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August 17, 2009 by Wedding Gal
Filed under Speeches & Toasts, Wedding Planning
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Wow. What a time in life. If you’ve been selected to give the Maid of Honor Speech at your friend’s wedding, you’re likely trying to get some ideas. Allow me to attempt to provide you with the best of what I know from my years of experience as a professional speaking consultant.
Plan Your Maid of Honor Speech
Planning is important, and you’ve done a great thing by looking for information ahead of time. You’d be surprised how many people ignore the fear they have about public speaking and tell themselves “I’ll figure it out the couple of days before,” “the night before,” or God forbid “in the car on the way there. ” By the way, if you’re not feeling nervous, I’m worried. What I’m trying to convey here is that it’s completely normal to feel anything from a tad jittery to utterly panicked at the idea of giving your maid of honor speech. It’s totally normal. I still get nervous every single time I prepare to speak, whether at a professional engagement, or even a casual dinner. Okay, now that you are assured your nerves are normal, let’s take a look at the maid of honor speech itself.
The technical aspects of the Maid of Honor Speech
First, you might consider starting by telling the audience who you are, and thanking them for coming. Then, think about a story or two. Everyone on the planet loves to hear a story. The first might be something about what you thought of the groom when you first met him. This always seems to be a good topic, because it’s perfectly acceptable for you to just slightly poke fun at him, as if to say “I wasn’t really sure about Jim when he first started dating Laura. He drove this old beat up car and had a slightly strange craving for French fries after midnight.”
Maid of Honor Speeches (Examples)
Hello! Just in case I haven’t had the chance to meet you in person yet, I’m _________. I’m the maid of honor today, and I’m so proud of _______ (the bride). First, I want to say congrats ________(bride & groom). Also, thanks to _______(the bride’s parents, who likely put on the wedding) and everyone who came from near and far to be here with ________(bride and groom) on their very special day.
Keep any jabs you might consider aiming at the groom in your maid of honor speech to a low level. As you will probably be sensing just thinking about your past experience, at a wedding, people place the parts of themselves that might be frustrated about the “darker side” of humanity on hold . They are there to experience feelings of love, joy and happiness. They don’t want to be reminded about the nasty things that can come out in people, like lust, greed, pain, etc . So keep from telling jokes that might hint at these things. A tiny, ever-so-slightly negative comment about the groom is okay, but only once, and if you do, try to make it very light.
When I first ran across ____ (groom), I recall wondering whether everything would work out. I recall him coming to the door (or hearing about him knocking on her door if you weren’t living with the bride) one night at midnight calling for _____(bride). He was wearing this old flannel shirt, and I think asked ____(bride) if she wanted to get some french fries.I had my second thoughts , but as I got to know him better, I began to see he was an easy person to talk to, he has a good sense of humor, and eventually I came to the conclusion he was a perfect match for ______(bride). I want to be the second to welcome _______(groom) to the family. We hope we can show you the same outgoing and open spirit as you have shown us.
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Nice article. This is an excellent standard template for a maid of honor speech. However, I am going to counter that a little “edgy” humor at the expense of the groom is okay for as long as it doesn’t incriminate him (Since the maid of honor usually doesn’t know the darker side of the groom, this is mostly not a problem).