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Step 3: Your new son-in-law

Welcome your new son-in-law into the family with some genuine kind words. Express how proud you are to

welcome him into your family. After all you never thought that anyone would be good enough for your little girl did

you? And he is everything one could want in a son-in-law.

You are delighted to hand over the responsibility of your daughter’s welfare to a man who can keep your daughter in

the manner to which she has been accustomed!

Let him know that you are not losing a daughter but gaining a son.

Step 4: Groom’s family

Welcome the groom’s family into the family. Thank the groom’s parents for their generosity. We are now one big

family and grateful to them for everything they have done to make this such a wonderful and very special occasion.

Step 5: Thank you’s

With the average wedding now costing in excess of £10,000 many couples are moving away from the traditional

expectation that the father of the bride foots the entire bill. Good news for you!

More and more nowadays the cost of the modern wedding is split between the couple and the two sets of parents.

Occasionally other relatives may chip in as well.

So whoever has been generous enough to make a contribution gets a mention and a thank you in your speech.

If the couple have saved up and paid for it themselves this deserves a special mention too. This can be expressed by

saying how proud you are of them for the way they have achieved what they wanted. Talk about the qualities and

attributes they have shown in the build up to the wedding such as patience, kindness and intelligence. Who do they

take after? It’s a wonderful start for their married life together.

Step 6: The end:

This is where you end with some light-hearted advice based on the wisdom you have gleaned from many years of

experience.

For example: There are two things that make a good marriage. One is patience and one is compromise. Now I feel

very qualified to give this piece of advice to you two newlyweds because God knows I’ve been patiently

compromising for years!

Now it’s time to let the audience know that you are coming to the end and have some idea of what happens next.

Link to the toast by saying something along the lines of:

Before I hand over to my new son in law [name]

Step 7:

Toast

Ladies and Gentleman, please stand and raise your glasses to the Happy Couple!

For extra brownie points liken your daughter’s best qualities with those of her mother!

Good Luck!

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