Advice for Writing Wedding Speeches

Wedding speeches can be stressful for someone to write, especially if you are not use to writing. It can also stressful for people to write speeches because they are writing the speech for someone they care about and they want it to sound good so they’re not embarrassing themselves. 

There are three accepted speeches usual to a wedding reception they are: 

• Bride's father's speech
• Bridegroom's speech
• Best man's speech 

It is not necessary to have additional speeches even though other speeches are acceptable; it is not unusual for instance for the bridegroom's father to give a short speech of thanks to the host and hostess for the wedding, or the bride to have a "best woman" give a speech. 

The toastmaster (or the best man) to present a toast of ‘health and happiness to the bride and bridegroom’ should call upon the bride’s father. Prior to, he would generally welcome the groom’s parents, relatives of both families any other guests, welcome the groom to his family, and say a few words about his daughter.

The bridegroom replies on behalf of himself and his bride, taking a moment to thank his parents for there love and care during his early life, for the start they gave him in life, and for their good wishes for his future and that of his wife. He will also take this opportunity on behalf of his wife and himself to thank all those present for their gifts. 

If any close members of the family could not be present at the wedding because of illness, they should be mention and be wished for a quick recovery. 

The bridegroom will propose the toast of the bridesmaids, and thank them for a job well done; he may also present them with a small gift as a token of their appreciation.