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I'm gettting married next week and with all the hassle around getting that organised I am yet to think about my speech.
The servise isn't until 4 so there is no sit down meal just straight off to the place for some drinking etc. I guess I still have to do a speach at some point though. What do I say? Apparently it's good form to thank the father of the bride first, then thank other relevant people, flowers for the mother of the bride, and I guess my mum too, thank the people who have travelled to be there, say the missus looks good. Anything else? I am thinking I will steer clear of pre scripted humour and just say whatever pops into my head at the time, will that be ok?
Don't try to wing it - unless you are a confident speaker you will make a mess of it.
Just make sure you thank all the relevant people but focus on why you are there - you have married the woman you love so make sure you are glowing and perhaps reminisce about some good times you have had and what made you know she was the one. By the sounds of it, it isn't a traditional wedding (ie no wedding breakfast) so you don't have to do it all by the 'rules' but it is just nice that everyone knows all their efforts have been appreciated and your wife knows she is beautiful.
Have fun 🙂
The first thing you should say is how amazing your new wife looks. Then thank everyone after that.
Get a cheap shot in at the Best Man if you think he's going to stitch you up with his speech.
Write stuff down. You'll forget something and huff the mother-in-law or something for not thanking her for producing a lovely daughter.
List out a vast long list of how clever/beautiful/stunning/thoughtful your new wife is, then struggle slightly and say you can't read her writing very well....
There's no law that says you have to do a speech. Just thank everyone for coming and stop.
And don't forget that you don't have to be funny (that is the best man's job) - just be sincere, glowing and ecstatically happy.
Anyone read that?
Anyone listen to it on the day?
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There's no law that says you have to do a speech. Just thank everyone for coming and stop.
That's pretty much what the grooms speach is meant to be anyway, innit?
Yeah, I wasn't planning on saying that much.
I will write my list of thank-yous out so as not to forget, will do the "my wife and I" thing....I've still go a week to plan this. maybe I will get it all written down.
good luck anyway..
Write it down, learn it, make some cue cards so you're not reading off a page.
Even if only prompt cards, write something down.
EDIT - beaten to it
as others:
new wife is beautiful, loveliest woman in the room (avoid key eye contact with anyone but her at this stage) and you love her very much/happiest man;
mums look lovely, and thanks for the support/help, even if they did fek all... give flowers;
bridesmaids look gorgeous, even if a bag of spanners in a merangue is sat three seats down spilling the dinner down her massive heaving cleavage;
thanks so much to everyone for making the effort to come along, some of you have come from a long way away and is much appreciated, this also absolves you of having to speak to them as individuals later on i'd say;
cheers to the dad's, father in law has bunged 500 behind the bar i am reliably informed, fill yer boots;
best man is a c**t and insisted on doing this, i didn't ask him...
maybe tone down the last one. i did, i didn't bother having one, so little did i trust any of 'em
I wrote all mine down and had it prepared.
On the day I just thought sod it say what you want to say, not what you think your supposed to say.
Wedding speeches tend to be incredibly dull doing all the thanking at predictable times etc etc.
doing all the thanking at predictable time
What? You mean during the speech rather than when stood at the pisser at 1am hugging your bezzy mate ever.