Wedding, speech, dues and don’ts what have you seen that’s really worked well

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Mother of the groom lovely couple, et cetera no problem at all with public speaking not worried about that.

What have you seen that you thought that was really cute and I love that and it went down really well and what has been terrible

That absolute best speech was at my friend's wedding. She was the bride, and her father made the following joke:-

Remember, men are like floor tiles. Lay them properly the first time, and you can walk over them forever.

The room howled.

*may not work for every wedding.

I disagree with the joke about the tiles. That was in a speech at a wedding I went to and you could hear a pin drop!

General rules: 5 mins (tops), a couple of gentle laughs, a couple of 'aww' moments. Thank everyone. Toast. Done.

The shorter the better generally. And no jokes, they're never funny

The best weddings I've been to have been when it has really been about the couple and their love for one another rather than ticking boxes for their parents' social circle. Also small and classy rather than large and trashy ie. high quality catering and drink rather than mass catering. Speeches short and meaningful and thoughtful personalised vows.

I certainly won’t be making any jokes about their sex life that cringes me out

Yes I think I’m overthinking.

Hence I’m here 😀😀

Keep it short. No one likes the speeches

Ask ChatGPT!

Keep it short
Do not mention previous girlfriends
Do not share any large colour photos of the stags 'enjoying' the local nightlife

Toast the bridesmaids
Thank everyone for coming
Raise a toast to the B&G

I love them!!

The best weddings are the ones with no speeches. Other than thanks for coming!

I would avoid telling any tasteless jokes or anything overly sentimental. It’s important to say something, keep it short and nice.People want to hear something but are unlikely to remember anything unless it’s bad or a revelation, neither of which is a good thing.

Cautionary note, even a nice speech can be targeted by a heckler that’s had one too many glasses of the bubbly or just wants to be in the limelight themselves.

Agreed. We went to a wedding where a 'TV celeb' was the best man. He made an absolute meal of it, it went on for ages, there were props and a video montage, the jokes were dreadful - they were crude or in-jokes that nobody understood.

Short and sweet wins for most people.

It was brave, I agree. We all know his sense of humour, so it worked, but I've never heard the father of the bride make such a joke, before or since.

Keep them short. And definitely do not have them before the food, it’s agonising. And everyone gets too drunk

Remember that you are not the star of the show! The worst wedding speech I've ever heard was delivered by the mother of the groom. The gist of it was that no one would ever know or love her son as much as she did. She talked about herself quite a lot, and I don't recall her mentioning the bride at all.

As everyone else said - the shorter the better. Especially if the guests are waiting for food until the speeches are over.

One nice thing my dad said at my wedding was

”Like my dad, Fred is a stamp collector*. And if my dad was here today I think that he would be very proud that Lizzie has married a stamp collector.”

*Neither my grandad nor my husband collected stamps but you get the idea.

Oh no that’s awful. I hope to talk about their love story

2 minutes tops, no jokes because 99% of the time they’re absolutely cringeworthy

Very gentle affectionate jokes
Eg
We love Susie because she thinks John is the kindest, handsomest man around and we've known that all along

That's a bit lame but that general idea

Best speech at my wedding was my Grandad.

He wasn't actually supposed to be giving a speech. He had dementia and tended to get very confused but every time he saw me he insisted on telling his favourite story about me from when I was about 3.

When we did speeches he stood up and told that. It was lovely.

However, that's maybe a bit specific! Other good speeches at weddings I've enjoyed have included some gentle jokes - I quite like a bad joke but nothing crude. Haven't been too long and have maybe included something I didn't know about the bride and groom but without embarrassing them.

Watch Moira's speech at David and Patrick's wedding in Schitts Creek.

Best I've seen was on TikTok and a couple wrote each others speeches and then they had to read them out blind. Have a look for them, it was hilarious. I think that setup only works though if you are both naturally funny.

That joke about the tiles is really crass.

Keep it short, wish the couple well, thank everyone for coming and no naff jokes.

Recently, father of the bride explained he was nervous, didn't like public speaking, so had made some notes. Brought a piece of paper out if his jacket and read "cucumber, tomatoes, tin of soup, oops, wrong paper". It got a laugh.