These days, more and more brides are also giving a speech at the wedding. The customary best man and father of the bride speeches are delivered but with the addition of the bride also having her say.

If you are going to be speaking at your wedding but are not sure what to say and are feeling rather nervous, following are some tips and ideas to help you on your way.

Firstly, remember to have a tissue handy, you might become very emotional so this will be a necessary item to have to hand.

If you are planning on giving a full speech rather than just a few words, you would be well advised to allow plenty of time to prepare. Give yourself a good few weeks before the day because the week leading up to your wedding will be fraught with nerves and last minute planning so you don’t want to have to worry about drafting and learning a speech too!

In your speech, you may want to begin by thanking everyone for their attendance and especially those who have travelled a considerable distance. Including a thank you to your parents for their help and support for the wedding and just in general. They will be very emotional and will greatly appreciate this from their daughter whom they love very much.

Mention happy memories of when you first met the groom and how you got together. Perhaps there is a particularly funny moment in your courtship that you may wish to include to provide some humour.

Some brides like to have some kind of story about the best man. No doubt he will have mentioned a story or two about the bride and groom so a good story about the best man for a light hearted reply is great for added amusement.

The brides wedding speech is a great time for her to thank the groom for being her best friend, how much she appreciates him and how she is thrilled that they are finally married.

You can make the speech as formal or informal as you wish, there are no rules to abide by. Maybe you do just want to say a few words but having a rehearsed speech will help you for when the nerves kick in and if you become emotional.

At the end, you may wish to include a wedding toast for the bridal party as a thank you for their indispensable support throughout the planning of the wedding.

Because you will be so ecstatic on your wonderful day, no doubt you will be gushing with joy during your wedding speech and this will delight your guests even more. Talking about the people you love most in your speech makes for a great topic so with a little prior planning and memorizing, you will deliver a heart rending speech loved by all.

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Your best mate is getting married and he has asked you to be the best man at his wedding. What an honor but wait a minute, shock, horror, the speech!

Being asked to be the best man is indeed an honor and something that is not to be taken lightly, but the best man wedding speech doesn’t have to be something to keep you awake at night. True it is probably one of the most important jobs for the best man but with sufficient preparation, you can quite easily prepare a speech that will do both the bride and groom justice and hopefully bring some amusement to the crowd.

Firstly, you will need to give yourself plenty of time to craft your speech, a few weeks before the wedding at least. You may be tempted only to jot a few lines down thinking you can deliver the rest naturally, but you may regret this. When everyone is listening tentatively to what you have to say, you will wish you had formed a coherent speech in it’s entirety for the day.

Before launching into your best man wedding speech, introduce yourself and how you came to be the friend of the groom. You may want to give a brief overview of what your friend was like before he met his wonderful bride and remember to thank the parents of the bride for inviting all of the guests.

Try to refrain from including any dirty jokes and keep it scandal free. It may seem innocent enough but not everyone will necessarily “get it” and there will more than likely be children attending the wedding. Under no circumstances mention any ex’s in any context. This is a big mistake that some best men think will be alright on the night only to be faced with a tumbleweed atmosphere and an angry bride.

Include the bride in the speech also, you are toasting both and effectively thanking them for having you as their best man. You may want to include how they first met and how the relationship became strong.

If you are married yourself, perhaps you could give a few funny anecdotes regarding marriage, however, make sure they are positive ones. If you have had a negative experience with marriage, it is probably best to leave this one out.

It may be rather tempting to give yourself a little Dutch courage and have a few drinks prior to the speech. However, watch out for this one. What may seem harmless and acceptable additions to your speech when you have had a few, in reality, may be grossly inappropriate. Know your limit and what will be the difference between feeling more relaxed and loose tongued.

Your speech will be most appreciated by the bride and groom no matter how nervous and emotional you are. Just talk from the heart and with good preparation you will deliver the best man wedding speech that will do the loving couple proud.

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Your precious little girl is getting married and you are the proudest father alive, not too mention a little sad too. Your daughter has grown up and no longer relies on you for everything. At the wedding you will no doubt want to give a father of the bride wedding speech that will blow them away and portray you best wishes to your daughter and your new son in law.

This will most probably be a very emotional speech for you. Because of this, you will want to write your speech well in advance of the wedding so you can rehearse and mentally prepare for the delivery.

It is easy to think that you will be fine on the day and won’t need to do much preparation. You may think that it would be best if the speech was more natural and that you could just say what was on your mind at the time. However, you may deeply regret not taking the time to craft your wedding speech so you can have clarity while you think about what you want to say.

Getting caught up in the moment and being overcome with emotion could prevent you from saying everything you dearly want to include in your speech and reduce you to stuttering and stammering. Rehearsing well in advance will give you confidence to convey your feelings and you can still ad lib on the day.

Perhaps your speech would benefit from a few funny and affectionate stories about your daughter (without causing her too much embarrassment). Run over your lines with the mother of the bride to help make sure it is spot on.

The father of the bride wedding speech traditionally includes the groom also and possibly a little about how you are proud to have him as a member of the family. The mother of the bride is also usually mentioned in the speech and how you are both very proud of your daughter and her achievements throughout her life.

Don’t worry, if your speech is a little emotional, it is a very emotional day and everyone loves a good cry in happiness. Talk from the heart and no matter if you have rehearsed your lines a million times it will still be heart felt and genuine.

Once you feel confident that you have memorized your speech and are happy with the content. Try saying the lines out loud but adding a few additional anecdotes that will appear like you have just picked them out of the air at the time if you really want to impress.

If you are not used to speaking in public and are a bit nervous about addressing a room full of people, before delivering your speech take a few deep breaths and you can turn towards the bride and groom. Sometimes it is easier to pretend that you are only talking to one person therefore reducing the stress.

Your speech doesn’t have to be hilariously funny, you can leave that to the best man unless you are a joker at heart. The father of the bride wedding speech is one which everyone looks forward to but has no expectation and because you love her, this will naturally translate into a wonderful speech with not a dry eye in sight.

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