We've been married for a month today! Yay! I was planner and day-of coordinator (didn't realize the church and venue coordinators were different - they were almost absent throughout), so when it came time to speeches, my husband and I both blanked. We were so overwhelmed and just thanked everyone for coming.
Going in to it, husband and I only wanted our maid of honor and best man to give speeches. Our dads don't do speeches and our moms would've had to talk but they're both so dramatic. My mom already wasn't listening to what I had requested from her and she was too busy accommodating her own group rather than enjoy and just be "mother of the bride". We did surprise them with a "mom interview" - instead of a slideshow, we just had them answer questions and tell them it was a request from the videographer to put in our movie.
Because we were so overwhelmed, we forgot an important thing - we forgot to PUBLICLY thank my parents. They paid for the majority of it. My mom is so extra - a simple "thank you" won't do with her. My husband even wrote a facebook post that tagged them and wrote this beautiful paragraph and I don't think it was still enough. I told my mom months in advanced that I didn't want her speaking. She supposedly claims that she would follow my guidelines but I don't think she would've. My IDEA is that for "thank you" cards, instead of the generic "thank you for sharing our special day", that we include our speech for the night - what we were supposed to say and what we had written. My parents will be PUBLICLY thanked and acknowledged and people would actually read it (which I think is better bc honestly, I don't think our guests would've paid attention).
THOUGHTS?
