Wedding speeches anybody?

PAUL7331

Hi guys, Im getting hithced next week (I can hear you all now screaming DONT DO IT) and I need to find a list of good weding speeches with a little humour thrown in that I can edit/add to myself.

All the websites i've found require payment, but does anybody know of any good free ones?

Im the GROOM by the way!

jimexbox

If I can make one comment about your/any wedding speech. Forget tradition, ie, having them after the meal. Get them done before, then at least you can enjoy your meal.

MsChazzer

Try your local library, I've often seen books on wedding speeches in there. Also try over on the Weddings and Anniversaries board, there are a few grooms there.

We just dispensed with speeches at our wedding, although I understand that's not for everyone.

**confuzzled**

Congratulations & Good Luck:D:D

Have a look at the usual wedding websites like www.youandyourwedding.co.uk and http://www.hitched.co.uk/speeches/samples/samplespeechhome.aspx/index.asp

If theres nothing there you like the look of google 'wedding speech ideas' and i guarantee loads will come up:D

Hope you have a lovely day and I wish you a avery happy future together:D:D:D

Also try posting this on the Special Occasions Board;)

MrsTinks

Speak from your heart certainly don't copy/edit "standard" ones!
I still have the one my husband gave at our wedding a year ago - well his notes at any rate
About us, how we met, a little about our parents etc, thanking people and some funny stories - and of course how much he loves me
(And he started the speech with "yes we promise we'll get working on grandkids soon!" little did he know that 13 days after our wedding anniversary we would deliver on that promise! LOL)

Speak from your heart - not someone elses

reeree

PAUL7331 wrote: »

Hi guys, Im getting hithced next week (I can hear you all now screaming DONT DO IT) and I need to find a list of good weding speeches with a little humour thrown in that I can edit/add to myself.

All the websites i've found require payment, but does anybody know of any good free ones?

Im the GROOM by the way!

theres some good speeches on here

http://www.freeweddingspeech.com/?id_category=69&comm=best+wedding+speech+free+wedding+speech+best+man+speech+free+wedding+groom

Bitsy_Beans

If your local library had a copy the Confetti book on speeches is quite good.

having been a bride my tips on speeches would be:
keep it concise. If it's long and rambling people switch off.
DON'T try to be funny, guests will laugh at pretty much most things (even the speech said entirely in a naff french accent that I had to sit through people laughed at :eek:)
Make sure if both sets of parents assisted with the wedding (either financially or otherwise) you give them EQUAL time in your speech unlike my brother who made a huge fuss over his in-law family and the money they'd given and neglected to thank his own parents for theirs. Trust me that DID not go down well.
Do not write it the night before. Give yourself some time to think about what you want to say and that way you avoid upsetting someone (see point above )
Practise reading the speech aloud (in secret of course). My H did this and as such wasn't quite the bag on nerves on the day because he was familiar with what he was going to read.

Oh and say something nice about your new wife

SugarSpun

Be concise, avoid any gimmicky things (I've been at two weddings now where the groom produced a guitar and sang the bride a song. Neither was good. Both were super cringeworthy) and be yourself.

Thank everyone for coming, tell them it's good to see them, thank the parents (both sets for their help, probably hers first), tell everyone how good the bridesmaids look, although they don't look as good as your beautiful wife. You can add a funny story about the run up to the wedding here if you want, but it should be one without any strippers or embarrassing behaviour on the part of you or your wife. Then tell a touching story about your wife and why you're so happy you got to marry her, then ask the guests to toast her and sit down, mopping your brow with relief.

BlondeHeadOn

SugarSpun wrote: »

Be concise, avoid any gimmicky things (I've been at two weddings now where the groom produced a guitar and sang the bride a song. Neither was good. Both were super cringeworthy) and be yourself.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I once went to a wedding where the VICAR pulled out a guitar and started to seranade the couple in the middle of the service! It was so dire. The congregation had to sit through 3 songs, all performed in the worst possible toe-curlingly sentimental way.

It was totally unforgettable though......

Bitsy_Beans

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I once went to a wedding where the VICAR pulled out a guitar and started to seranade the couple in the middle of the service! It was so dire. The congregation had to sit through 3 songs, all performed in the worst possible toe-curlingly sentimental way.

It was totally unforgettable though......

A family wedding we were entertained by a couple with a guitar in church whilst they were off signing the register. think of that couple from 4 Weddings and a Funeral singing I can't smile without you and you're there. It was dire......

PAUL7331

All good positive information, thanks a lot guys!

Ive basically found a few 'templates' of wedding speeches over on the HITCHED.COM site, and have basically edited it/made addittions to suit. It took me about 4 hours but I think ive got it right!!

I keep thinking of amendments that can me made etc so I think I'll be working on this speech now for the next week before my wedding!