Father of Bride Speeches

Father of bride speeches are one of the best times in life, as I’ve found from years of professional speaker training.  If you’re nervous, it’s a sign that you’re alive.  Don’t worry about it.  It’s quite normal.  If there’s a time when you’re about to give a big speech and you’re NOT nervous, I’d consider that a big problem, even if it were someone like me who does public speaking all the time.

Just take some advice from mom…be yourself.  There are some good tips when it comes to putting together father of bride speeches.

Advice from a mentor/father/trusted one:  Consider relating some advice that came from your father, a teacher, coach or other such figure in your life who might have told you about the ways of life and growing up.  Something like “my father told me once asked me if I knew what would make me happy when I grew up.  I shrugged my shoulders.  He said that having a sole mate who I loved would make my life the happiest it could be when I grew older.  That’s why I’m happy to see that David and Laura have found that happiness in each other.

Another tidbit you can use, should you feel up to it is a quote, either from the bible, from a trusted source, or from a teacher that you believed in highly.  Don’t let it stress you out, but I’ll tell you, people can be fickle, and often have high expectations at major events.  Audiences, no matter where are often judgmental about your speech, but they’ll never let on to it.  Quotes can be used with relative impunity, since they convey your personal feelings on a matter.  Just remember to pick something relevant that you can tie in with the couple themselves.

Remember as well that as the father of your little girl, you hold a great deal of power when it comes to your approval.  Most girls, whether they are strongly rebellious or follow all the rules, want nothing more in life than to find the right person to marry, and the approval of their dad.  You are the guiding light in her life, and the sheer EFFECT of the memory of this event will carry well on into her life and the groom’s.  In father of bride speeches, I always make sure to advise dads to tell her how proud you are of her, and if you feel it is genuine, of the groom as well.  I fully believe that one act often has a huge effect on the rest of their lives.  (Expect tears here).  As human beings, one of the deepest social motivators we have, whether we admit it to ourselves & others or not is the need to be accepted.  Man is a social creature, and cannot live alone.  Simply by bestowing your approval on the newly united couple, you are giving both of them a HUGE gift that I guarantee they will remember for the rest of their lives.