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How To Use Humour In A Father Of The Bride Speech

When delivering a Father of the bride speech, you never know what will happen next. People may suddenly look at their watches, be instantly moved to tears, or wholeheartedly join in the laughter of the crowd. Some people say that it’s a no-no to use humor in wedding speeches because it can ruin the sentimental moment of the event. Contrary to popular belief, however, incorporating humor in your Father of the bride wedding speech can definitely capture the attention and inject energy into your audience.

Using appropriate Father of the bride humor relaxes the audience and makes the whole wedding atmosphere light and cheerful, your wedding speech will stay in the minds of your audience more than the other speeches of the night. Remember, the best and easiest way to incorporate humor in your Father of the bride speech is through memories and experiences with your daughter. A good way to start is: “I remember waiting outside the hospital room the morning my beautiful daughter was born…”

Bear in mind that you’re not trying to be a comedian. While your humour will be appreciated, be careful not to take your jokes too far, especially not to the point where you are offending anyone present. By using humor in your Father of the bride speech, you break barriers so that the audience can be more receptive to your thoughts about your daughter on her big day.

Injecting Humor into your Father of the Bride Speech

To make your wedding speech more striking, here are some ideas on how to incorporate humor in your toast.

Laugh at your own jokes. Make sure that the humor that you’re applying is actually funny to you. If you think the joke is corny, then it probably is. Use humor that will make you laugh so that the audience will laugh with you, and not at you.
The delivery of your humorous wedding speech should be clever. Try out some of your jokes to other people first. Remember, some people can’t laugh at your jokes because the delivery of your speech is lame. You should learn about the use of proper and appropriate timing.
Make sure that the humor you’re using is related to your wedding speech. Sure, last night’s episode of Jay Leno was hilarious but how is it applicable in the middle of your Father of the bride speech?
Remember stories that make you laugh time and time again. Start your speech with one of the quirkiest, funny, or heartfelt moments that you've shared with your daughter.

Learn a little about your in-laws. There's nothing worse that a Father of the bride speech that totally offends or confuses the husband's family.
Last but not the least; keep in mind that the purpose of the humor in your wedding speech is to entertain, not to ridicule. Even if it’s true that you never thought this man was good enough for your daughter, this is not the time for lewd or mocking jokes.