Keep or Cancel: Reception Speeches?

Kept it!
It was nice to hear what our maid of honor and best man had to say

Keep. As a guest, I love the speeches.

Keep! I think they are funny and show the bride and grooms personality that their best friends get to see.

Cancel. I'm hoping we don't have any other than a short welcome and blessing.

Keep.
I love the personal touch of hearing what the people who love us the most have to say.

Keep, we won’t be opening it at the end to if anyone has anything they would like to say though. I saw This done at another wedding and it made me cringe.

Undecided. We’ll see if your MOH and BM want to say anything. It would be inappropriate for my dad to give a toast, but my FH’s “adoptive” parents might want to say something since we’re close with them.

Cancel. They are too unpredictable, and some can go on forever!!! Everyone knows that my MOH is my sister and BF and we have stories, not everyone needs to hear them

Keep!! I feel like this is such a nice and sentimental part of the wedding, and can add some humor as well. Also gives the guests a little more insight on the bride/groom

Cancel! We aren't going to ask anyone to speak so that everyone can just enjoy the night.

Not sure about this one. I like the idea, but not sure if MOH or BM would want to do one. I know my dad probably won't want to.

Not sure yet! We are going to ask our BM and MOH if they'd like to, but we won't make them if they don't. Fh's father passed away and mine isn't in the picture so we won't have that.

Keep. I love to hear what the BM and MOH have to say about the bride and groom.

Keep. We havent formally asked them yet tho....but we probably should since we are about 25 days out lol

I would love to cancel this one due to language barriers but am undecided.

I'd love to cancel this. But I dont think it will happen.

Cancel. We have no bridal party and haven’t asked anyone to speak. With that said, someone might give an impromptu speech anyway. Either way its okay by us.

I'm sure we'll be keeping them, but I definitely want them short and sweet. I was at a wedding this past weekend where speeches (and there were only 3!) took 30 minutes. It was way too much and caused dinner to last almost 2 hours. As a guest who only knew the bride, it was hard to stay attentive while the FOB went on and on about memories with other guests in attendance.

Keep it. I'm sure his best man will want to say something. I don't know about anyone else, but i'm game to hear it

Keep, this is actually the only "tradition" on this list we are keeping.