Anonymous
Post 10/03/2015 21:59     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it was kinda showy on behalf of the Dad. If the Dad had thought this was such a good idea, why didn't he suggest it from the beginning during wedding planning instead of making a big deal out of it and deciding to do it himself? Did the bride approve this? I don't know, it reeks of manipulative behavior to me....
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He did.

Here's a better article that gives more detail including the fact that the bride and her birth father discussed this a couple of weeks before the wedding.

http://www.today.com/parents/dad-surprises-stepdad-daughters-wedding-both-walking-bride-down-aisle-t46981


Given the bride knew, I think it was less about the dad upstaging the wedding and more to do with the trendiness of surprises in the days of video cameras.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2015 11:47     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:I think it was kinda showy on behalf of the Dad. If the Dad had thought this was such a good idea, why didn't he suggest it from the beginning during wedding planning instead of making a big deal out of it and deciding to do it himself? Did the bride approve this? I don't know, it reeks of manipulative behavior to me....
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He did.

Here's a better article that gives more detail including the fact that the bride and her birth father discussed this a couple of weeks before the wedding.

http://www.today.com/parents/dad-surprises-stepdad-daughters-wedding-both-walking-bride-down-aisle-t46981
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2015 11:39     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:What if the bride detested the stepdad?

I think that it was very uncool of the dad to upstage the bride--if she had wanted to be walked down the aisle by the step dad, she would have asked.


HER DAD HAD TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT AND SHE WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT AS SHE LOVES HER STEPDAD.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2015 05:50     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
What if the bride detested the stepdad?

I think that it was very uncool of the dad to upstage the bride--if she had wanted to be walked down the aisle by the step dad, she would have asked.

Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 23:04     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:Except for the whole thing about the woman being a piece of property that father(s) gives away.


+100
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 11:22     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Except for the whole thing about the woman being a piece of property that father(s) gives away.


Oh, go away!

LOL, I agree. It's "sweet" that they share their "property".


While the original sentiment is outdated, the new intent is that the father and/or mother is not walking her down the aisle to give her away, but they are walking her from her old life as a child in their family to her new life as wife and/or mother of her new nuclear family.

If you don't want to follow that tradition, don't. But some people accept the tradition and frame it in a new way. It's not your call how others choose to practice their traditions.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 11:09     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Anonymous wrote:I would not be a fan. I loathe my mom's new husband, despite my parents' constant pressure for me to put on a happy face. He's a loser. I didn't ask him to walk because I didn't want to.


Being true to yourself. That's the way to go.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2015 10:49     Subject: Dad includes stepdad in walking his DD down the aisle.
Another "made to go viral" stunt. This kind of thing is very touching when it ISN'T engineered for the cameras.