Give it your daughter's name, who she is marrying and a memory of her growing up, and Hemmingway writes a father of the bride speech: a welcome to the guests, the memory, a few words to her new husband or wife, and a toast. The sentences are plain and short, the kind a proud and slightly nervous father can get through.
The speech is only as true as what you put in. It will not make up a childhood story, or a compliment for a partner it knows nothing about.
What makes it work
Traditionally the father of the bride speaks first, which makes this speech the welcome as well.
- Choose a childhood memory that is still true of her. The seven-year-old and the woman getting married should be recognisably the same person.
- Give her partner a reason. "Welcome to the family" means more after one specific thing you saw them do.
- Leave out the bill and the advice. Jokes about what the day cost and tips for a long marriage have been heard at every wedding. Your memory of her has not.
An example
Asked for a father of the bride speech for a daughter, Elena, who is marrying Sam, with the memory that at seven she set up a stall outside the house and sold your own apples back to the neighbours, and that the second time Sam visited he fixed your fence without being asked, an opening along these lines is what to expect. It is the welcome and the memory, not the full speech.
Hello, everyone, and thank you for being here. I'm Elena's father.
When Elena was seven, she set up a stall outside our house.
She was selling apples. Our apples. To our neighbours.
She has known what she wanted ever since.
Sam, the second time you came to visit, you fixed our fence. Nobody asked you to.
I thought then that she had chosen well.
If you have only been asked to raise a glass, the toast generator writes something much shorter.
Common questions
Is the father of the bride speech generator free?
Yes. Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and this tool opens it with your answers filled in. You sign up once, and the speech is written in the chat.
What does the father of the bride say in his speech?
He welcomes the guests, says something about his daughter, welcomes her partner into the family and proposes a toast to the couple. How to write a father of the bride speech goes through each part.
How long should a father of the bride speech be?
About four minutes, five at the outside. There are other speeches to come, and yours sets the pace.
Can a mother of the bride or a stepfather use it?
Yes. Say who you are next to your daughter's name in the first field. For the father of the groom or any other role, use the wedding speech generator.
Will it sound like AI?
It is built not to. Hemmingway-1, the model behind it, came first on sounding like a person in our own blind test, Human-Likeness. It still helps to read it aloud and change any word you would not use.