My parents are divorced and both remarried. Both fathers have been involved in my life; however my mother has always been my primary parent (my rock as I call her). My mother is walking me down the aisle, but that leaves me trying to figure out how to seat my step-father. He feels like he is being left out because he is not escorting me or dancing the father/daughter dance; however he is giving the first toast. He is suggesting that he follows my mom and I down the aisle, but I'm not crazy about the idea. Currently our seating plan is that my 1/2 brother who is a groomsman will escort his mother (my step-mother) first with my father following. Second, we have a groomsman walking one grandmother with another groomsman escorting the other grandmother. The best man and groom (brothers) are escorting their mother (with their dad following). I don't know how to get my step-dad seated with a prominent role, but without him following my mother and I down the aisle. I don't want to hurt any feelings with one father having more to do than the other. I have a feeling that my father's feelings would be hurt if my step-father follows us down the aisle. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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Sep 14, 2007, 10:33 AM
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Re: [AngelaS22] Seating of Step-father of bride
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Dear Angela,
Your step father should not follow you two down the aisle. The last ones down the aisle are you and your escort. The step father doesn't really have a role in the actual ceremony unless he escorts. There isn't any special seating, although you could create something unique. Perhaps he could seat himself right before the seating of your step mother, that would mean that he would be the first seated. That might make him happy and it wouldn't be too far off of normal.
Seating of Step-father of bride
