Are you doing a speech?

meegz85 · December 2009

I'm confused about this. Is it customary for the bride to do a speech at her wedding? I've read that it's not necessary, yet other people seem to think it's rude not to.

pandasquishy · December 2009

No, I've never heard of that. A speech or just thanking everyone for coming?

ricksang · December 2009

My H did the speech. You (as in your new husband or you) should say a little something.

ggmae · December 2009

I think that the bride and/or groom should thank their guests in some way, whether it's in the form of a toast, a receiving line, or visiting each table during dinner. Do what works for you - there is no requirement, but thanking them for coming is a nice gesture. DH and I chose to go around and individually thank each guest during dinner. He is no good at speeches and I would have cried throughout the whole thing.

sucrets4 · December 2009

We didn't, but we did table visits and talked to everyone then. I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where the b/g spoke to everyone.

alwysbrdmaid · December 2009

I've never seen it done. But I don't go to a lot of traditional weddings.

sucrets4 · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_doing-speech?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:cc4ee356-5a5e-4ae8-9bfb-2d55a360697bPost:c394df84-e380-4b4f-af4f-c93c80cd4583">Re: Are you doing a speech?</a>:
[QUOTE]I think that the bride and/or groom should thank their guests in some way, whether it's in the form of a toast, a receiving line, or visiting each table during dinner. Do what works for you - there is no requirement, but thanking them for coming is a nice gesture. DH and I chose to go around and individually thank each guest. He is no good at speeches and <strong>I would have cried throughout the whole thing.</strong>
Posted by ggmae[/QUOTE]

...or gotten stuck in the door. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" />

ggmae · December 2009

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Are you doing a speech? : ...or gotten stuck in the door.
Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]

Oh, good grief! I told Nelson about that and he said, "You WOULD be THAT girl." Hahaha.

sucrets4 · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_doing-speech?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:cc4ee356-5a5e-4ae8-9bfb-2d55a360697bPost:b0c50950-f01f-4231-abe6-7391c9c6479a">Re: Are you doing a speech?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Are you doing a speech? : Oh, good grief! I told Nelson about that and he said, "You WOULD be THAT girl." Hahaha.
Posted by ggmae[/QUOTE]

GRETCHEN BROKE THE SUBWAY!!!!!!!!!

lol

How are ya? I hope you had a great holiday! Any big new years plans?

I'm currently laying on the bed in the dark while B is trying to fall asleep beside me. I napped earlier so of course I'm wide awake. But I'm also getting sick, so I'm whiny.

ggmae · December 2009

I really wish someone had been taping that scene so that I could have re-witnessed Sarah yanking my arm, Mag pulling my bag, the random dude jamming the door with his foot, and me saying "I am NOT letting go of my bag!" I'm doing well. We went out to Texas Roadhouse tonight (indulged in lots of food and drinks!) and just watched a Harry Potter movie. For New Year's Eve, we are just going to my parents' and chilling with my dad and our cats. Very low-key. My aunt has her annual open house party on Saturday, so we are looking forward to that too! Besides being sick and whiny,

, how are you doing? What are you up to for NYE?

sucrets4 · December 2009

Are you back from MD?

We're going to our friend's house. They have a 4 month old and they are one of our fave couples to hang with, so I'm super excited! We met up for lunch last week and got to meet their son finally. She was the really pg one at our wedding.

I love my niece and nephews dearly, but I have this awful sore throat thing going on and I'm pretty sure it's from them. Kids are such germ factories.

kitkat887 · December 2009

Well, given my personality, it's going to be hard to keep me from making a speech. I think the couple should at least say a little something.

ggmae · December 2009

Kids are SO germy. I am surprised that I haven't gotten more sick from working with them! I wash my hands constantly at work. That sounds like fun, but then again I like babies so I'm biased.

Must have been nice to see them! We got back from MD last night. Thank goodness.

sucrets4 · December 2009

You survived MD! You deserve a medal, lol. I hope it wasn't too painful.

It hasn't even been school getting me sick, both times it was B! And I can't believe that my nephews are 7 and 8 now. INSANE. They're, like, people.

I really should get some sleep...and stop threadjacking.

ggmae · December 2009

I should go to bed too. We are heading to my parents' in 12 hours and I wanna sleep in tomorrow!

MD wasn't too bad. I was annoyed at times, but I just keep my mouth shut when MIL tries to tell me that I am wrong. I know that I was right about what we were talking about (something I had seen on SuperNanny), but I just drop things like that. Not worth arguing over.

My little cousin turns 5 today. It boggles my mind because I remember when he was born and it seems like just yesterday. He is like a little man.

/threadjack

tenofcups4me · December 2009

My ex- and I did a thank you speech to everyone together at my first wedding. Not too long -- we thanked our guests in general, gave special general thanks to those who had traveled to be with us, thanked the woman who had introduced us, and specifically thanked our officiants (my sister and his best friend) and our parents. The whole thing took maybe five minutes?

I've seen the bride and groom speak at most weddings that I've attended in the past decade or so. I don't think it's "required," but I really like it when they do -- makes it seem a little more personal. (This is, of course, in addition to table visits and in my case, we also attended our cocktail hour, so we had a lot of individual time with people too.) It seems appropriate to me to say something to the group at large when you've invited all those people to attend an event like a wedding.

rhodesign · December 2009

we did mingle at the cocktail hour and also said a little something. I'm good at winging it, so that's what we did

danieliza1127 · December 2009

We didn't do a speech at our wedding and I don't think I've ever seen it done before, although I do know some here did.

SaraAndrew2010 · December 2009

In the few weddings I've been to, I haven't seen the B or G speak at the reception.

I don't plan to speak at the reception, but we will go around and do table visits to thank everyone.

At the reception, my dad will give a short welcome to everyone. FI's dad potentially will lead grace. MOH and BM will give speaches. Any more speaches than that seems like too much. People want to eat and get to the dancing.

FI and I do plan on giving speaches at the RD to thank our wedding party and parents.

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