No One To Give Me Away

Why not choose your oldest son to stand at the back and walk you 1/3 of the way, then have the other son meet you and your oldest hand you over to the middle son who walks you 1/3 of the way to meet with your youngest son and he walks you the rest of the way. Let them all have a chance to walk you to the man whom you will be with for the rest of your life. When it comes time for them to give you away, let them all give you away to your fiance. However, if you are fine with walking with your fiance, then that is a wonderful idea as well, I just figured that if you want your sons to give you away, that may be a way of having that wish. Just a thought.

You really don`t have to have anyone give you away, many independant Brides choose to walk alone. I`ve often seen the brides Mom walk them also. But Mika also had a great idea to include all three sons. Good Luck and let us know what you decide.

Thank you Mika for that wonderful idea. I really like that.I think it would work out great. Why I never thought of that. As for the Mom walking down, I have seen that and both parents walking down. Very beautiful, but both of my parents are deceased. Thanks again.
Cathy

I`m walking myself down the aisle. I`m not close with my father and my brother who I`d always planned to ask does not approve of my FH. I`m very close to my mother (and this idea may work for your sons) so when it comes time for the phrase who gives this woman my mom will be the one to respond. I`ve also considering having my mother stand up when I reach the end of the aisle and just to the actual giving away but I haven`t decided yet.

I believe it to be your day and if you want your husband to come and meet you do it. But I also believe you want to be the focus for the trip down the aisle. Having him come to meet you could take away from that a bit. But I again say DO WHAT YOU WANT.

Cathy,
I lost my father on May 14, 2004 and I am getting married on March 12, 2005. He was only 50 years old, so I truely understand your situation. I am not having anyone walk me down the isle. However, when it comes to the actual "giving away" , my mother and all of my father`s siblings are going to stand and say " we do". It was really touching to see all of his brothers and sisters cry when I asked them all to participate. All of the ideas are wonderful, but I thought I would let you know that there are others out there that are going through the same thing.

My father also had passed when it was time for me to walk down the isle. My suggestion to you is to have all three of your sons walk you down. Starting with the oldest or youngest, have one walk you part of the way down, and then exchange arms with the next son who will walk you down some more and then finally exchange arms with the last who will lead you to your future husband. This way all three will participated in your wedding.
Then when the priest or clergy asks "Who gives this women to be married" all three can say "We do"
I have four brothers and this was an option I considered. I ended up with my mom walking me down.

Good luck to you.

Boy Kris, you sure came up with a unique idea, especially since Mika already gave her that idea first. You should read the responses before you just put something there twice.

I was just agreeing that , that was a good idea that Micha had and that when I was getting married, I had thought of it too. So sorry that I didn`t explain that in my original message.