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How do you feel about the custom/tradition of a father giving his daughter "away" or "over" to her husband?...I think it's nice when both parents walk their daughter down the aisle at a wedding. It would be great if the groom's parents walked him down the aisle too. This way both families would be involved in the actual ceremony. How do you feel about it?
I attended a wedding where the groom's parents walked him down the aisle at the beginning of the procession. And, both Mom & Dad walked the bride down the aisle at the end. It was quite touching.
I disagree with the actual "giving the bride away". She is not owned '"to be given". But some wedding now use different wording.
I attended a wedding where the groom's parents walked him down the aisle at the beginning of the procession. And, both Mom & Dad walked the bride down the aisle at the end. It was quite touching.
I disagree with the actual "giving the bride away". She is not owned '"to be given". But some wedding now use different wording.
I plan to have my dad walk me down and have my mom meet us at the alter and stay standing until "the giving" part comes up. But what does the officiant/pastor say when asked? Something like "who gives this woman to this man" kinda thing or? Just curious...our ceromony is non-religious as well.
I plan to have my dad walk me down and have my mom meet us at the alter and stay standing until "the giving" part comes up. But what does the officiant/pastor say when asked? Something like "who gives this woman to this man" kinda thing or? Just curious...our ceromony is non-religious as well.
That would be a question for your officiant.
To the OP, I had a traditional church wedding. My father walked me down the aisle. My mother had already walked down the aisle in the processional, and she walked by herself. (That put the church-appointed wedding coordinator in a tizzy, but my mother was adamant that she did not want to be escorted by an unknown groomsman "just because.") There was the question, "Who gives this woman," and my father responded, "Her mother and I do."
I was in my early 20s and leaving my parents' home to get married. My husband was a longtime member of the church, as were his parents, and that part of the ceremony did not bother me.
In my case, my girl and I are planning something different. My parents and her parents are both going to walk us to the beginning of the aisle where we will hug and kiss our parents before we meet in the middle of the aisle (where the aisle starts) holding hands face to face and then walking to the altar together. We find a meaning in this entrance. It’s our parents bringing us up and then having us pretty much say “Mom, dad, time for me to start my own family†and then having us meet in the middle of the aisle meaning how we met in a stage of our lives and then decide to walk together to the same goal of getting married and sharing our lives together forever.
To the OP, I had a traditional church wedding. My father walked me down the aisle. My mother had already walked down the aisle in the processional, and she walked by herself. (That put the church-appointed wedding coordinator in a tizzy, but my mother was adamant that she did not want to be escorted by an unknown groomsman "just because.") There was the question, "Who gives this woman," and my father responded, "Her mother and I do."
I was in my early 20s and leaving my parents' home to get married. My husband was a longtime member of the church, as were his parents, and that part of the ceremony did not bother me.
I plan to have the same wording. I have lived on my own for a number of years, but I do not mind the traditional wording. Also, my fiancee did ask my father for permission prior to proposing. If he had said no, we would be getting married anyway, but I feel it is respectful to include my parents and I have no issues with the wording.
I've got a great idea. If we were going to be uber-traditional about it, why not have the groom standing up by the altar with a couple of cows on a tether. When the father hands the bride over to the groom, the groom hands the father the two cows, and he walks away happily.
I've got a great idea. If we were going to be uber-traditional about it, why not have the groom standing up by the altar with a couple of cows on a tether. When the father hands the bride over to the groom, the groom hands the father the two cows, and he walks away happily.
I've got a great idea. If we were going to be uber-traditional about it, why not have the groom standing up by the altar with a couple of cows on a tether. When the father hands the bride over to the groom, the groom hands the father the two cows, and he walks away happily.
My father would probably love that...guessing he has always wanted a cow.
I plan to have the same wording. I have lived on my own for a number of years, but I do not mind the traditional wording. Also, my fiancee did ask my father for permission prior to proposing. If he had said no, we would be getting married anyway, but I feel it is respectful to include my parents and I have no issues with the wording.
You didn't talk to his parents also about marrying their son?
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