walk me down.

If your aunt is who you are closest to, have her walk you! It should be someone important to you. I was adopted at 14 and adore my adoptive grandparents. I don't have contact with bio date and have never really gotten along well with adoptive dad so I'm having my adoptive grandpa walk me. I haven't known him for even a decade and I want to have this memory with him. It's a personal decision for each person, doesn't have to be a dad or even a man.

My maid of honors dad is walking me down! He is like a dad to me

So my dad died in 2003, so he the only people that i have to walk me is my step father, my mom and my brothers. So my youngest brother is walking me down the aisle, he's been there my whole life and has always bee so protective of me, so thats why i chose him

My Dad doesn't live in the same country as me and likely will not travel to make the wedding. So I will be walking alone. Besides, we are getting married in a Catholic church and the sacrament calls both the bride and groom to enter willingly into the marriage. So in some ways it is more fitting that I won't be "given away". And I am happy with that.

Personally, I'll be walking myself down the aisle. I don't believe that a wedding requires for you, regardless of gender(s), to be passed off to start your married life with your future wife or future husband but we're also super against gender norms so I understand if other people don't feel the same way.

We are married for almost 23 years. I was 18 and was heavily pregnant. We only got a blessing in a run down chapel, and none of my family was there. It was a rushed wedding. Nothing was planned.


Now we want to renew our vow, and our 22 years old son will walk me down the isle.

My father passed away in 2008. When I first got engaged, I thought I'd have my mom walk me down the aisle, but a few months in she suggested that I have my brother do it. He and I aren't all that close, but I did ask and he accepted. I actually think he was touched that I asked. I'm looking forward to him making jokes so I don't cry as much.