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[quote=Anonymous]I did not have my dad walk me down the aisle and walked by myself. I hate the symbolism, but for me it was more about the fact that I do not have a good relationship with my father, who was absent for most of my life. It still hurt his feelings greatly that I didn't let him, which I didn't intend to do. I didn't make it about him -- I just told him that no one would be giving me away and that I think that's a sexist tradition. (When he complained to my brother, my brother very bluntly told him that he doesn't get to be an absent father for our childhoods and show up and get this honor. My brother told him that he should be glad I invited him to the wedding at all, which was the truth.) I hadn't planned to do a father-daughter dance, either, but he was so crushed by my not having him walk me down the aisle that I gave in and did a father-daughter dance at the same time my husband danced with his mother. My dad was very happy with that.[/quote]
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