Wedding Speeches

nvelez28 · May 2011

My friend is getting married THIS SATURDAY! I am excited for her beyond words and doubly so because I'm her MOH. Since my engagement, she has been the go-to person for wedding talk since she was knee deep in it.

I finished my speech over the weekend, even timed myself. It clocked in at a minute and half. So, this got me thinking, who do I want to speak besides my MOH and FI's BM? I think my dad would get nervous and I don't want to put pressure on anyone. I'm also weary of mic hogs.

What do you think you'll do?

doeie04 · May 2011

I have only been to weddings where people randomly do speeches. I didn't know you planed them.... I would feel very uncomfortable if I was told I had to do a speech. (Not that you are doing this...)

MaryLaura13 · May 2011

Random speeches? I've never heard of that. I am only having my MOH and FI's BM. My aunts are also doing the blessing of the dinner.

michellep1 · May 2011

I've never heard of random speeches either. I'm sure FI's BM will make a speech, and one of my MOHs was there the night we met, she actually introduced us, so I think she may be thinking of making a speech. I wouldn't pressure anyone into making one though, I just plan to casually approach the subject only to find out if they intend on it in order to plan the progression of the evening.

julbgordo · May 2011

I haven't put much thought into this, but I think I would like one of each of our parents to speak at the RD and then my MOH and FI's BM to give short speeches during the reception. That's it.

MMRoberts11 · May 2011

We'll probably just have the MOH and BM make speeches. Beyond that, we'll probably have our friend (who is also our officiant) or my godfather bless dinner. Our parents will likely make a speech at the RD but that's it.

Carrie1208 · May 2011

I was the MOH for my best friend 2 years ago, and she will be m MOH. I gave a speech at her wedding and she's been planning on giving one at mine before we even got engaged - she' s way to excited about it. FI isn't having a BM, but one of the guys in the wedding party said he'd really like to give a speech.

Rethany · May 2011

When you say "speeches" how long are we talking?

We will have the MOH (I have a matron and a maid so I will probably have to decide which one or see if they both want to) and the Best Man give a toast. Then my parents will probably give a little toast/blessing of the meal. We will also do a nice little "Thank you for coming, etc" toast. Nothing lengthy at all.

sweetcanadian1979 · May 2011

Where i live the MOH & BM do a speech, both sets of parents do a welcome to the family then they B&G do a thank you speech, anything else is extra, i do not want extra, i hate speeches, i want to get on with the wedding but....... we have an hour & a half between when supper starts and the band starts so hoping we can fill it up somehow lol

DrPB2b13 · May 2011

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[QUOTE]I have only been to weddings where people randomly do speeches. I didn't know you planed them.... I would feel very uncomfortable if I was told I had to do a speech. (Not that you are doing this...)
Posted by doeie04[/QUOTE]

I'll be honest....I kind of doubt this is what happened. I think that as a wedding guest, many speeches SEEM random because there's no program or list of events for a reception. They're typically planned to be between or during certain times of the evening.

I have no idea what I'm going to do for speeches yet. I'm not going to ask for speeches from people, but I may ask if they WANT to do one. My MOH can be extremely shy about public speaking, so I would never ask her to do a speech, but if she wants to then more power to her. Same goes for my dad. As for the Best Man...well...he has a tendency to mumble his words together no matter how loudly he's speaking, so if he does want to do a speech or a toast, I might make him keep it short />.<

midgetthemighty · May 2011

My two MOHs are already planning on doing one together, so that should be interesting since they mostly know two different parts of my life and will be able to mesh them together for one speech. One of FI's BM will most likely do that speech by himself and he talks about it all the time and about which embarassing story he's going to use. lol Ironicially, his other BM/brother was a drama major and hates talking in front of groups so he probably won't do anything.

I assume our parents will make some kind of toast at the RD as most others have stated. We haven't really talked about it.

TeamMoriarty · May 2011

the weddings i have been to, the BM, MOH, and father of the bride gave speeches (with bride's dad also blessing the food), and typically the groom thanks everyone for coming and toasts to his bride. not sure what we'll do, but probably something like this. also, i have been to RD where people could make impromtu speeches if they wanted to speak which helps to keep it short and sweet at the reception. personally, i like speeches when they are heartfelt and celebratory.

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