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Speeches for Weddings
Weddings are great occasions; a way to share a loving couple's commitment to friends and family. They are, also, great occasions that can be ruined
by bad wedding speeches! If you're the person tasked with coordinating speeches for weddings, consider the following do's and don'ts:
Do's
- Do talk about your relationship with the couple. Tell the audience how you know the bride and/or the groom, and how they've
impressed you over the years. Enumerate good qualities you think each person possesses and tell the guests how compatible you think the couple is.
- Do talk about how much you think the couple loves each other. Tell the audience stories like how the groom took extra shifts to
secure their finances for the wedding, or how the bride learned how to cook and wash the laundry. Enumerating things the couple loves to do, such as
bowling, hiking, doing charity and the like are also nice stories to tell in a wedding speech.
- Do explain your stories well, if you want to integrate them in your speech.
- Do keep it wholesome. Remember that this is a family event, and speeches for weddings are not the place to give dirty
jokes. If you want to tell a funny story, then it must be appropriate for all ages and sensibilities. Be sensitive.
- Do say jokes that would not hurt feelings nor make anyone feel uncomfortable. Be funny and respectful at the same time. When
telling jokes, make sure that they are well intended and more importantly, that you can connect the funny anecdote to the occasion or the central
message of the speech.
- Do deliver your speech in a perfectly sober condition. Speeches for weddings must be meaningful and sincere. Remember that you're
not only giving your personal message to the bride and groom, you're giving it in their wedding day.
Don'ts
- Don't talk about yourself. Speeches for weddings are about the bride and groom, not the person giving the toast. Drawing the
spotlight to yourself would just make you a laughingstock later on.
- Don't talk about the past relationships or past marriages of the couple. Even if your intention is to compare their past
relationships and highlight how good their current relationship is, it's simply an inappropriate and embarrassing thing to say. Speeches for weddings
can be ruined by bringing in ghosts from the past.
- Do not tell inside jokes that only a few people understand. While the speech is addressed to the couple, do not ignore the
audience.
- Don't mention sexually explicit subjects. Most of the audience will get offended; the couple might get embarrassed. Consider also
that children will be present in the event.
- Don't ridicule the groom or the bride. Don't tell jokes as well at the expense of particular guests. At the end of the day,
it's a wedding. Under no circumstances should you put either the groom or bride in a humiliating situation.
- Don't drink a lot before giving your speech. Not only will it be embarrassing for the bride and groom, it will also be
embarrassing for you if you give a speech while drunk.
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