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Humorous Wedding Speech by the Father of the Groom Essay

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Humorous Wedding Speech by the Father of the Groom

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen - I am the groom's father, Ken, and I have the great privilege of being best man. I have recently found out there are two reasons why J W asked me to do this job. 1) To make him look younger and slimmer in the photos. 2) Because he didn't want to burden any of his friends with the terrible prospect of having to give this speech.

It's the speech that no one wants to do. The best man doesn't really know what he's expected to say and yet his speech is supposed to be humorous - but it might not be. It's supposed to be short - but it probably won't be. It should be original - but it seldom is. It should not offend - and most do. And finally, it's …show more content…

The happy couple met for this first time at Kent University launderette. A perfectly normal way to meet someone, I know. Made remarkable only because that was the only day, in the four years that he was there, that J W ever went to a launderette. They began their relationship like many young lovebirds, by spending almost every moment together - during which time Kathy tried to decide if she could do any better.

Now, I've never thought of J W as the type to go in for all that lovie-dovie romantic stuff, and I'm sure all his friends and work colleagues here today would describe him as a bit of a lad - a man's man. Well, I was shocked - shocked to learn that J W has a habit of leaving things around the house for Kathy to find. No, not dirty socks or empty beer cans, but "I love you" notes. In fact, it's a habit that has spread beyond the house and to the car when, one frosty morning last winter, he scraped in the ice on Kathy's car windscreen, "I love you", so that she would find it in the morning on the way to work. Isn't that cute? But the one that really choked me up - the one that really made me blink back the tears - was the time that Kathy found the words "I love you" written on the last sheet of toilet paper in the bathroom. Now J W, that's a trick that's really best done with a Rolo - as demonstrated by what Kathy apparently did with that sheet of paper once she'd read

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