Wow so excited! this is the first of our regular Thursday features from I am Staggered. Its all about toasts enjoy!
If I had a pound for every time a groom, best man or father of the bride has told me that he’s scared of doing his wedding speech then I’d have no pounds. That’s because blokes never actually admit fear to one another, in case the other man thinks they’re weak. But if I had a pound for every time I’ve seen that look of fear in a man’s eyes when he’s thinking about his speech then I’d have a lot of pounds. Possibly 900.
It annoys me to think of men potentially ruining the Happiest Day Of Their Lives Too when there are so many ways of getting around the issue of the speeches. First and foremost there’s the solid gold guarantee I’ll give that if you prepare and practice for your wedding speech, it wont be a thing of fear, it will be a thing of beauty.
Another easy option is to move the speeches – its only tradition that has them after the meal and tradition is there for us to trample on. So get them out of the way at the beginning of the meal, or even at the beginning of the day and have them in front of a very limited gathering of people, that way your day is free of fear (I dos aside).
Alternatively, when society is moving towards the pithy rather than the prolix why not make a toast instead? To make a toast you stand up, wish the couple something heartfelt in a few lines, everyone drinks to your toast and you sit down. With more time to spare you can open things up so that everyone makes a toast if they like. The bonus for guests is that their drink.waffle ration is massively improved, no one is scared and everyone’s a winner.
Until next Thursday, happy planning.
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