Brides Father Being Stubborn To Daughters Fee

My ex and I have been divorced for years our older daughter is getting married and wants her parents to sit at the parents table together dance the first dance when Bride and Groom are dancing and also be announced together when the say bride parents we are not remarried so what is the right thing to do he wants some girl to be announced with him which the Bride hates her fathers girl it all because of his girl she is jealous I told him we are her parents not her
Posted by karen; updated 10/21/04

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These situations are tough on everyone. Your daughter has to understand that she is not the only one that has to deal with this. Its more and more common. Everyone needs to come together though and decide what is best. My daughter`s husband had a Dad,a Step Dad,and a current boyfriend of his Mother to deal with. Everyone behaved. The boyfriend stayed out of the family pictures. The Mom took family pictures with both the real Dad (divorced for 16 years) and the step Dad (divorced for one year) but the Groom was VERY close to the step Dad.....both of the Dads wore tuxes and had bouts...the boyfriend didn`t wear a tux but sat with her in the front pew, that as fine though. My daughter asked if we wanted to be announced which I didn`t want to anyway (I hate attention and she knows that) but I would have if she preferred. But because my husband and I said it was ok, they didn`t announce any of us...only the Bridal party to keep it simple!
Another friend of mine that is divorced she chose for them to be announced separately (kept their dates out of it)....Jane Jones....Mother of Bride......John Jones Father of the Bride. Their dates were seated at the tables and then they just went and sat with them.
There are diffent ways to deal with these situations but the parents need to cooperate and let the couple decide what they are comfortable with, after all it is their day. The kids already have suffered through the divorce, let them have their day!
Posted by RecentBride; updated 10/21/04