With everything that needed to be managed while I was planning my wedding, I really didn’t think too much about the first dance. Neither my fiance or I knew how to dance, so I figured we’d just kind of sway to the music get some pretty pictures and it would be over.

That’s pretty much how it went.

I had a lovely dance with my husband and the dance with my father went equally well.

What I didn’t expect was my brand new father-in-law does know how to dance, and for our dance he was not accepting “just sway to the music”. He was swinging me around the dance floor saying ~ just follow my lead.

If I had any idea how to do that I would have. I felt embarressed and scared I was going to trip over my dress and rip it or worse, fall on my face in front of everyone.

I’d already had a couple glasses of champagne and just wanted to have a quiet dance and have it over (I really don’t much enjoy dancing), but at that moment I was kicking myself for not having taken dancing lessons before the big day.

I had thought about it, but setting it up and working out all the details just didn’t make it to the top of the priority list. It never entered my mind I could find the dance lessons online! I wish it would have.

Maybe we could have gotten a couple decent pictures, without the whole deer in the headlights look on my face, of my first dance with my father-in-law. Do yourself a favor and learn how to dance. You only need to learn a few steps to make that first dance perfect. Plus, it will be a skill you can use for the rest of your life!