# Daddy Dopers with Daughters **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109 "2007-05-30T19:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/1 "2007-05-30T19:45:40Z")
Your daughter announces she’s getting married. (No, mine isn’t this is hypothetical) Or, alternately, if you have married off a daughter. You have that first dance with her at the wedding, right after the ungrateful, barely worthy slob she married. What song is that dance happening to? If it’s entirely up to you, I mean? Weird thing is, I’ve known the answer to this since my daughter was a crawler. It’s Sunrise-Sunset, from Fiddler on the Roof. This just came to mind the other day when I heard the Jill Sobule version of it on XM, and stood there just getting a little, um…ok, weepy thinking about it. So, share. What did, or would you dance to at that moment? ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/2 "2007-05-30T19:53:51Z")
No daughters, just $0.02. My wife has eight female cousins and her Aunt has sung _Sunrise/Sunset_ at every one of the cousins’ weddings so far (including ours). We generally try and schedule this somewhat towards the beginning because there isn’t a dry eye in the house when she’s done. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/3 "2007-05-30T19:53:55Z")
Since my dad doesn’t post to the Dope or even know that it exists… I danced with my dad to Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” He told me later that is what he would have picked… I never knew dad was such a sentimental fool 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/4 "2007-05-30T20:02:02Z")
Most likely Elvis Costello’s **Alison** , since that was what I named her after. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/5 "2007-05-30T20:05:56Z")
> [@Elvis Costello](#): > > Oh it’s so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl. > And with the way you look I understand > that you were not impressed. > But I heard you let that little friend of mine > take off your party dress. > I’m not going to get too sentimental > like those other sticky valentines, > 'cause I don’t know if you are loving some body. > I only know it isn’t mine. :dubious: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/6 "2007-05-30T20:08:47Z")
My dad’s song with me will be “In My Life” by The Beatles. He’s always said it was his favorite song and I think it fits perfectly as a father-daughter dance. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/7 "2007-05-30T20:11:10Z")
[QUOTE=LVgeogeek] Since my dad doesn’t post to the Dope or even know that it exists… I danced with my dad to Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” He told me later that is what he would have picked… I never knew dad was such a sentimental fool 🙂 [/QUOTE] That or “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder. The two songs that play in every daddy’s head when he thinks about his little girl. ---
**Author:** ![Eggerhaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/8 "2007-05-30T20:38:51Z")
Having grown up with a Dylan Freak dad, and having listened to Dylan all her life, I _hope_ when my little girl (early 20s) decides to get married we dance to His Bobness singing “Forever Young”… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/9 "2007-05-30T20:45:44Z")
I’m thinking Ivylad should dance (as best he can, he uses a walker) **Because You Loved Me** by Celine Dion when Ivygirl gets married. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/10 "2007-05-30T20:52:58Z")
In the far future day, I would probably want Guinnevere by CSN. That was the inspiration for her name. I love the song, but it will be a little odd to dance to. I really like Sunrise-Sunset, I like Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” even better. I will probably stick to Guinnevere though. Jim ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/11 "2007-05-30T20:59:42Z")
::sniff sniff:: dab ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/12 "2007-05-30T21:24:13Z")
My dance with my oldest daughter had better be to “Maria” from West Side Story, from whence she was named. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/13 "2007-05-31T03:42:52Z")
Funky Cold Medina What? Ok, seriously, it won’t matter. Whatever song she likes. I can think of a bunch, and I’m sure I’m overlooking a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/14 "2007-05-31T04:24:32Z")
Well, I’m not a Daddy Doper (yet) and it’s a boy, not a girl, but Mrs. Small picked some country song to dance to at our wedding for the dance with her father. I don’t know the name of it off hand, but I remember it. Wasn’t one I particularly cared for, but she enjoyed it. I think it was that “I loved her first” song. I also think they picked it because they weren’t sure what song would be good and her dad really likes that one. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/15 "2007-05-31T10:47:29Z")
Two small girls on this end. Two and Seven now. I certainly hope it’s nothing yet released. Something with some balls to it. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/16 "2007-05-31T10:58:17Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Funky Cold Medina What? [/QUOTE] Is there a Chuck Brown fan in the house? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/17 "2007-05-31T11:25:57Z")
I have a precious 2 year old daughter,. I don’t want to think about her being grown up, getting married, how old I’ll be then, or any of that. Asking me what song we should dance to at her wedding is like asking me in what color coffin I wish to be buried. OK, I exaggerate a little, but since that day’s probably 20+ years away, I have no clue. It’ll be her choice, anyway. We might be living in a world where we wish such things were our only concern. My greatest hope is that it will still be a happy time for us and the world hasn’t turned into some post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-type nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/18 "2007-05-31T11:29:56Z")
Damned if I know. I’m having trouble thinking past this summer’s camp. How about **The 1812 Overture**? You can’t accuse it of being a sentimental choice. And it’ll cement my reputation as an eccentric. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/19 "2007-05-31T12:08:44Z")
My daughter is a bit of a metalhead - so some _Iron Maiden_ maybe **Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter** springs to mind. Maybe not. 😉 I’m not thinking about this for a long time, and **nor is she** Si ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109/20 "2007-05-31T12:27:04Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] I’m not thinking about this for a long time, and **nor is she** Si [/QUOTE] Damn right, and any thug bastard that dares lay a hand on my daughter will be pulling back a stub! Reminds me, I need to have a talk with my daughter…I know, she’s only 2, but it’s never too early to teach vigilance. She needs to know that anything a boy says or does in her presence is patently designed for one thing, and one thing only, and it’s evil, evil, I tell you. Don’t ask me how I know this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddy-dopers-with-daughters/406109.md?page=2)