Parents and Dance

knottie1be9d1e7ac16ef02

My parents have said that they refuse to have any dancing at all during the reception. It is a light reception, in the afternoon (about two hours in length, no alcohol), but my fiance wanted to at least have the traditional couple/parents dance. My parents put a firm no on that, as they were worried that other people would not understand that the dancing was only limited to the parents and couple, and would want to take over and keep having open dances. So, now there is no dancing. My fiance thinks they are being controlling. I understand their viewpoint, but wish they were a bit more easygoing. Anyway, I just wanted to see if this is a commonly seen thing, or if I am completely alone on this. Thank you

banana468

I will be honest that I don't think I've seen dancing in short receptions. 

But what's your parents' motivation for not wanting it?

ILoveBeachMusic

I answered in the other post. If you post in more than one place, please say XP,

MyNameIsNot

knottie1be9d1e7ac16ef02 said:

My parents have said that they refuse to have any dancing at all during the reception. It is a light reception, in the afternoon (about two hours in length, no alcohol), but my fiance wanted to at least have the traditional couple/parents dance. My parents put a firm no on that, as they were worried that other people would not understand that the dancing was only limited to the parents and couple, and would want to take over and keep having open dances. So, now there is no dancing. My fiance thinks they are being controlling. I understand their viewpoint, but wish they were a bit more easygoing. Anyway, I just wanted to see if this is a commonly seen thing, or if I am completely alone on this. Thank you

I've never met anyone who was so adamant against anyone else dancing. I mean, I saw Footloose and all, but I thought that was mostly BS. 

Are you marrying your parents or your FI? I do agree that your parents sound awfully controlling here. Money comes with strings and all that, but they're not even conditioning it on money. They're telling you want to do as if you're a 7 year old, and expecting you to comply. I would have a hard time going into a marriage with someone who had that kind of parental control hanging over their head.