Writing is definitely not one of my strong points, so writing a speech for my best friends wedding was something I had been putting off for quite some time. The wedding is still a couple of weeks away, but I wanted to be prepared for my speech. Even though I’m used to performing in front of large audiences of people, I really don’t like public speaking.

I want to make sure I give a really nice toast to the bride and groom at the wedding reception, so I put quite a bit of effort into writing my speech. Now it’s nothing as exciting as the funny Youtube video at the end of this post, but I think it is heart felt, shares a few nice stories I have about my best friend and how she met her groom. Bascially it ticks off everything on this post which teaches you how to write a wedding speech at http://the-maid-of-honor.com, and is similar to some of the examples on Hitched.co.uk.

I’m a little nervous about giving my speech, but I’m sure once the time comes everyone will have had a few drinks (me included!) and it won’t seem so bad. I think a couple of the bridesmaids want to give a short toast as well, so with the amount of speeches we’ll all be hearing, mine will just blend in. As long as it’s not remembered by all the guests for all the wrong reasons I’ll be happy.

Just a quick tip - one thing I learned when researching how to write my toast, was don’t talk about yourself too much. It’s so easy to say ‘I this’ and ‘I that’ while getting into it, particularly when introducing yourself but the point of it is to wish the bride and groom well and talk about them. When I was looking at examples on Youtube, I saw this done so many times and seeing as it had been pointed out to me, it really stood out that alot of the bridal party do go on about themselves for too long and it really takes the attention away from the newly wed couple.

Now here’s the funny video I promised earlier: