Who made the rule that fathers must be the only ones to walk their daughters into their church wedding?
When a tradition is no longer serving
its purpose, scrap it!
The best option is for both father and mother to walk their daughter into her wedding but if the father is a deadbeat
or he is dead, then the mother should do it.
There is no need to search for any uncle or male cousin or any male to do it.
Mothers, do your thing!
If as a daughter, you do not have the muscle to cause chaos in your family, then you can opt for only a traditional or a registry marriage where this walk-in tradition is not necessary.
It is archaic traditions like this that encourage deadbeat fathers to say their terrible cliche:
"My daughter will look for me when she is grown. When she wants to get married, she will look for me, yen, yen, yen!
Oh! Stop the whining already!
My Dracula vampiric laughter, where at thou?
Haq! Haq!! Haq!!!
This does not happen anymore, honey.
No child looks for a deadbeat father or mother anymore.
Gen Z's do not have time for mundane traditions.
In fact, you will not hear about the wedding.
If you hear about it from gossip, you will not get an invitation.
Once you do not pay for school fees, upkeep and show your face in these children's lives, you are dêäd, babe.....as dëäd as a log of wood.
Even the male children have started changing their surnames to that of their mothers.
It was on Facebook that a
twenty-one-year-old boy narrated how he nagged his mother to give him the
picture and address of his father who lived in Delta state.
His mother warned him against going but headstrong children nor dey hear word.
He went to look for him and would have slept outside if not for one of his father's neighbours who called him to come and spend the night with them to avoid stories that touch.
His father had re-married and had other children and he did not allow him to step into his home.
Immediately he returned to their home in Ibadan, he went to do an affidavit and changed his surname to his mother's and admitted that his father is dead.
......and they all lived happily ever after.
