Getting married is a once in a lifetime experience – well at least for the fortunate few. Giving bride speeches has to be one of the most stressful experiences. I know it was for me. Standing in front of all my family and friends, wanting to add humor without sounding silly and wanting to sound confident and convincing when my little white stockinged feet were shaking in my little white shoes.  Not an easy task.

Before I got married, I wanted our wedding vows to be personal and heartfelt, but I also wanted us both to have the opportunity to address our love for each other at the reception. It was my dream to be able to speak at my wedding, but when it came to writing my wedding speech, I had no idea where to start.

Spiking Your Speech With Humor!

I wanted to add some unique humor into my speech, but didn’t really know where to put it or how personal a blushing bride should be.  Getting a clear idea of how to set out a speech to include everything without leaving anything in the wings was very helpful.

A funny bride speech is all about getting timing right.  When you’re not a natural it helps to keep the speech feeling natural.  Sometimes it helps to slow things down when your nervous, which gives you time to breath between sentences.

Remembering Not To Forget Anyone.

When under the spotlight, it is often difficult to remember everything you need to remember.  Having your bridal speeches prewritten and getting in a rhythm will help to keep your mind focused on what you need to say and when.  It also helps to keep the champagne to a minimum until the wedding toasts have been delivered.  My bridesmaid also used got help with her bridesmaid speech and she did a great job too.

I think the most useful thing was to have example bride speeches to choose from.  My dad had such a great selection of father of the bride speeches to chose from that he landed up with the best wedding toast of all.  Having a funny wedding speech full of wedding speech jokes is one way to get a response, but a heartfelt toast to the bride and groom is always well received.

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