Most dads are nervous about their father of the bride speeches. This is especially true if they aren’t use to public speaking. If you are asked or going to ask them to do a father of the bride toast; make sure you give them plenty of time to come up with a good speech for the wedding.
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Wedding speeches are difficult for a lot of people. Most have no concrete idea of what they should say beyond congrats! This can result in some strange, and embarrassing toasts. If you plan on having anyone propose a toast at the wedding make sure you inform him or her ahead of time. If you’ve been asked to make a speech, especially the best man and the father of the bride, please put some effort into it. This is a special day and you don’t want to make it embarrassing by saying the wrong things.
For the best man that means no mentioning past girlfriends or things done in drunken stupors. This will most likely only make the bride angry. Don’t take away from her day even if you don’t always like her! Try to stick with the man your friend (the groom) is, and how happy he is with her.
For fathers in your father of the bride speech, try to stay away from mentioning past relationship mistakes, and please don’t include embarrassing childhood moments, (for example, no one wants to hear that the bride use to insist in wearing her underwear backwards; especially the bride). Stick to how proud you are of the woman your daughter turned out to be and her accomplishments.
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The most important thing to any good speech is practice. Write it down and practice saying it. Do it A LOT! You would be surprised how much it helps when your speech is routine and you are nervous. Also, take your written down speech with you. If you have to you can read it right off the paper. It’s better than drawing a blank when it’s your turn to speak and filling in with dribble you didn’t really want to say. Remember that it’s your daughter’s wedding and it’s a happy day. Speak from the heart and every thing will be just fine.
In concluding your speech it’s traditional to include a bit of advice. This doesn’t have to be anything elaborate and if your really think about it there are a TON of them out there. Saying like, “Don’t go to bed mad”, “Always stay the best of friends”, and “Love each other well”, or “Be good to each other”, can all be considered bits of advice. So pick a little piece of advice you want to pass along (perhaps something you learned personally) and then add in the well wishes for a long happy marriage filled with laughter and everything they could ever wish for and you are done. Lift your glass to the bride and groom, take a drink, bow and you’re done! Nothing to it!
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See how pleased and a father of the bride can be when he writes the perfect wedding speech? I wanted to share the tips that I had gathered with you in this blog on how to write a speech that the wedding guests will remember.