I've never been to an American wedding but my fiance is American and he made me aware that there is a "daddy-daughter dance" and a time where your father gives you away at the wedding or reception. I know our wedding in the states will be "different" due to various things but I am feeling very anxious about the things that should involve me dad. What alternatives can I do to make it as traditional as possible if my father will not be there? He has never taken a parental interest in me and, even when I reached out to him as an adult, he has not responded so I won't hurt myself by inviting him. Even if I can find him Thank you so much for the answers so far! I'm feeling better already :) Hopefully, I just won't have to discuss why he is not here but I am sure that my fiance and I can find a nice way to organize it without my father.

Let me further explain. I realized I had asked my bridesmaids to be in my wedding party a long time ago and now that the wedding is 6 months away ALL of our financial situations have changed drastically (for the poorer). I wrote a long message to all the bridesmaids explaining I understood everything has changed, etc. If you want to back out for ANY reasons I do not need to know the reason (even if it's your just not 'feeling' it anymore) to privately message me and it's all good. Sincerely. My one cousin messaged me privately that same day explaining that this would put a lot of relief on her finances and she would be stepping down but still couldn't wait for the day! That was awesome, I was happy to help her out. The other bridesmaids responded they're still in. However I haven't heard from one bridesmaid for over a week? I've text her the original message and then two follow up messages asking if everything was okay and not once received a response. How would you respond to her? Is this an implication she doesn't want to be in the party? I feel like I just want to tell her she's out now and that's how I'm understanding her ignoring my messages. Texting is how we've ALWAYS communicated as we're both very busy and hate phone calls.

I'm getting married a month from now. My maid of honor has an abusive fiance who's blacked both her eyes. Her kid asks why he always hits mommy I can't belive she stay. He has even threatened me and made stuff up about me and threatened to tell the lies to my soon to be husband. She won't leave him. And I don't want him around my family I almost don't want her there if he is part of the package. What do I do.