Wedding Speeches

Speeches at weddings can be very tedious and potentially embarrassing, if there is not enough thought put into them by the speech maker.

The golden rule is that wedding speeches should be kept to a maximum of 2 minutes.

If serving a multi course meal, have one speech between each course, that way while your guests are waiting for their next course, the time is wisely spent and there are less speeches at the end of the meal before the cutting of the cake and the dancing (if you have dancing).

One small anecdote is a lovely addition to a speech but a shopping list of tales or gripes regarding the bride or groom are just plain embarrassing.

So, if either the bride or groom’s parents are deceased or not at the wedding, don’t ask a sibling to make a speech unless they are very close or you risk having a speech full of “When s/he was 10, s/he pulled my hair” type moments.

Speeches should be limited to: the groom, the bride (if she wants to make a speech), the best man and the father or mother of the bride and groom.

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