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One can plan almost every aspect of one’s wedding day, except when it comes to speech time!
Sometime during the reception, I overheard our BM Ernie asking our MOH Tina whether she preferred to give her speech first or second. Oh man, you should have seen the look of horror/anxiety on her face. She was nervous enough, worrying about not messing up her speech, but now she was faced with the decision of going first or second.
She said, “Maybe I should go first to get it over with, but then maybe I should go second so I won’t be so nervous, but then maybe I should go first in case the first speech is a hard act to follow…” I just giggled and tuned it out at some point since I didn’t see her reaching a decision anytime soon. Poor girl, I was in my own little world, dealing with my many wedding day worries that I forgot that other people had their own worries about the wedding. Somehow, she mustered up the courage to go first.
I had a feeling she was going to start off with the story of how we met, and she did. She described our first day at college and how we happened to part of the same “customs group” and how our dorm rooms were literally three rooms apart from one another. We both knew we were both from New York City and that we attended rival high schools. (For those of you from the city, I attended Stuyvesant High School and she attended The Bronx High School of Science.) Off the bat, we both thought, “I’m not gonna like this girl.” And then she started to get into the mushy stuff about how our friendship blossomed from that first day, which of course brought on the waterworks.
She could barely finish her speech because she was so choked up, but she made it through.
Behind the champagne glasses, you can see my ugly cry face.
Then came time for the best man’s speech. You could summarize that one as a couple’s roast, or better yet, a roast of Mr. Lovebird. See, both of us have known our best man since our high school days and Ernest was even there the night Mr. Lovebird first asked me out. Although at the time, he didn’t know Mr. Lovebird and I had actually started dating and to him, it was just a bunch of high school friends hanging out together at NYU (where Mr. Lovebird and Ernest both attended). Heck, I even forgot he was there that night! Ah, the memories…
He went on to tell all our guests about the antics that went on that night and the unfortunate nickname Mr. Lovebird was dubbed ten years earlier (which I will not dare to reveal).
But the speeches weren’t over yet!
First, we had planned for Mr. Lovebird’s uncle speak on behalf of his family.
Then, we planned to have my brother speak on behalf of my family.
We thought speech time was over…
…until my maternal grandfather asked for the microphone and gave a speech. He was a politician back in his day, and even though I couldn’t really understand everything he was saying to us, I was happy he got his moment in the spotlight.
And then another unexpected speech, from my boss! She also happened to be the mother of my lovely flower girl and ring bearer. This one also made me cry again as she talked about how I’ve “blessed her life and that of her family’s.” What can I say, I couldn’t have asked for a better boss!
After the last speech came the clinking of glasses and we sealed the end of speeches with a kiss!
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Have you given any thought as to who is going to give the first speech, or are you going to have them duke it out? What’s the best speech you’ve witnessed at a wedding?
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*unless otherwise noted, please credit all photos to Del Sol Photography
We probably won’t have too many speeches. I guess that is because my FI and I have never witnessed any good ones (maybe that is why we aren’t too sentimental about them!) However, his brother (best man) will make a toast, and my friend (maid of honor) will make a toast. That will probably be it.
Such a sweet post - and your MOH is such a trooper for conquering her nerves and giving such a fantastic speech!
I loved the speeches at our wedding, one of my fave parts! Everyone looks so very joyful in all your photos, you two are clearly loved!
Apparently our MOH and Best Man have been facebook messaging back & forth and are planning a dual speech.. my MOH is very outgoing & funny & has a very infectious personality that you can’t help but love when you meet her, and the best man texts me all the time saying something reminded him of weddings & how stoked he is for ours.. it’s cute 
Will be interesting to see how this speech pans out!
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Mrs. Lovebird, New York/Cancun Age and Occupation: 25, Attorney Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Medical Student Engagement Date: September 22, 2006 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Venue: Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa About Me: Born and raised New Yorker planning a destination wedding in Cancun, Mexico. Got proposed to in Cancun, so it’s only fitting we are going back to get married. I love trivia, board games, bargain shopping, asian dramas and eating yummy food!
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