The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being the Father of the Bride

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being the Father of the Bride is nothing more than a self-help for the soon to be "father of the bride." This self-help guide was written by Jennifer lata Rung and was published in 2005. This book is nothing more than your friendly buddy sitting next to you and telling you all the things you need to know about your daughter's up coming wedding. The only difference is that this buddy is knowledgable, articulate, and fits in your back pocket.

The nine chapters in The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Being the Father of the Bride covers the basics. The authour talks about your daughter leaving the nest, introduces you to the wedding vocabulary, the planning process, money etiquette, looking good, and your wedding day duties. Each chapter is filled with practical advise and valuable information. The information is straight forward and provides a simple road map for any dad to follow.

I would recommend this pocket book to any dad who has little to know knowledge about this whole wedding thing. It will provide you with some insight as well as help you become familular with the wedding process. However, if you are a dad who has gone through a wedding or two other daughters, this book would only serve as a refresher course or a book that reminds you of all the things you should have done. In either case, you can't lose reading the book. You'll either impress everyone with the wedding knowledge that you have or you will impress everyone on how much you have changed since the last wedding. Either way, you will contribute to the beautiful day your daughter will remember for the rest of her life.

MY TWO CENTS WORTH
This book was very informative and actually enlightened me in a few areas I knew nothing about. When I first purchased the book, I thought it was going to releave me from some of the stress I have been encountering regarding the upcoming wedding of my precious daughter. However, I must confess the book did not relieve any stress but only added. As I read through this pocket book, I came to realize that I'm not like the father next door nor like the perfect ones every daughter dreams about. Movies have done us regular Joe dads a disservice buy setting the "perfect" dad bar so high that the only one who can live up to it are those in the minds of our daughters. That aside, I did realize that this is her special day. Her wedding day is the one event, the one day, she has been planning for since early childhood. This day is the one day she has lived for and it will be the one day she will want to remember for the rest of her life. In addition, I came to realize that I am ment to be a stabalizing force throughout the wedding process (i.e. the finances, the planning, the event). Although my daughter's fiance is capable of this (he is a very smart, wise, and carrying young man) it is important that I make myself available to listen and provide a voice of reason "when asked". Lastly, it is ok to begin preparing what I will say during the reception toast (as well as to the guests). This does not have to be a spur of the moment speech but should be well thoughtout, meaningful, and memoriable.

For those of you men who have a daughter getting married in the near future (i.e. 1-2 years), this book is a recommended read. If anything, this book will provide you with the basic knowledge and wedding lingo to make you look and feel like a superstar. Although you may feel it, your daughter might just think you "are" one of those super perfect dads we see in the movies.