<p>i will not do a mother/son dance. i know my limits!</p>
<p>will admit it was tough to do without openly weeping…and i just wanted to hold on and not let go… but honestly please try to do it… my son’s wedding was incredibly beautiful and special, but the special moment for me was that dance!! Agree with Singersmom…it was just like it was only the two of us…in your mind it was like all the hugs of a little boy growing into manhood and all those special moments you’ve had…rolled into one short dance…before you let go and know he is now with someone else.</p>
<p>LOL about the comments by the wedding band musician. I had the same thoughts with I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith…it’s a little romantic for a mother/son dance. If I was choosing something I would definitely read through the lyrics.</p>
<p>Time of Your Life by Green Day</p>
<p>Heard “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
for a mother/son dance at a wedding I went to recently. It was good. Not too long. Lyrics are fine.</p>
<p>I have 3 sons–if they ever get married, I won’t do mother/son dances. I just couldn’t.</p>
<p>@ebeeeee—the one that really made me shake my head was “Through the Years” by Kenny Rogers. Aside from being (IMHO) a dreadful, sappy song, it has lyrics that would make me wince if I were a bride watching my new hubby dance with his mom to it: “Through the years/I need you more and more” … “as long as it’s OK/I’ll stay with you through the years.”</p>
<p>@atomom–“Wonderful World” gets chosen a lot, and we often recommend it to couples that ask for a suggestion, for all the reasons you mentioned.</p>
<p>My son and I talked about it today. He absolutely vetoed any of the songs made for mom/son dances.
We both like Wonderful World…not too long.
I just tried to listen to it today and bawled…not sure how I will make it through the actual dance and I have four sons!!!</p>
<p>so now we decided to dance to something Italian as I am Italian and he loves his Italian heritage…
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Oh, God…this thread is making me teary-eyed. 
I don’t want my babies to get married. :(</p>
<p>The reason we switched is because we tried dancing to Wonderful World and I kept bawling like a baby.</p>
<p>There’s probably some Frank Sinatra that’s sung in Italian?</p>
<p>Or you could do something really different and classical - a Strauss waltz?</p>
<p>It’s your night. And that dance is really for you - the mom. Choose the music that speaks to you and don’t worry about a darn thing else. </p>
<p>Then head on over to the Dressing Young thread and we’ll help you find a perfect dress!</p>
<p>Just be glad someone is willing to marry your boy. I dream of that!</p>
<p>We are going to use Cena Luna (sp?) They sing it in the beginning of godfather 2. My Italian granpa used to sing it all the time. We found a peppy version and it works! My mom will love it as all the old Italians from the old country are gone from her family.
I am blessed to have a wonderful DIL to be. She is perfect for my son.
I was also really lucky to find a dress in January on the super clearance rack for $42 regular $200. Now I just need to get it altered.</p>
<p>James Taylor, How Sweet it is To Be Loved by You!</p>
<p>My son made a Mother’s Day song list for my ipod. One of the songs on it is Chinese by Lilly Allen. Maybe we’ll dance to it as his wedding some day. Here are the lyrics,
[CHINESE</a> Lyrics - LILY ALLEN](<a href=“CHINESE Lyrics - LILY ALLEN | eLyrics.net”>CHINESE Lyrics - LILY ALLEN | eLyrics.net)</p>
<p>Of course, at my son’s wedding it will be the grooms/mothers dance, so I suppose they’ll have to come up with a son that reminds them both of their mothers. </p>
<p>I’ll just be happy if my son does not pick Elton John’s The B*tch is Back. ;)</p>
<p>I have been reading this thread because hopefully some day I will be making this decision, twice…I have two sons. </p>
<p>For an Italian song look at some of the songs from “Moonstruck”. Particularly Musettas Waltz - Puccini, Giacomo. A song most Italians would recognize but arranged more modern with a big band type sound. Very cool, I think.</p>
<p>I didn’t have anything to do with the song/dance. It was chosen by DIL and we had the bride/father and groom/mother dance at the same time. Everything was wonderful. We were outside on a deck in the woods under the stars.</p>
<p>So…let me ask a different question: My D’s boyfriend of many years (and possible) experienced a horrible tragedy recently: His perfectly healthy mother dropped dead at 46. Totally no warning. </p>
<p>He actually asked me what he would do for the mother son dance. I just hugged him because, at the moment his mother wasn’t dead yet. If his grandmother is still alive I guess that he’ll dance with her. Or he does have a sister…</p>
<p>Are there any song recommendations for this situation? He does want to honor his mother, as would we if this is my daughter’s future husband.</p>
<p>I am bawling, and my son is only 15 ;)</p>
<p>overseas…sounds like one of those wonderful moments in life…the ones that keep us warm when we’re old.</p>
<p>ellen, wow how sad.</p>
<p>ellebud, I would remind him that not every wedding has to have every tradition. Your daughter and her father can dance to any song during the wedding, it does not have to be an event that draws everyones attention. Or the wedding could just have father/daughter dance. I’ve been to wedding where all four parents are alive and there was no mother/groom or father/daughter dance. </p>
<p>If he does want to participate in the tradition, he could dance with his sister which seems a lovely way of honoring their mother. If there mother had a favorite song, that might be a nice choice Or he could dance with you. Maybe he could take a spin around the floor with several women in his life who are “mothering” him. </p>
<p>Or he could choose another way to honor his mother. I’ve seen the flowers at the chapel being noted in the program as being an honor to a deceased relative with the main flower being the deceased persons favorite. I’ve also seen picture tables set up wth pictures of the bride and groom through the years featuring pictures of loved ones no longer living. Sometimes a moment of silence and/or thanks for the person during the ceremony or reception. He could take flowers out to his mother’s grave the morning of the wedding. I had friends who went to the cemetary after their wedding to leave her bouquet on her Dad’s grave. </p>
<p>Something will feel right to him and that’s exactly what he should do. I’m so sorry that his mother died but thankful that he has you and your daugther who love him.</p>