Speeches at the rehearsal dinner and reception?

Not sure what the norm is...but.....we arent asking our moh or bm to do speeches at our rehearsal dinner as we chose to only do rehearsal dinner with our moms and bridal party --- so FH and myself will just say a small speech that evening to thank our party and parents - give out our gifts and thats it.....our moms and bm and moh can speak at the wedding.....they are happy with that!

Only BM and MOH are giving speeches at the wedding, not parents. Rehearsal dinner I'm not expecting anyone to give one, but I wouldn't be surprised if BM gave a quick toast.

Hmm im also wanting to know. My fmil said my mom had to speak. -.-

You can have zero speeches or 20 speeches (though I don't suggest that). Bottom line is that it's up to you.

FMIL and FFIL might give a brief toast at the RD since they're hosting it. At the reception, my dad will give a toast and Nick and I will say something thanking our parents and our guests.

The less speeches the better, honestly.

Usually speeches are kept for the reception. You could have someone speak at the rehearsal if you wanted. We're not asking our bridal party to give speeches at the reception. Instead both our fathers are giving a speech and that's it.

I'm not doing the norm of having the BM and MOH to give speeches since I have two sisters who will be my MOH and one of them hates public speaking; I wouldn't do that to her. Instead, I'm having a newly wed couple who we are very good friends to give the speech at the reception only

At the reception we are having:

toast to bride - MOH

toast to groom - BM

welcome to family groom - my sister/bridesmaid & my parents

welcome to family bride - future in laws (including FHs 2 brothers)

for the last two, one person will speak, the others will just also be up there for a quick word.

As for rehearsal dinner, I said if anyone had anything sappy/sentimental to say, THAT is when they can do it. No sappy speeches on my wedding day because I cry easy and I would rather look ugly at rehearsal dinner haha

I did a speech at my rehearsal dinner, and both my dad and my father in law did speeches at the wedding dinner. My recommendation is to keep them really short and sincere.

I have been to way too many weddings with WAY too many speeches. They can be really boring and/or embarrassing. We have 3 people giving speeches. BM doesn't have much to say, I expect his will last no longer than a minute. MOH is giving a speech, she gets five minutes. FH's cousin is also giving a speech, he also gets five minutes. I will take 2 minutes to thank everyone and FH doesn't get to speak at all. That's it. No one is speaking at the rehearsal. We're giving our BP their gifts at the church. I'm seriously considering bringing a hook if anyone goes over their time.