Reading at my fathers wedding - PH Help!
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Some context, my father is marrying his partner in March. He’s not been the best of health of late and it’s surely focussed his mind; I’m so pleased for them but BUT I need to give a little reading at the wedding and I’m having a proper palaver looking for something suitable. Dad and I generally keep our feelings in a box in the woods so nothing slushy and nothing about what makes a good marriage as I’m on No.2! Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Before eating hit the bar as soon as it opens having already emptied the contents of both hip flasks, whilst at the bar you need to drink at a pace that would've put both Ollie Reed and Richard Harris to shame.
When sitting down to eat drink all the table wine within reach.
Don't worry about preparing a speech, just wing it and all will be great, you will be truly hilarious and everyone will be congratulating you on your amazing wit for years after...
When sitting down to eat drink all the table wine within reach.
Don't worry about preparing a speech, just wing it and all will be great, you will be truly hilarious and everyone will be congratulating you on your amazing wit for years after...
Plan out a bit of what you want to say, take time to reflect and scaffold some notes down that you can look at if you need to.
If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Mutley78 said:
Some context, my father is marrying his partner in March. He’s not been the best of health of late and it’s surely focussed his mind;
It's wonderful to see so many people here today to help my father and his partner Jean celebrate their avoidance of inheritance tax. V1nce Fox said:
Plan out a bit of what you want to say, take time to reflect and scaffold some notes down that you can look at if you need to.
If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
Thanks, much appreciated. That bit comes later and I’m ok with it. What I need is a reading / poem for the registry office. Any ideas?If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
Mutley78 said:
V1nce Fox said:
Plan out a bit of what you want to say, take time to reflect and scaffold some notes down that you can look at if you need to.
If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
Thanks, much appreciated. That bit comes later and I’m ok with it. What I need is a reading / poem for the registry office. Any ideas?If you stick to the honest truth about positive things regarding your dad and his future you can’t get it wrong. (Source: am professional speaker).
Good luck take your time and enjoy it.
A reading at the ceremony? Everyone has assumed a speech at the reception....
If the former. At our wedding my best man's wife gave a religious reading. As a practicing Christian, we let her chose although I think the Deacon who conducted the wedding did give a few suggestions. My sister also gave a reading, some lyrics from a song that has meaning for us.
If the former. At our wedding my best man's wife gave a religious reading. As a practicing Christian, we let her chose although I think the Deacon who conducted the wedding did give a few suggestions. My sister also gave a reading, some lyrics from a song that has meaning for us.
Is it a registry office? They usually have some prepped readings you can steal.
We had this read by a mate of mine, had him read it as he had me read it at his wedding, turn about being fairplay
https://dream-occasions.co.uk/wedding-reading-on-y...
We had this read by a mate of mine, had him read it as he had me read it at his wedding, turn about being fairplay
https://dream-occasions.co.uk/wedding-reading-on-y...
Assuming Viagra has something to do with the wedding, I asked ChatGPT... This is what it came up with
With joy in our hearts, we sing and shout,
Erectile dysfunction, your time has run out.
No more struggles, no more pain,
We can love and be loved again.
Gone are the days of disappointment,
Now our hearts are filled with contentment.
We can rise to the occasion,
With renewed strength and new sensation.
Our love is strong, and our passion true,
Erectile dysfunction, we bid adieu.
We look to the future with hope and grace,
And cherish this newfound intimate space.
So let us raise a glass, and toast to love,
May our hearts soar like a dove.
We are free to be ourselves,
Erectile dysfunction, farewell to you.
With joy in our hearts, we sing and shout,
Erectile dysfunction, your time has run out.
No more struggles, no more pain,
We can love and be loved again.
Gone are the days of disappointment,
Now our hearts are filled with contentment.
We can rise to the occasion,
With renewed strength and new sensation.
Our love is strong, and our passion true,
Erectile dysfunction, we bid adieu.
We look to the future with hope and grace,
And cherish this newfound intimate space.
So let us raise a glass, and toast to love,
May our hearts soar like a dove.
We are free to be ourselves,
Erectile dysfunction, farewell to you.
Wedding speeches don't need to be gushy etc, people are just looking for some laughs and stuff to cheers their free champagne to.
Does Mutley Sr's wife-to be have kids? Perhaps you could share some anecdotes to bolster your speech? For example, and this doesn't work well over a forum, but when I spoke at my parents' renewal of vows, I asked who'd heard my dad swear (most hands went up) and then said keep them up if you've heard my mum swear (all hands went down). I said that only my sister and I have the rare privilege of hearing my mum swear, because she gets annoyed with dad calling everything "s
t", so she shouts at him, "stop calling things st!" Raised a laugh, and led well into "cheers for hoping this speech isn't st!"
If your father has any mannerisms that you can make a light joke about, then that's good too. Something like "I've known my dad since I was born, and he's always known what drinks go with what food. So, the red on your table is a merlot... dad, does this match up to the food that you've chosen?"
A friend of mine got married a few months ago and he absolutely hates speeches. He was struggling for material as well, so he decided, as has been mentioned, to make a poem out of it. It worked very, very well. Rather than saying what he intended to, which was "Best likes to talk to my parents and talk about his hobbies, and he's a good guy", I had two lines of "And now Best, well you always love to talk to my folks. We became friends when we were out on the boats. You always tell me I'm not an engineer, but I know that if I need it, you'll always give me a steer"
(I made the last part up because his verse was a bit too personal to share on the internet, but you get the gist).
Above all else, good luck and don't overthink it.
Does Mutley Sr's wife-to be have kids? Perhaps you could share some anecdotes to bolster your speech? For example, and this doesn't work well over a forum, but when I spoke at my parents' renewal of vows, I asked who'd heard my dad swear (most hands went up) and then said keep them up if you've heard my mum swear (all hands went down). I said that only my sister and I have the rare privilege of hearing my mum swear, because she gets annoyed with dad calling everything "s
t", so she shouts at him, "stop calling things st!" Raised a laugh, and led well into "cheers for hoping this speech isn't st!" If your father has any mannerisms that you can make a light joke about, then that's good too. Something like "I've known my dad since I was born, and he's always known what drinks go with what food. So, the red on your table is a merlot... dad, does this match up to the food that you've chosen?"
A friend of mine got married a few months ago and he absolutely hates speeches. He was struggling for material as well, so he decided, as has been mentioned, to make a poem out of it. It worked very, very well. Rather than saying what he intended to, which was "Best likes to talk to my parents and talk about his hobbies, and he's a good guy", I had two lines of "And now Best, well you always love to talk to my folks. We became friends when we were out on the boats. You always tell me I'm not an engineer, but I know that if I need it, you'll always give me a steer"
(I made the last part up because his verse was a bit too personal to share on the internet, but you get the gist).
Above all else, good luck and don't overthink it.
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