A wedding speech is a 2-5 minute toast given at the wedding reception by a member of the wedding party, family, or the couple themselves. It typically includes a welcome, one specific story about the bride or groom, a welcome to the new spouse, and a toast. The best wedding speeches share three traits: they’re […]

A wedding officiant speech is the spoken ceremony delivered by the officiant — minister, judge, or friend ordained for the day — that legally and meaningfully marries a couple. It includes the welcome, a reflection on marriage, the couple’s story, the vows, the ring exchange, and the pronouncement. If you’re a first-time officiant — and

A sister wedding speech is a 2-5 minute toast given by the bride’s or groom’s sister at the wedding reception. It celebrates the sibling bond, welcomes the new spouse into the family, and ends with a toast. Sisters get to do something nobody else in the wedding can: tease honestly and love unconditionally in the

A mother of the bride speech is a 2-4 minute toast given by the bride’s mother at the wedding reception. It honors your daughter, welcomes her new spouse into the family, and ends with a toast. It’s one of the most personal speeches at any wedding — and one many mothers second-guess for weeks before

A mother of the groom speech is a 2-4 minute toast given by the groom’s mother at the wedding reception. It honors your son, welcomes the bride into the family, and ends with a toast. It’s one of the most emotional speeches at any wedding — and one of the most underestimated. If you’re staring

A father of the groom speech is a 2-4 minute toast given by the groom’s father at the wedding reception. It honors your son, welcomes the bride into the family, and ends with a toast to the couple. It’s traditionally shorter than the father of the bride speech — and that’s a feature, not a

A father of the bride speech is a 3-5 minute toast given by the bride’s father at the wedding reception. It welcomes guests, shares memories of the bride, honors the couple, welcomes the new son-in-law into the family, and ends with a toast. If you’re staring at a blank page and your daughter’s wedding is