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The Most Important Things A Father of the Bride Must Do
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. Be part of the planning process. If youre not involved you might as well shouting, Free Money. Dont take charge of the planning, but offer your help and suggestions in the areas that you know about. A wedding reception is nothing more than a large, expensive party with a lot of rules.
2. Get used to dealing with insane women. There is something about weddings that causes insanity in all women. At least six times before the wedding occurs you will be accused of trying to ruin everything. Suck it up. For the most part your wife and daughter will just want to complain. For this you need to learn only two phrases, That bitch, and Those bastards. Repeat frequently.
3. Track the spending. Generally most weddings spend about half the budget on the reception. So far in 2009, weddings have been averaging sixteen to nineteen thousand dollars according to the weddingreport.com. That means that receptions are running about over eight grand. Look hard at this area to save money.
4. Prepare for your wedding toast. If youre not used to public speaking then you need to read up on it and practice. The actual words you say only count for a small percentage of how the audience interprets your toast. They will be focusing on your body language and how you say the words. Make eye contact. Write out the toast well before you give it and practice it standing up (youll be delivering your toast standing).
5. If your name aint Fred Astaire, learn how to dance. Your dance with your daughter will be doing one of the first dances that everyone watches. Learn the song she wants played and go to a dance studio to learn how to dance it. Spend the money. Many dance studios offer wedding dance packages. Surprise everyone at how light you are on your feet. Do it right and a lot of the women at the reception will want to dance with you.
After its all over, take a post-wedding vacation with your wife. It is money well spent.
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