The father of the bride is the poorest-equipped member of the wedding. All women, including your wife and daughter, know more about weddings than you do. The groom just needs to make an appearance at the rehearsal and wedding day reasonably sober and shaved. The best man gets to plan a party ” how hard is that?

The father of the bride is expected to spend most of his life savings on the wedding. Unless you just want to give it away, there are a few things that you must know and do.

1. Get involved in the planning. If youre not involved you might as well be wearing a sign that says, Free Money. Avoid trying to take charge of the planning, but do offer your help and suggestions in the areas that do know how to do. A wedding reception is nothing more than a large, expensive party with a lot of rules.

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The father of the bride is the poorest-equipped member of the wedding. All women, including your wife and daughter, know more about weddings than you do. The groom just needs to make an appearance at the rehearsal and wedding day reasonably sober and shaved. The best man gets to plan a party ” how hard is that?

The father of the bride on the other hand is still expected to shell out a boatload of money to pay for almost everything. Therefore, unless he plans on investing a wheelbarrow of money, there are a few things that he must know and do.

1. Get involved in the planning. If youre not involved you might as well be wearing a sign that says, Free Money. Avoid trying to take charge of the planning, but do offer your help and suggestions in the areas that do know how to do. A wedding reception is nothing more than a large, expensive party with a lot of rules.

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All three key men of the wedding; groom, best man, and father of the bride; are required to give at least a toast. Be prepared. Speeches and toasts are comprised of three parts: The words of the speech, how you say them, and your body language. Research shows that your body language and how you say it is more important that the words that you say. So, if you are welcoming Tom into the family, but your body and voice intonations are saying I hope to hell he keeps away from me, the audience will know what you really meant. To give a successful speech or toast, you need eye contact, body language and voice control.

Good eye contact translates into sincerity. Look individual listeners in the eye. Hold eye contact and then move on to another listener. Practice your speech standing up and in front of a mirror since you will be standing when you give it at the wedding. If you don’t practice your toast while standing, you’ll be surprised at how fast the blood can drain out of your system when you stand.

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