Daughter got married! (1 Viewer)

[Mr.Pack]

Keep your speech short. My daughter-in-law's dad had five pages of blabber and people were getting uncomfortable.

Already have it written out, rehearsed it and speaking slowly, I'm at 3-4 minutes.. One page

My only daughter was just married on Aug 3th so just experienced this. Perfect length speech, you'll kill it. No advice other then just understand your daughter will be super stressed but 99% of the time anything "bad" that happens will be so minor. I few hiccups with happen but most likely it will be an amazing day. Congrats to you and your family!

When were dads supposed to make a speech? My dad didn't. Just skip it if you don't want to do it. A couple of people made toasts. No crappy speeches. Maybe that's why people liked our wedding.

We were so not stressed. The church person had to shush the bridal party because people in the narthex of the church could hear us laughing (this included my dad). Turned out, the minister with the groom's party did the same thing. Mr R swears he heard the word "heretic" float by.

Every single wedding I’ve ever been to the Father of the Bride has always given a speech. This dates back to the 80s!

 

[Mr.Pack]

Keep your speech short. My daughter-in-law's dad had five pages of blabber and people were getting uncomfortable.

Already have it written out, rehearsed it and speaking slowly, I'm at 3-4 minutes.. One page

My only daughter was just married on Aug 3th so just experienced this. Perfect length speech, you'll kill it. No advice other then just understand your daughter will be super stressed but 99% of the time anything "bad" that happens will be so minor. I few hiccups with happen but most likely it will be an amazing day. Congrats to you and your family!

When were dads supposed to make a speech? My dad didn't. Just skip it if you don't want to do it. A couple of people made toasts. No crappy speeches. Maybe that's why people liked our wedding.

We were so not stressed. The church person had to shush the bridal party because people in the narthex of the church could hear us laughing (this included my dad). Turned out, the minister with the groom's party did the same thing. Mr R swears he heard the word "heretic" float by.

No idea but it’s really not that deep. Glorified toast really. It’s about thanking everyone for coming and sharing a quick antidote or two about the couple. Having or not has little to no impact on the overall day

Yes it’s a pretty great tradition.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

My daughter just got married in May. Make sure you take it all in. Take time to talk to people and look around, soak in the memories. Don't fear the speech too much, I totally blew mine. I don't talk well in front of people, I even had it written down and still blew it but I did ghet a lot of laughs and it was heartfelt. Thank God the Maid of Honor went after me because she freaking slayed it.
One thing I wished I had done differently? Had a couple three drinks in me before my speech!

Enjoy the day GB and congrats!

I used to dread them, now I’m pretty solid.

The key is practice and plenty of sleep. Coffee and alcohol are not your friend. Practice in front of a mirror, practice in front of friends or family, practice in front of your phone.

 

[playin4beer]

For those of you who said something will happen or go wrong, just roll with it... You were right... However the bride is having a hard time rolling with the fact that the best man has COVID..

Oops... hurdle #1.. lol

 

[PIK95]

Try not to get sick leading up to the day. I got the flu about an hour before I was getting married. It made for a tough couple of weeks for me. I was deathly sick through the wedding, the reception, and all over Italy for ten days after. Luckily I never puked. And I had to pretend I was perfectly fine so I didn't ruin it for the wife. I think I caught it sharing a bottle of wine with my groomsman the night before. It was ugly for me.

Just read the post before mine after I posted. Rut roh.

Congratulations and good luck with yours!

 

[playin4beer]

Thanks for all the well wishes and advice. It went pretty much flawless and perfect. Everybody was dressed up, my daughter looked like a Princess. The walk down the aisle went way too fast, wish it could have lasted a lot longer. I got to spend some precious moments with just her and I while the wedding party walked down and she was waiting to be announced.

On a side note, I gave her my gift for her on Sunday at our family day after party. I started a gmail account for each of my four of my daughters in 2014 and have been sending them random emails.. mostly on birthdays or special occasions or after a sporting event or dance show. I never went back in and looked at them or read them. I gave her the username and password for the account so she could read them when she wanted to.