Wedding Speech Alternatives

[PurpleDiva22]

Just opening up a thread to ask for wedding speech alternatives. Neither of us want to speak but feel we do have a lot of genuine thank yous we want to make. I was considering some sort of written form in a booklet but I'm not sure would people bother to read it. Has anyone done anything different or have any suggestions?

Could you have some kind of PowerPoint montage projected onto a screen? Slides of photos and thank yous? Show it during the meal or in that awkward bit between the ceremony and the reception?

I think a little booklet on each table is a lovely thought. I have been to weddings where it was obvious that a speech make was clearly uncomfortable, I felt extremely sorry for them, plus it actually detracted from what they were saying.

Record something together at home or somewhere you feel very comfortable. It can be edited. Then play it on a big screen instead of "live".

So have I which is another reason why we don't want to have any. We've seen speeches ruin people's days, from the stress before hand to the disappointment in themselves after. Awful

I considered this but then would it be boring for people?

I think a big screen video would be great. I'm thinking something like ...." thank you to our lovely maid of honour, who has known me since school".....insert the most embarrassing school photo you can find of the two you. And then when talking about people who couldn't be there you can put photos up etc.

I think it would have to be really good to pull off something pre-recorded. Raising the "quality" (for want of a better word) much higher than someone standing there and actually speaking.

As has been said, I'm not convinced people want to start reading a booklet at a wedding Reception.

Would you writing what you want to say, and asking someone from one of your families or close friends to read it on your behalf work ?

Also if you by chance have an older child, could you get them to do it.

We didn’t have any speeches at our wedding; just a toast. We then thanked people personally who we wanted to thank. People don’t mind not being publicly thanked if no one else is, it’s when they feel left out they get upset.

I think a message on each table is nice. How many people are you thanking that it has to be a booklet? Isn't one page enough?

And also the socially awkward people at the tables (me) will be grateful for something to hide behind and read when they need to escape from small talk

Didn’t have any speeches. Just a toast. You don’t need to have them if you don’t want them!

Sorry for the delay in replying to a few of you. My head is still scrambled with this, but thankfully I have a bit of time to sort it out. I do want to thank people for their support during my life but neither me or my fiancé really want to make a speech 🤣

I don’t know if you need to thank people for their support in your life? You’re not dying.

Just do a toast and forget the speeches. They’re 9 times out of 10 a big waste of everyone’s time.

Just updating... We have decided no speeches. Thanks for the suggestions.