Speeches?

Any other family members? aunts, uncles, parents, best friends?

My step dad will do a short thank you followed by FH and I doing a quick toast. We are having wedding party but forgoing speeches at the wedding, guest tend to find this boring especially when people have inside jokes and such so we will do them the night before at rehearsal dinner.

Girl we’re in the same boat! We’re not having a wedding party either. Just me, my fiancé & our 2 yr old as flower girl. And only about 100 guests. We thought we’d just quickly each say a few words ourselves about how we’re thankful to share the happiest day of our lives with the people who matter most & thank everyone for coming. I was going to ask the planner & the DJ if we should end it at that or open the floor to impromptu speeches. I have a feeling they’ll suggest ending it at that, lol 😝

View Quoted Comment I agree, speeches usually put me to sleep as a guest lol unless they’re really short & sweet (heartfelt) or suuuuper funny, which is rare for both lol

I think only my dad will speak. 90% of the time I cannot hear the person giving the speech. And a lot of times I am uncomfortable listening to what I can hear. We are having a MOH and BM, but no toasts from them.

We aren't doing any speeches. None of our bridal party is really a speech making type so to avoid the awkwardness, we're opting out of speeches/toasts.

We are having my father, his father, Best Man and MOH give speeches at the wedding. We plan on doing it during dinner so that we don't have to take extra party time away from anyone. They have all been instructed to keep it short and sweet. FH will also give a quick thank you to everyone for coming.

At the rehearsal I will be giving a thank you speech as well and we will open it up to anyone else who might want to say anything at that time just so no one feels left out.

I'm in the SAME boat! I'm not having a bridal party at all, either. My son will walk me down the aisle. We're only having about 30 people at our wedding. Everyone at the wedding will literally be at the "rehersal" dinner the night before. Since there's nothing to rehearse I think we'll just thank everyone for being there to share this time with us. I don't want a sob, crying time. I want it to be a celebration.

In our case it ended up being the traditional father, MOH and BM speakers, but we opened it up to "hey, who wants to do a speech." My dad had been writing his since the day we started dating, so it seems lol. Sister (MOH) is a teacher and has no problems with public speaking, and the Best Man is kind of a comedian, so he just got up and said a little something.

If you would like to say a few words, that's always an option! Otherwise, you could just casually mention that you have no speeches planned, and if anyone would like to write one, they are invited. A family member, close friends, doesn't have to be anyone in particular but if someone would like to say something, invite them to. But if you don't have any speeches at all, that's totally cool too - in fact, some may prefer that

Hi Marline Did you and your FS decide who to ask to do speeches at your wedding? Who did you ask?