Getting married to my DP soon, for info we have 2 young children and have been together 5 years. It's a small and informal affair though still following the "traditional" wedding day I guess.
The groom, my dad and the best man will be doing a speech.
I've been musing over doing a speech too, mainly to talk about how wonderful DP is 
It struck me that everything is really all about the bride. When we got engaged DP said you know, not one person has shook my hand or anything. He wasn't looking for lots of attention but just for someone to acknowledge in some small way that he got engaged too. Generally speaking it's a lot of pressure on the man - how did he propose to you, what's the ring like, did he choose it himself etc etc. Then it's all about the dress and bridesmaids the list goes on and a lot of time the man gets "forgotten" about IMHO.
When it comes to the speech I know he'll speak from the heart and be very lovely and I thought it would be nice to do the same for him.
But I'm nervous I'm no wallflower and it's a small wedding but it's making me anxious! I tend to waffle also... And I'll probably go bright red when I sit down! Also not entirely sure what to say!! Obviously I would have a good think about it beforehand.
Looking for different opinions really to see what others think of the bride making a speech? And if you did, what kind of thing did you say? Did it go down well?