The Father Of The Groom Speeches Are Not An Afterthought

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The father of the groom is, traditionally, the guest of honour at the wedding of his son. In today's world, though, he often helps host the wedding. Either way he may be worrying about giving a suitable speech.
Fathers don't often say they love their adult sons but that is precisely what the father of the groom is saying when he is giving a speech. He may not use those exact words but everything he says should express how much his son means to him. So his speech should reflect his pride in the groom. It is worth remembering that at most weddings there are plenty of guests who are guests of either the bride or the groom. Their knowledge of the couple then is limited to either the bride or the groom. In his speech the father of the groom should introduce his son to those who don't know him.

He may choose to start talking about his son as a baby. He may tell of his activities on the playing pitch. He may want to speak of his son's generosity or his talent on the guitar. His speech could contain an anecdote of how the groom ran away from home when he was three but came home for his teddy. Obviously too the father ...
... of the groom should mention the bride and welcome her and her family into his.

He should say something about how well suited she is to the groom and how she has become a valued asset to their family life. If he does his homework well it would be gracious if he spoke about the bride's family. He might mention that she could get plants from her new mother-in-laws wonderful garden or that her new father-in-law being an enthusiastic traveller might introduce her to the wonders of other countries. Overall his speech should stress how happy he is that his son has such a marvellous wife and such welcoming in-laws.

It is nice too to mention the groom's mother and his happy relationship with her. It will add to the speech if the father of the groom mentions that his son inherited his mother's sense of humour or her kindness. There may be some people he would like to praise such as a singer at the wedding and he might mention the long friendship of the best man and the groom. Above all though he should remember that either the father of the bride or the best man toasts the happy couple. He should, instead, end his speech by wishing the couple every happiness in their future lives.

Niamh Crowe has written thousands of Speeches for every event including Wedding Speeches, Informative speeches, Father of the Groom Speeches and more.