To toast the bride and groom is an incredible honor you should take pride in being a part of, but with every wedding reception there is at least one faux pas in the speeches. This reminds me of watching the funny scenes in Wedding Crashers smh those dudes are a riot!
Maid of honor speech at wedding celebrations – Your best friend picked you as her maid of honor and now you have to come up with a maid of honor speech at wedding celebrations too. OK the thought of giving a speech may take a moment of getting used to, but don’t forget that it offers you a great way to express your care for your friend and honor her in front of a whole audience. You have a unique opportunity to paint a verbal portrait of your friend and make her shine in front of everybody; a chance to strengthen the ties of your friendship.
Here are some reminders of what to do and what not to do from a Bride to Be:
Don't procrastinate
Allow yourself plenty of time in advance to think of what to say and then to write it down, tweak it, revise, etc. There's enough stress in the process of being a Maid of Honor or Mother/Father of the bride aside from last minute speech writing, so don't downplay your priorities. After all, this occasion is in celebration of your close friends and it's important to honor them properly. You can't do that by making a rush job out of your most significant duty.
Time yourself
Worst nightmare = 'the speech that never ends'. Anyone who tells you that wedding speeches don't need to have a time limit is misinformed. No speech should be longer than five minutes, and ideally it should be shorter than that. Your job is not to recount every single memory of the bride and groom's life, but rather to recap your experiences with them and toast to their marriage. Stand up in front of the mirror or a willing subject lol and practice to make it seamlessly perfect.
Be appropriate
As much as you'd love to tell tales of drunken college nights and foolish pranks in high school, try to tone it down a bit and even omit some of the R rated material - funny or not. Remember that you will be addressing a wide variety of people at the reception ranging from grandparents to children. It's not necessary to get a laugh out of the crowd at the expense of the happy couple's reputation nor do you want to risk ruining your friendship for disclosing that time she had a threesome with those guys at band camp.
Last but not least bring a hanky because if you are emotional like me you are going to need it. ;0) Happy writing minicheese lol You are expected to be funny, eloquent, warm and personal – and do it in less than about 5 minutes ;0)
