Fathers and Daughters

My father and I have a pretty precarious relationship. I could go into detail and whine about how he was never really there for me when I was growing up, but I’ll spare you. Suffice it to say, that we love each other, but it’s not the comfortable “daddy-and-his-little-girl” sort of love. 

This makes picking out a song for our Father-Daughter dance very difficult. A quick Google search of “father daughter songs” yielded an ungodly number of sappy, emotional songs meant to tug at your heartstrings and get the waterworks going.

Gag me with a spoon; cheesy references to butterfly kisses are just not my cup of tea.

So I edited my search to “non-cheesy father daughter songs,” and I’m pleased to say that I’ve narrowed it down to one of the following:

Daughters by John Mayer

Wildflowers by Tom Petty

Another option I’ve considered is scrapping the traditional Father-Daughter prom-sway-dance thing in favor of a choreographed, light-hearted routine to some more upbeat tunes such as:

The Humans are Dead by Flight of the Conchords

Actually, I’m totally kidding about that last one. But wouldn’t it be awesome????

Anybody else have difficulty picking father-daughter dance songs?