Wedding Speeches

[SteveW86]

So I get married on Saturday and the final thing left on my to do list is write my speech. From looking into it and previous weddings Ive been to I see that I just need to thank everyone for coming, tell the bride and bridesmaids they look amazing and thank those who have helped make the day possible.

Anything else I am missing, or any tips?

 

[Lazkir]

Pretty much, the father of the bride does a small(ish) one, and the best man does the main one.

Best of luck!

 

[CliveW]

Plenty to watch on You Tube.

 

[williamalex1]

All the best Stevie , better get a few words in now while you can :rofl:.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Just as you have said. Keep it short, smile, don't forget anyone on the list.

Have a great day.

 

[Crazyface]

I've just done one at my sons wedding (Father of The Groom nuts to tradition). Wrote it myself, got loads of laughs.

KEEP IT SHORT !

 

[jim8flog]

Thank the bride's Mum & Dad for what they did all those years ago.

 

[Orikoru]

You can still crowbar a couple of awful gags in surely.

"It's been an emotional day, even the cake is in tiers.."

 

[londonlewis]

Just be conscious of not saying 'thank you' so many times.
Good luck with it, hope the big day goes well and you have a great time!

 

[azazel]

Start it off with "on behalf of my wife and I..."

 

[Khamelion]

Was best man at my mates wedding a few years ago started the speech with:-

"Well this isn't the first time I risen from a warm seat with a bit of paper in my hand............................I did try this speech out at the old peoples home, it seemed to go down quite well as they all pissed themselves."

The first got a few laughs, the second got a lot of laughs and few sharp intakes of breath, but it broke the ice, settled me down and kind of set the tone for the rest of the speech, two or three personal stories and then finally the thank you to the wedding party, you can also throw in a thankyou to the venue, caterers, waiters and waitresses.

 

[londonlewis]

"Well this isn't the first time I risen from a warm seat with a bit of paper in my hand............................I did try this speech out at the old peoples home, it seemed to go down quite well as they all pissed themselves."

Excellent. I'd have laughed.

 

[Tashyboy]

A marriage is like a deck of cards. Starts off with hearts and diamonds and finishes with clubs and spades.

seriously. write it, read it, time it, cut it. Add a bit, cut a bit, read it, time it.

Practice it, practice it.

Dont forget, the only woman you ever loved was another mans wife. Your mother. Until you met your wife 😉

 

[ScienceBoy]

Just use the same one as you would for accepting a board comp trophy but exchange green keepers for mother in law:

 

[Duckster]

Wrote mine a couple of weeks before. Practised many many times. Edited it, timed it, got it down to being pretty decent.

Sat down on the top table and watched my father in law hit almost every little bit I'd got written down. Ended up doing mine off the cuff, went down well though!

TBH, your speech is the easy one, you've already done the hard part of your day and everyone realises that.

Good luck!

 

[User62651]

Not proud of this but I can't remember anything I said on my wedding day speech 13 years ago apart from 'On behalf of my wife and I' which got a cheer, I do remember quite a lot more stuff from 2 best man speeches I did though. Think it need only be very short from the groom, remember everyone wants to eat and drink and letch, not listen to speeches, nowt worse than a best man droning on with cliquey jokes.

 

[road2ruin]

Don't include a load of stories or jokes that only include a few people in the audience. The worst wedding speech I've ever sat through had a load of 'in jokes' between the guys on the stag. For everyone else it was just a long drawn out session of nudges and winks that nobody outside the stag party found funny.

Sorry, just re-read that you're the Groom. Yours is easy, be nice, couple of gags.....people aren't really there to judge yours, it's the best man that people want to see sink or swim!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Was best man at my mates wedding a few years ago started the speech with:-

"Well this isn't the first time I risen from a warm seat with a bit of paper in my hand............................

I genuinely heard this gag at my old hockey clubs end of year dinner about 30yrs ago, they had a proper after dinner speaker in. The whole room laughed except me. I couldn't work it out. I ended up asking someone afterwards what everyone was laughing at. Very embarrassing but I was young at the time

 

[Farneyman]

Wing it!