Wedding Speech Jokes and Anecdotes – How Far is Too Far?
When writing a wedding speech, it is a great idea to personalize your speech with a joke or anecdote about the bride and groom. Personalizing your speech makes it memorable and special. However, if you cross the line of appropriateness with jokes and anecdotes, your speech can quickly go from great to ghastly. Follow these tips to personalize your wedding speech with appropriate jokes and anecdotes. Relate it to the Bride and Groom Make sure your joke or anecdote has a purpose. Do not tell a story about a great time you had with the groom in your best man speech, unless it has something to do with how he met his new wife or how you became close friends. Remember that your speech is meant to honor and toast the bride and groom. Appropriate stories about how the groom has grown to love the bride, how your relationship has grown with the groom/bride over the years, or how the groom/bride now seem complete are great topics for your wedding speech. Maintain a Level of Appropriateness Rememb
