I was wondering if any of you are planning to do a speech on your wedding day, or will you leave it up to the h2b or w2b?
I have thought of doing one because im not having a traditional top table set up, and my dad cant really do a speech about me cuz we only met in sep 2010..... so i was going to ask my grandad to do one and maybe my MOH.... Not sure???? xx
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CommentAuthorOWB
I'm doing one. For anybody that knows me, that's not really a surprise as I love to talk! My dad won't be at the wedding, so I'm walking myself down the aisle and I'm giving the 'father of the bride' speech. I could have asked my grandad, but he wouldn't be comfortable with it as my dad was around until I was 16, my mum wouldn't know where to begin.
H2B isn't having a best man, so he'll be giving the other speech. We talked about it early on and decided to just have the two of us speaking.
I already have my opening line planned... "Okay, I know it's not traditional for the bride to speak and this is the point that the brides father tells her that she looks beautiful, well quite frankly I don't need a man to tell me I look amazing - I have a mirror!". I'm hoping it will raise a laugh.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
haha thats a brilliant first line OWB, you will defo get a laugh from that! lol flick your hair back as you say it for dramatic effect! lol
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CommentAuthorOWB
That's essentially what I planned!!
I'm not a fan of everybody at the wedding doing a speech though - you see it where both fathers, the groom, the bride and the BM does it and they last for hours!
If you want to give your own then go for it.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
yes i dont like it when all that goes on, but i feel like i need to bulk the day out because otherwise it would literally be h2b and bm doing a speech and thats it!
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I'm only doing a 'mini' speech i think! Mainly because so many people have offered to pay for alot of the things for the wedding and if you've seen my post about my granny who gave me £1000 cheque towards my wedding!! So i will be thanking all of them individually. My dad, h2b and the best man will be doing all the other speeching :)
CommentAuthorAntonia9
thats lovely, yes i was just going to do a short speech also again thanking people, also mainly i want people to raise a toast for my nan who is no longer with us, but she brought me up and i miss her very much. x
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CommentAuthormillz090
My H2B has a stutter and the thought of saying his vows is scaring him but he knows it has to be done so we will take it slowly and plenty of practise. So the thought of doing is a speech is a big No No however i feel we still need to say something as a couple so i am going to do it instead. I love to talk and think people will be expecting me to do it anyway.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
thats nice millz090, it does petrify some men getting up to do a speech, my h2b is a gob shi*e so hes happy to get up! lol
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CommentAuthorPB
I think i will do one,my Dad is really shy so i have said he doesn't need to do one.I am not sure if h2b will do one,i think he will but he has said that if people want to do them thats fine but if not thats fine too.So it could end up just me or everyone could want to do one! Think we will need to find out beforehand otherwise it could be a shambles lol! x
CommentAuthorSaraC1
im tempted to do a speech this time around :)
CommentAuthorAntonia9
poulton bride - yes i think you'd need some structure otherwise it'll be a free for all lol x
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CommentAuthorMrsSaraParry!
i'm doing one, but only a lickle short one - just to say a few thank you's to mums and a couple other people :o) xx
CommentAuthorLegoWife
I'm planning to do one.
It was originally going to thank H2B's family for all their help and support and treating me like part of the family since day one etc etc. Was telling my SIL2B this and she said. "oh that's a good idea it'll prove you don't need H2B to talk for you." Which I was a bit insulted about! I'm a shy person I don't open up or talk much to people I don't know on a personal level so I'm still not 100% with H2B's family (we don't see them often) and I just don't like to shove myself in other peoples faces. So now I might turn a short speech into something longer just to prove a point :/
But there's a year to go, they may yet realise that I'm just shy and not incapable.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
that was a bit rude of your sil2b! im the same, i come across as very quiet and shy around people that im not 100% comfortable with, but its not because i am shy - im just sussing them out before i let the barriers down. Theres nothing wrong with that.
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CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Neither of us like talking in public so we are not having ANY speech's. W e will hand out thank you gifts after the meal and thats it
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CommentAuthorMrsKisywisy
i'm going to be doing one at the blessing back home. i think h2b will struggle to do one as he really doesn't like doing that sort of thing. i hae some people i want to mention, like my mum and dad, who have both passed away. i intend on having have a few glasses of wine first lol
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CommentAuthorMrsEminson2B
im not doing one as hate talking infront of people, it will take all my nerves to do my vows x
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CommentAuthorXbox widow
We are only gonna thank people for coming and give out gifts to BM's etc. Cant abide big long boring speeches and will get embarrassed if anyone starts talking about me over a microphone so no, going to avoid it as much as possible.
CommentAuthorKayleigh
I never really thought about this! It'll be my grandfather walking me down the aisle (although he doesn't know it yet) and he's not really a big talker in front of a crowd of people and so if he doesnt feel comfortable making a speach i'll do it myself (only a short one as my H2B And best man will also make a speach. Although I would love it if he did make a speach :) xx
CommentAuthorlinzipple
I hate talking in front of people but I'm from Australia and my family are all coming over for the wedding so I might just say a bit of a thank you because it means a lot that they're all coming. It will be short and sweet though! :) xx
CommentAuthorAntonia9
well ladies i have written out a speech - it is longer than i expected but it has all my important people in there, what do you think?
Those of you who know me probably wont be surprised that im about to say something – Ive never let Alec get away with speaking for me in the past, and im not about to start now (hands up those who noticed I didn’t promise to “obey” earlier either!)
The main reason im standing here saying this is to thank a number of very special people for everything they’ve done. I’ll try to keep it brief, but this is me after all, so im not promising anything!
Firstly, to my MOH and bridesmaids, these three girls are like the sisters I never had, I love them very much and I am pleased that they accepted to be my bridesmaids. They say that the friends you make in the army will be your friends for life, and I can 100% say that these three are. They have been supportive of me in my darkest times and I couldn’t ask for better friends as these, so i would like to give them these gifts as a token of my appreciation.
I’d like to thank my mum for her creative skills and the constant emails of “what do you think about this or have you seen this?” she has helped me to create today – because I have zero patience! I appreciate everything you’ve done and I hope that I can make you proud.
To my Dad, even though we have only been in each others lives a short time he has done a great deal for me, including buying me this beautiful dress, you all have him to thank for that otherwise id be stood up here naked! But seriously thank you for accepting me into your life and taking on the role of a father with all that you have.
To my Auntie Kirsty and Uncle Carl, thank you for all that you have done for me, thank you Kirsty for trawling around bridal shops helping me to find my gorgeous dress and for letting me see in your face that this was “the one” (she cried a bit) On to my uncle, I have looked up to this man my whole life, growing up I looked to him for approval so it was only fitting that he was my witness for today. My nana used to say to me that id end up just like him, well look at him a loving husband and doting dad, if ive used him as a role model then I wont go far wrong in my life.
To my granddad, in the time ive got I don’t know how to get across everything I want to say to you. Thank you for all your love, help and support over the years. You’ve been a wonderful person, and im proud to have been your 1st born grandchild. I love you very much and I owe a lot of what I have become today to you.
Now on to my husband (im almost finished I promise) I’d like to thank Alec for his earlier compliments and I would like to add how handsome he looks today. It means so much for me to be standing here as his wife. They say you don’t marry the man you can live with, you marry the man you cant live without, and for me…. That was Daniel Craig but he wasn’t available…. No seriously that’s Alec :0)
Im almost done now, so thanks for bearing with me. Before I shut up I would like to take some time to remember those who cant be with us today. To my auntie, uncle and cousins in Australia – G’Day! And to others who will be looking down on us, particularly to my Nana Elaine who I love and miss everyday.
Please raise your glasses to absent family and friends.
Thank you x
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CommentAuthorPB
Thats really good,it brought a tear to my eye xxx
CommentAuthorAntonia9
did it? aww thank you. xx
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
i dont know if ill be able to get through the speech without blubbing but ill give it a go lol x
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
Kayleigh Jayne - is your grandfather going to be on the top table with you? perhaps you could do a combined speech to help it out a bit?? x
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CommentAuthorStaceyP91
aww Antonia that speech was lovely :) made me well up :) I went to my best friends wedding in October, she had written out a speach, took the 1st line & broke down in tears, she then gave it to me, i was her MOH, i said a few words & started crying haha, i did finish the speach for her though :) So after that, i dont think ill be making a speach, i know full well ill be a blubbering mess on the day :)
Good on you ladies who will be making them, you will have to let us know how you get on with it after you get married :)
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
thank you, i think my MOH will probably be given the same job to do lol. Im not normally an emotional person, but when i comes to my family i am! xx
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CommentAuthorOWB
That's lovely - sweet, heartfelt and with a little humour. Although you're being very presumptuous about your h2b remembering to compliment you!! I went to a wedding two years ago and the groom forgot to mention his bride - His best man had to give him a not so gentle reminder. Perhaps a quite word in his ear before hand ;-)
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
hes already been briefed up OWB ;0) he will say how beautiful i look! haha
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CommentAuthorOWB
Lol, the things you have to remind them!!
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
they'd be lost without us! lol
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CommentAuthorKylee27
Aw, I just cried at your speech and laughed at the Daniel Craig bit! Perfect. :0)
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CommentAuthorhigginszajac
I wont be giving a speech but good on you all that are brave enough to get up and talk xx
CommentAuthorLegoWife
This got me thinking about what I'd say in my speech and I've just come up with our table names! Which H2B loves too. Which is good cause I need them to fit into my speech lol!
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
aw thanks kylee27 lol thats what im hoping for everybody on the day ;0)
LegoBride - how did thinking of you speech help you come up with table names ???? lol
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
just showed someone i work with my speech - they cried, my work here is done :0) lol x
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CommentAuthorPB
Told you it was good,i hope i can do as well! x
CommentAuthorAntonia9
thanks, im pretty chuffed with myself :0) x
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CommentAuthorJennaLouise
That's lovely, it made me a cry a bit. For that very reason, I don't think I could manage a speech myself. I know I'm going to be a blubbering wreck all day! xx
CommentAuthorLegoWife
I was thinking about how when we first met, we bonded over Eddie Izzard and then suddenly thought having his show titles as our name tables would be perfect! Lol.
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
jennalouise - im not confident that i wont cry trust me lol, in fact im pretty sure i will!
LegoBride - i thought of you today, i was listening to Ed Sheeran's Lego House, thought you could have it played at your wedding lol x
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CommentAuthorLegoWife
*gasp!* I have not heard! I'll go find it right now!
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CommentAuthorAntonia9
omg really!!! you need to check it out - its a lovely song as well
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CommentAuthorLegoWife
It is lovely! Not enough mentions of Lego for my liking though haha! Still that could be a great song to have played when we come in for the wedding breakfast :D
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CommentAuthorSammi_with_camera
I love lego house, its a great song! Antonia your speech is amazing, it made me well up and laugh too! Its perfect! Its actually inspired me to consider making a speech, will see what h2b thinks later! xx
CommentAuthorAntonia9
lol legobride, it would be a good song to be played :0)
Sammi - Thanks, im glad you liked it - go for it, even if its just a little one x
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