# Father-daughter dances\* that aren't sappy, inappropriate, or lame. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322 "2006-02-07T00:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/41 "2006-02-08T00:36:21Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > I asked my dad to pick our dance song when I got married. He’s a HUGE Motown buff, and picked "Sunshine of My Life’ by Stevie Wonder. It’s not a really slow song but we were able to do a very happy, sweet dance together to a song that we both loved. That is a great sweet song. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/42 "2006-02-08T00:39:12Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > Yes, especially because I will be in the dance with my mother at the same time, and I am certainly not “Daddy’s Little Girl.” > > That, and **OMM** has far better taste than that, too. 😉 :dubious: You’re doing the mother-son and father-daughter dance at the same time? Aren’t they usually seperate? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/43 "2006-02-08T00:42:04Z")
[A list of Motown songs](http://www.wedalert.com/songs/reception/motown.asp) I just thought of an 80’s cover song that I have always liked more than the original. I think it was by Robert Palmer. \*\* Sea of Love. \*\* I think that is the title. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/44 "2006-02-08T00:51:28Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Aww, that’s totally sweet! 🙂 > > And I should add that my cousin kept what song they’d dance to a total secret, so his mom had no idea. She just burst into tears when she heard it; not out of sadness, but it was such the perfect song. Both of those stories are so incredibly cool. I’m smiling and tearing up at the same time just thinking about it and I don’t even know you guys. Don’t let others tell you what you should or need to do, is all the advice I have. Screw tradition, do what feels right to you. And have a lovely time. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/45 "2006-02-08T03:54:14Z")
Whatever you do, stay away from **Afternoon Delight**. It starts off cute… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/46 "2006-02-08T05:16:14Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Screw tradition, do what feels right to you. And have a lovely time. Except the Chicken Dance. Can’t leave that out. Or the Macarena, either. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322/47 "2006-02-08T11:08:12Z")
No. No. _No!_ When my best friend got married, I told her that, while I’d do anything for her, I would not be in the room for the Chicken Dance and I kept my word. I watched it from the doorway. 😉 If I’m fortunate enough to marry, while there may well be chicken at the wedding and I might even feel a bit chicken on the day thereof, there will be no Chicken Dance! What do you folks think of Rod Stewart’s _Forever Young_ for this? > [@](#): > > _And when you finally fly away, > I’ll be hoping that I served you well > For all the wisdom of a lifetime > that no one can ever tell._ CJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-dances-that-arent-sappy-inappropriate-or-lame/343322.md?page=2)