Speaking of speeches...

lipglossjunky73 Posted: May 10, 2006 10:50 AM

Speaking of speeches...

Who is doing or who did speeches at your wedding?

Best man - I know ours will be...

i asked my dad if he wanted to, and I think one of my BMs may want to but not sure (so maybe not..)

I wanted to do something for my friends (see below)

If one of the speeches was maybe done while people were eating or mellowing out, would that be ok? I wouldnt want to take away from the dancing and other things...

Let me know...

evnme Posted: May 10, 2006 10:51 AM

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my dad, the best man and my man of honor

i think it's fine to have a speech while people are eating, etc

ewickens Posted: May 10, 2006 11:00 AM

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The Best Man and Matron of Honor - I didn't even ask my Dad!

mrsh2b Posted: May 10, 2006 11:03 AM

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I'm going to start off by saying it's your wedding day, do whatever you want. That being said, too many speeches is NG IMO. I was just at two weddings recently and it was like the never-ending barage of speeches. What happens is people get bored, especially if they've been drinking at CH, and then they just start talking right through the person's speech (they usually make it through the first okay). It's rude but it's reality. I would keep speeches to a minimum.

SeptBride70 Posted: May 10, 2006 11:18 AM

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of course everyone is different and since everyone has their own day-- they can do it however they want.

i have chosen to do just the traditional best man speech and that is it.

i have been to weddings before where i have seen other ways of doing it and i wasn't a fan, JMO.

AlwaysSnow Posted: May 10, 2006 11:20 AM

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we had the best mand and maid of honor

I went to a wedding where they had soo many people giving speeches, it was soo boring.

jeanla4c Posted: May 10, 2006 11:20 AM

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We had maid of honor and Best man only--toasted after first dance.

I had originally asked my dad too but then it kind of fell off the radar and we never planned for it.

I have seen more dad toasts at weddings outside of NY than here but think it's really nice when done!

m&m Posted: May 10, 2006 11:30 AM

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Posted by mrsh2b

I'm going to start off by saying it's your wedding day, do whatever you want. That being said, too many speeches is NG IMO. I was just at two weddings recently and it was like the never-ending barage of speeches. What happens is people get bored, especially if they've been drinking at CH, and then they just start talking right through the person's speech (they usually make it through the first okay). It's rude but it's reality. I would keep speeches to a minimum.

I agree - we had 2 best men and my moh give a speech. Major problem was that the 1st best man babbled for what seemed like forever in a repetitive monologue in which he stated how he was glad that we were finally 'sealing the deal' - not only did people start talking, they started heckling him! The other two were short and to the point (Thank goodness).