Speeches! Reception? Rehearsal? Or No?

We did some at our rehearsal dinner! I was kind of annoyed because no one in FH’s family said anything except the parents (he has 2 brothers, a sister and then 2 more groomsmen. Not a peep). It was just lopsided cause my sister, parents and all my bridesmaids talked a lot about me. But I can’t force anyone to give a toast.

Any speeches will be at the rehearsal dinner. Our DJ is under strict orders not to give the mic to anyone that isn't the coordinator, FH, or I on the day of the wedding! I'd ax speeches altogether but some family would be ticked, so I told them anything they want to say has to be said at the rehearsal dinner.

Though, the rehearsal dinner isn't really a "rehearsal" anything- FH's mom is calling it that because it's easier to say, but we're not doing a rehearsal so the dinner is just parents and grandparents. So the bridesmaids and groomsmen won't get a chance to speak (we don't have a best man or amid of honor).

We did our speech thanking everyone parents and bridal party at the rehearsal & our bridal party did theirs at the wedding.

We will have an open mic for speeches at the rehearsal dinner, at the wedding my dad, the BM and my MOH will all five a toast then my FH and I will do a thank you. No one else will get near a mic that night

We will have some at our rehearsal dinner. MY Future step daughter wants to speak at the reception but, she gets anxious so I will allow her to make the decision that day. No one else at the reception will be given the mic under any circumstances.

I imagine we'll have some sort of welcome toast at our "rehearsal party" (it's really a welcome/New Year's Eve party). Day of wedding will have welcome toast/grace (my Dad), and best man speech....that's it.

The best man will be giving a speech at the reception, and that's it. My FFIL might say something at the rehearsal, but I'm not sure.

My dad, FFIL, MOH and best man will give shirt speeches at the reception (during dinner so people aren't just sitting there). Then me and FH will thank everyone at the rehursal and wedding.

There will be NO toasts 🥂 at my wedding 👰🏽

We had speeches at both the rehearsal dinner and our wedding.

Rehearsal dinner: my MIL, who hosted the dinner, spoke very briefly. She was the only one who planned to speak. My good friend (and one of my BM's) also spoke and then a couple others did too (my brain is foggy, but I think my husband's cousin and maybe one of his groomsmen).

Wedding: My Dad and sister (MOH) and then my husband's BM spoke. These speeches were all planned. I also spoke briefly, on behalf of myself and my husband.

I know we will be doing MOH and best man speeches at the reception. We will also do our thank you speech for everyone coming!

I'm thinking our parents can give speeches at the rehearsal because I KNOW my dad is going to make me cry and I don't want to mess up my wedding day make up lol. I can at least count on our MOH and best man to make it humorous haha. We may do a small speech ourselves thanking our family and BP for being involved and helping out and supporting us as much as they did!

I assume that my FILs will speak extensively at our rehearsal dinner that they are hosting. And I would like FH and I to give a short thank you speech there as well, so we can acknowledge everyone who has gone above and beyond for us during our planning.
At the reception, my parents (mainly my mom, dad does NOT speak 😂) have been given the ok to give a short speech because they helped fund our wedding. MOH and BM will also give speeches. I’m excited for the MOH speech, my sister, but I’m dreading the BM speech because he is a walking disaster and it’s going to be awful. FH almost booted him out of the bridal party already because they’re barely even friends anymore (which is why they tell people to wait to pick their BP, not ask people 3 years in advance!!), so this should be great. I’m letting my sister go first so I can walk out during the BM speech if necessary lol.

The BM and MOH will be giving speeches, my father as well. I am thinking these will be done during dinner. They should be short and sweet.

The most recent wedding i was in had toasts at the rehearsal and the reception.

at the reception there was a set list of toasts. father of the bride, parents of the groom, best man, maid of honor, and the couple thanking everyone.

at the rehearsal it was more of an open floor for toasts/speeches for the other close friends and family who wouldn't get the chance to speak at the reception

My best friend and maid of honor wants to make a toast so I said Ok. It’s not really a big deal to me either way but we surely won’t be passing the mic around lol

We opted out of speeches.

We have a champagne toast as part of our venue package, so the BM and MOH both said they'd like to say a toast. As long as it's short, sweet, and not too embarrassing (HAHA) we're excited about it