Since when do they let women talk at solemn occasions?
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 06/08/2010 11:25:00 AM
I'm struggling... Not that I don't have anything to say about my best friend, cause I do. I can rave about what a wonderful person she is. But I can't think about anything funny to say that suits a wedding.
At absolutely none of my three brothers' weddings did any females from the wedding party give a speech. And we are talking really liberated wives, here. One of them went to college and has a job and everything. Another is a left-wing liberal-type. All three weddings were thrown by their families. Yet none of them had chicks giving speeches. One of those weddings had ME giving a speech, for crying out loud. I was later given to understand that the bride was sick to her stomach anticipating that one. Oh, also my cousin's wedding had no women giving speeches, but they are kind of rigorist, religion-wise. Does anyone have any great ideas what to do? I can't write a song, cause she hates these home made songs. I've considered a slideshow, but then she wanted to do that for her husband, so I can't do that too...
Gah!! I am the worst bridesmaid in the world, my speech will be dead boring, and I'll probably cry cause I'm so hormonal, and I can't fit into any dress, cause I look like a whale already!!!
I wrote my speech on the limo ride from the hotel to the church. Keep it short and don't try to be funny or amusing. It's the couple's (by which I mean the bride's) moment of glory, not yours, so don't give some long story about a mutual experience or anything that uses the word "I" a lot. Say something nice and sincere and let people eat. No one LIKES those speeches anyway, and most of them in my experience degenerate into attempts to make the speaker seem cool or popular by making fun of the newlywed whose side he is on. Even if no one is impressed or thinks to herself "That was a lame speech" it's hardly going to be a moment of infamy or embarassment. On the other hand, trying to reach for too much in the humor or sentiment or eloquence departments and falling short....Gah!! I am the worst bridesmaid in the world, my speech will be dead boring, and I'll probably cry cause I'm so hormonal, and I can't fit into any dress, cause I look like a whale already!!!
Booohooo!
Suck it up. There's no crying at weddings. Except by losers, at any rate.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Bridesmaid speech...
05/08/2010 07:49:40 PM
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You don't have to be funny.
05/08/2010 07:51:38 PM
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Haha...whale in a dress....HAHAHAHA! *NM*
05/08/2010 07:55:20 PM
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I don't know about bridesmaid speeches, but best man speeches are of three kinds:
05/08/2010 10:11:10 PM
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Re: Bridesmaid speech...
06/08/2010 06:19:54 AM
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I think my brother's wife felt the same thing about me. That's why husbands are in charge, though *NM*
06/08/2010 11:26:53 AM
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Since when do they let women talk at solemn occasions?
06/08/2010 11:25:00 AM
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