Bride And Groom Speeches

BRIDE AND GROOM SPEECHES are really just an extended grooms speeches, that give you both the opportunity to thank those involved personally and both relate heartfelt or amusing stories of how you both met.

With more and more married couples performing  a separate bride and groom speech, you should consider the benefits and drawbacks before reaching a decision yourselves.

Traditionally speaking the bride groom usually makes a speech on behalf of himself and his bride by starting his speech “My Wife and I…”.

Naturally this instantly raises a few smiles amongst the wedding guests that have just witnessed the momentous occasion of the wedding ceremony itself and especially amongst those that may have been waiting months or even years for you to tie the knot.

But Is a Bride and Groom Speech For You?

If you are contemplating making a bride and groom wedding speech there are few things that you should consider and of course there are some pros and cons for which you need to decide suit you best as a couple.

First and foremost would be, is your fiancee happy to make her own speech. With all the other wedding plans and arrangements to make does she indeed want the added pressure. Of course if she is a natural born speaker this could indeed take some pressure away from you or it could do quite the opposite.

Although there is really no set structure to a brides speech she would generally speak after you and before the best man. If you are both happy with that, then you would need decide who thanks who.

You may decide that you will thank the men; the best man and page boys etc while your bride will thank the girls; the page girls and bridesmaids etc. This has the obvious benefit of breaking up and shortening your speech and making it less like a big list of thank you’s but will also carry the risk you’ll end up thanking some people twice and others not at all.

Don’t Write Your Speeches Seperately

If you do decide bride and groom speeches are for you, then you will propably need to write them together or at least find some time to compare notes. By all means include and suprise each other with some sincere compliments and loving messages for one another but recounting the same story of how you met when it has already been told, especially if its different to your partners is not the best place to start.