Letter to Our Future Son-In-Law: Welcome To Our Family
Write a personalized “Letter to Our Future Son-In-Law” to welcome him to your family. There are so many things you’ll want to share with your daughter’s new husband.
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We listened to a minister address a youth group – 250 singles between the ages of 16 and… 29, I guess.
He shared his feelings about the times a young man approached him and his wife and asked, “May I marry your daughter?”
They had 2 daughters, and each time it was the same struggle. Here’s what he said:
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As parents, we wanted our daughters to be happy, and have a chance to begin a home, because that’s the natural progression of life. But each time, I was thinking, “This is the precious daughter born to us. We sheltered her, dried her tears, comforted her when she was hurt, bandaged her skinned knees, changed diapers, nursed her through sickness. Invested in her happiness with all our hearts and souls. She’s blood of our blood, heart of our hearts.
And now, you, young man, think you can come to me and say, “I want her. Give her to me.” Just like that? We’re supposed to let her step into an unknown situation without a whimper from us? Without hesitation? Without doing a background check on you that defies all background checks?
“Don’t doubt it, young man, we need time with this. We need to seek God’s will and if He hasn’t already revealed His wishes in this, you, my boy, are going to have to wait for a yes until God has come very, very clearly to us and said this is who is meant to be in our daughter’s future.”
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Letter to My Future Son-in-Law
The talk made me remember a letter my sister gave to her future-son-laws when her daughters got married. I couldn’t find it though. I did find this open letter that markmerrill.com shared for anyone to use as the starting point of a personal letter you can write for your future son-in-law. Click on the website name to find the letter.
Here’s another, shorter version, I like. Use as fuel for your own letters.
They all have really good thoughts your new son will want to think about. As Mark Merrill said, you have your future son-in-law’s attention in the days before their wedding as at no other time in his life.
Make use of the chance!
On Your Wedding Day
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I did not choose you for my daughter, but I am glad she chose you. You were meant to be together.
________ is the most precious thing in my life. She is not only my daughter, she is now your beautiful wife. I am so happy that she has found someone like you. To love her, to cherish her, someone she can turn to. All I want is for her to be happy.
__________, I am proud to call you my son. You are now part of our family. Be blessed with happiness, be blessed with love. With the joining of two beautiful hearts, you have now become one.
With love, your Mother-In-Law.
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What to share in your letter to your new Son-In-Law:
Here’s a few points you may want to think about sharing in this letter-from-your-heart…
- Tell him how much you love him already.
- Share your confidence in his ability to make your daughter happy.
- Your confidence that God brought them together.
- He will be the rock your daughter can turn to.
- There will be “sickness and sorrow, good and bad” and you know God will carry them, together.
- Share memories from her baby/child days.
- Share your daughter’s best traits… “She will rescue every puppy in pain she ever sees.”
- Portray the loving relationship with him you see in your family’s future.
Personalized “Letter to Our Future Son-In-Law”
We’ve added a digital letter to our shop. It can be purchased as is, or you can choose to personalize it.
Not only can you add names, you can also request a change in wording to make it completely yours. (Within the size limits you choose between 5″x7″ card size or 8″x10″ frame size.)
Then frame it and give as a little pre-wedding gift. He will hang it on the wall to read again and again…
And know you love him and have confidence in him.
