Father's Day

I am always blogging about the brides and grooms, the MOB or the MIL, but I should talk a bit about the fathers. So many times these important people get left out of the decision making and the glory that goes to the females of the party. Let's face it, weddings are a female dominated event!

The fathers are often regulated to walking their dear daughters down the aisle, taking to the dance floor for the daughter/father dance, and of course---paying for the event. Has anyone ever asked how the fathers really feel about the wedding and the hoopla that goes with this celebration?

I have polled many fathers through the years and the results seem to be divided into two camps: Those fathers that look forward to the aisle walk and those that secretly wish their daughters would just elope!

I asked one father a year ago, as I usually do during the rehearsal practice, what he thought about his daughter's marriage the next day. His answer to me? "Do you really think that this will last? I am sure that we will be in this position again in 2-3 years. She is too much of a princess for him!"

Wow---I wasn't looking for that. Here is a father that obviously knows his daughter very well and wasn't looking at the wedding through rose-colored glasses. His other daughter? He gave her $7,000 to elope and she did. He was all smiles about that one.