A short and sweet father of the bride speech toast should include a brief, heartfelt memory about your daughter, welcome the groom with open arms, and offer words of wisdom to the happy couple.
As a professional speech writer, I know for sure that a short father of the bride speech trumps all others as everyone really loves a short and sweet father of the bride speech.
But, it can be hard to write one because you are condensing years of memories into a really succinct, heartfelt and inspiring piece. That can be as hard as solving a puzzle.
But, you don’t have to give up if that is the focus of your speech.
In this actionable guide, I am going to share with you what you need to know about writing a short father of the bride speech that brings joy and laughter to your daughter, family, and friends.
Won’t you love that? I guess you would be interested in that.
That being said, let’s look the steps involved in writing a short father of the bride wedding speech and toast.
Let’s start with this:
Prepare Yourself Mentally Before You Write Your Short Father Of The Bride Speech Toast
The best way to beat your nerves is to build up your self-confidence by believing that you can excel no matter how you are feeling right now and how many times you have had speaking setbacks and failures.
You see, before authors fill up those blank pages, they first put themselves in the mood by doing all kinds of stuff to come up with the right ideas.
To get good ideas for your speech, you should start by watching a few fathers of the bride speech videos on Youtube.com so you can be inspired to do your best.
This is a short video you can watch and learn from. So, please grab your notepad and pen and write down tips and ideas you will get from watching this short video clip.
That brings me to the next step:
Find Your Speaking/Writing Style And Match It Up With A Good Father Of The Bride Speech Example
As you know, we are not all the same. Everyone is uniquely different in their own ways. So, you need to adapt every speech example you find to suit your own personality and style.
For example, if you have a naturally funny person, then you are better off looking up hilarious father of the bride speech examples and studying them like an archaeologist.
In the next chapters, we are going to look at three speech styles that are mostly delivered at weddings.
I have grouped them into these categories:
· Short and hilarious father of the bride speeches
· Short and emotional father of the bride speeches
· Heartfelt, fun, and Christian father of the bride speeches
Now, we are going to match them up with very short examples.
Let’s go.
Short And Sweet Father Of The Bride Speech Toast Example
When Lexi was a little, her bedroom was upstairs. Every night after her mom put her to bed, I would hear her door open slowly. She would look down at us in the living room and proclaim that she was extremely thirsty.
Lexi was always so thirsty Lexi was actually not thirst but only stalling for time. Of course, I knew that and of course, I didn’t care. It only lasted five minutes and I enjoyed those short moments very much.
Lexi, your whole life to me has been like minutes gone by. Time has gone by so quickly. From asking for water before bed to see you dance so beautifully and watching you drive away to College, it looks like those moments have lasted only five minutes. And I can tell you this as your dad, I wish I could turn back the hands of time.
So, here’s what I want you to know my darling daughter. It seems to me that you are still four years old asking for a glass of water. It seems like your whole life with me has only lasted for five minutes.
And if you are ever thirsty again, I will give you a glass of water. But if you are ever thirsty for love, Dan, will give you his whole heart.
Here’s to your everlasting love with the love of your life, Dan. I love you both.
Short Christian And Heartfelt Father Of The Bride Speech Sample
Phillip, I want to tell you a story and like all good stories, it starts like this: Once, upon a time, there was a father and in case you can’t figure that out, that’s me.
This father had a wonderful little boy. He was very happy. Then, one day, he found out he was going to have another baby. So, I prayed’’ Lord, if it’s your will…make her a little girl and he did.
I was the first person to hold her in my arms, And I looked at her and said: ‘’ Lord make her like her mother and he did. She was loving and so giving and so good and so kind. But, then, I realized I was getting left out.
So, I said, ‘’ Lord make her like me and he did.
He could drive a truck and a tractor. She could load hay and strip tobacco. Do you realize what you are getting?
But, at the same time, she was opinionated, emotional, and hard-headed. So, I said, Lord that’s enough of that. Make her like you and he did.
He gave her the desire to serve people. She gave her life to being a nurse. She’s brought back people from the dead and she’s held the hand of people who have breathed their last breath.
He gave her a heart for missions she’s trekked all over the world. Pushing canoes up swollen rivers, laid on the floor as bullets whizzed outside.
So, she could tell people about Jesus. But, still something was missing. So, I said, Lord make her happy and she met you.
You see that look on her face? I never saw that until she met you and I am grateful for that. Today, I am giving you the best gift I have to give and I just wanted you to know before I do that…
How hard me and God has worked to get her ready. So, Phillip, as I give her to you, I don’t think you would mind if I give you one more word of advice. Me and God has worked hard. Don’t screw it up.
Short And Funny Father Of The Bride Speech Template
As a little girl, my daughter was fun to be around. By the way, here are simple fun facts about Christine just to help you get to know her a little better.
I was packing up her laptop one day and in her picture folder, there was a sub folder called ‘’Good ones of me’’. So, I asked myself if these are the good ones, where are those bad ones?
When Christine first heard about the movie, a star is born, she actually thought they made a movie about her life.
That reminds me of another cute story. She went to a high school graduation prom with a valedictorian and left with a person who was voted most likely to trip during commencement.
But, just to clarify. Christine wasn’t dating at the time. She went to the prom with her friend, Anthony and eventually married the guy he left with.
Frazer, I look up to because I have no other choice, seriously. All joking aside, when we first met you, you bumped into things and knocked them over. Today, you still bumped into things and knocked them over.
You are the son I always dreamed of having, seriously, even though I have one son who sent me to hell and back. So, I have always been dreaming of having a son who looks so calm and cool like a kind cucumber.
11 years ago, Christine was almost engaged and married. This had nothing to do with the groom. Here’s what happened. Our family took a trip to Europe back in 2011. It included a weekly cruise and one of the day’s stop was Turkey. That day, we did several activities and we ended up at the market by the pier before heading back to the ship.
The girls were shopping while Andrew and I weren’t shopping. As we finally started walking back to the ship, this Turkish guy with two of his buddies came up to me and stopped. Then, he pointed at Christine, and asked, ‘’ How many camels for your daughter? ‘’
I paused, smiled, chucked, and said, ‘’ How many camels do you have?’’
Right away, I knew this wasn’t the answer this guy was looking for. I could see the guy was irritated and his two buddies didn’t crack a smile. I realized he was 100% serious.
I quickly told the girls to stand in front of me and I had Lori and Andrew surround them. I started walking towards the ship. The guys walked beside us for 30 seconds and turned around and left.
So, after getting back on the ship, we all felt a sense of relief as we were at a safe place. When we got back to the room, I did what every dad would do and Googled how many camels on average does a father get his daughter?
I also Googled what’s the cost of transporting camels for Turkey to Canada? And for those of you care. It’s about 3 to 5 camels on average and $5000 to ship a single camel from Turkey to Canada. I always look back at that and just wonder if I said 3 camels instead of asking how many camels he had. How different our lives would be today.
But, it all worked out in the end and here we are today. So, in closing, Christine, there are not many camels in the world to express how much you mean to me.
Your mom Lori talked about you as a little child and the dreams you made through for her. I just want to let you know that dads have dreams too.
Today, a dream came true for me as well. I can’t tell how proud I was walking you down the aisle. Thinking about how quickly you have grown and thinking about your future together with Frazer.
You truly are an absolutely beautiful bride as well as a beautiful person, both inside and out.
Believe it or not, writing those short examples can be incredibly simple if you develop a structure/outline and embellish it with an anecdote or illustration.
Here’s a simple outline I carved out of those examples:
· Welcome everyone with a smile
· Thank everyone for their attendance
· Share a few stories about the bride
· Talk briefly about the groom
· Add your marriage advice
· Conclude with your toast
Let’s now see how those bullet points can be enriched with stories and memories.
· Welcome Everyone With A Smile
I think I will skip this one because even the dead welcome their own with smiles! Lol!
Here’s an example anyway if you still can’t wrap your head around it:
On behalf of Trudy and myself, I would like to welcome you all.
· Thank Everyone For Coming
Here’s an example:
We are so happy to have you all with us. Thank you for coming from far and wide to be here I understand how far a destination but can’t figure out how wide a destination is. How wide is California from here? Can someone tell me? We always say that but does it really make sense?
All joking aside, I am Robert also known by some of you as DJ Robert and Aunt Robert. But, today, I proudly carry the title of the father of the bride. An honor I don’t take lightly.
· Share A Few Stories About The Bride
You may write something humorous like this:
When Alice was born, I was laid off and she was there by my side 24/7. It’s your wedding and you have bankrupted me and I am still by your side. Now, how am I going to survive as an empty-nester?
You may write down as many anecdotes as you can and pick the best ones.
Here are pointers to help you write something nice about her:
· Share how you felt when she was born
· Write down you felt when she grew up into a little girl
· Talk about a memorable incident like the camel story I shared in the above example
· Talk about the pride you feel on her wedding day
· Talk Briefly About The Groom
Here’s a brief example:
Dan is full of joy, laughter, adventure, life, intelligence, achievement, and strength. The best thing is, he is a wonderful complement to my daughter.
The trick here is to write down the very fine qualities of the groom and share how he shows his love for your daughter. You may throw in an example or two to back that up.
· Add Your Marriage Advice
What’s on your mind? Write it down. Well, you may use any of these of these quotes as the starting point.
‘’To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” — Mark Twain
‘’The highest happiness on earth is marriage.” — William Lyon Phelps
‘’This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible beings who do not run away from life.” — Paul Tournier
You may end with your best wishes instead.
· Conclude Your Short Father Of The Bride Speech With Your Toast
I love this and I think you can use it to end your wedding speech
But if you are ever thirsty for love, you will draw it from your will give you his whole heart.
Here’s to your everlasting love with the love of your life, Dan. I love you both.