Who to walk me down the aisle?

What do you do when your father has passed away years ago, and your family/friends arent going to be there for your wedding.  Who do I get to walk me down the aisle?  What do I for bridesmaid?  My family and friends dont have the money to fly to London, nor even if they did..I honestly dont think they would.  I guess I could borrow my fiance's sister, and his long time friend since gradeschool.  But who walks me down??  Thats the question...grrr  ....The dog, he loves me..maybe he can lol. 

You dont have to have anyone walk you down the aisle.  I have seen poeple who's fathers are at the ceremony and still dont walk them down the aisle.   You can take the moment all to yourself if you choose, you can hold a picture of your father, or you can walk down with your husband even.  There are no rules on this - its all what you feel comfortable doing.

The dog walking with you would be classic, though!

Ok so I could walk myself, but I just dont know anything about weddings.  So that will be a good idea to just walk alone.  As far as the dog, he was my backup lol.  I really actually want him to be the ring bearer, my fiance wants him to be a part of the ceremony.  Do they allow dogs in church? 

What about walking in with your fiancé? That's what I plan to do in the small ceremony we will be having over here. I like the idea of that better, honestly. You can always do away with the walking down the aisle tradition entirely, as well.

Funnily enough... I had my dog walk me down the "aisle"... It was an outdoor wedding though - a great alternative, and a great memory.

Yeah but I kind of wanted my grand entrance you know lol... . Not only that, I like the idea of us walking out together.  Before we were seperate, now we walk out hand in hand in matrimony, that whole lot  

If they let the dog in the church, he will either walk me down, or be my ring bearer..but Kai (staffordshire terrier) is part of this wedding one way or another 

Its up to the church if they allow dogs - I saw an episode of Don't Tell The Bride where the Groom wanted to have the dog in the ceremony and his church allowed him on th condition that the dog went through a training course and showed that he could do it at rehearsal.

Is Kai already in the UK or are you getting married in the US?

I had my DH Uncle walk me down. He was very proud to be a part of the wedding! If I were you I would ask who ever your closest with on his side of the family. As far as bridesmaids...I only had one I asked one of his female cousins. Everyone involved was happy to be apart of our wedding and I was thrilled that they wanted to be. It made me feel closer to his family to know they were there for us. None of my family was able to go and I had just one girlfriend as a guest. The rest of the guest were my DH family, friends, and coworkers.

Kai is in the UK he is my fiance's dog, but I love that dog.  He is really smart, and very well behaved, listens to everything you tell him.  So I think he could prove himself 

Yeah I guess I can use his friend from gradeschool, and his sister if she will want to.  We just dont have alot of money to spend.  Trying to get this sorted as cheap as possible. He was initially just saying lets go to the registry office and just do it!  But I know deep down he, and his family would be hurt over that.  So we have to try and get a real wedding ceremony sorted, but for really really really cheap!  Cause I have the FLR(M) to apply for immediately after.  Anyone know of a cheap place around Ealing? 

Yeah but I kind of wanted my grand entrance you know lol... . Not only that, I like the idea of us walking out together.  Before we were seperate, now we walk out hand in hand in matrimony, that whole lot  

Here's another idea - he walks down the aisle on his own and you walk down to meet him - you both make a grand entrance!  And then walk out together....

Both my parents walked me out the door for my first wedding - got married on the deck of the house where I'd grown up, and we made our grand entrance out the door to the deck!  lol.

My second wedding was registry office, and my now-husband and I decided to walk in together, holding hands...we walked out together holding hands too!

I wish we could do an outdoor thing, the outdoors are FREE!!!!  But considering we are trying to get married in mid Decemeber/January..ummm not a good idea.  BRRRR.

So I am actively trying to find somewhere cheap, going to see if I can convince his grandparents to let us use there flat...its not big, but its nice..and have a formal and informal living room, plus a good sized garden. 

One thing I always thought would be neat is to have my hubby walk in, alone, and walk down the aisle to about where the pews begin (usually there is some area between the actually doors of the church and where the pews begin, even if it's only 10-15 feet).  Then you could open the doors up and let everyone stare at you in awe, as you stand there alone....then you could walk to where your fiance is standing, grab his arm and walk the rest of the way down the aisle with him.  I know you said you probably won't do anything that...but just an idea that others might consider.

My husband and I walked down the aisle together, because it was the beginning of our journey through  life together.

It was a registry wedding.

About the registry?  Was that nice?  He was trying to go there for cost reasons, but I cant forsee a small church being much more expensive.  Plus I want his family there...

you can have anyone you want attend a registry wedding--many have rooms that can hold up to 50 people.  i don't know what the cost is like for a church wedding over here though, so i can't say which would be cheaper.  but if religion is important to you, you should be aware that registry office ceremonies don't allow any mention of religion at all.