Sample Maid of Honors Speeches

Your Ultimate Reference to Sample Maid of Honor Speeches!

Speeches have always struck a chord of fear in my heart that has caused me to always avoid them…and I mean ALWAYS. When my sister announced she was getting married, all of us were excited, but when she turned to me and said she wanted me to be her maid of honor, I couldn’t help but get all choked up and teary. My sister and I have always been close, and we’d had many talks about our wedding dreams. It wasn’t until later that night that I panicked. I was going to have to give a maid of honor speech.

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Hi my name is Rosie. I know that I am not the only one who has ever been afraid of speeches. I’m, sure you all have heard all the tricks given to speech givers over the years; picture them in their underwear, (picture Aunt Ruth in her underwear? I don’t think so…) picture them naked, look just over the heads of the people you are giving the speech to and so on.

I poured over websites, looking for sample maid of honor speeches, and even found a book of maid of honor speeches, but in reading those examples, I could even tell how empty they were because they were generic. Not until I come across a simple webpage (www.weddingSpeech4U.com) that collect all the best wedding speeches online and have received good testimonials for countless people, I decided to give it a try.

What I learned as I prepared for that speech was that it wasn’t as hard as I was making it, and when I did just a few things to get ready, and then just spoke from the heart, out came the most sincere, natural maid of honor speech ever.

Here are some of the things I did to get my speech ready and things you should remember when creating your own maid of honor speech:

• I wrote it down as I went along and then edited it. There is nothing wrong with writing down a speech that you are going to give. You can choose to memorize it later, or do as some people do and just read it. I would personally opt for memorizing it, since it will flow much better and not seem so rehearsed.

• Keep it simple. Good maid of honor speeches don’t have to be long. Introducing yourself, (as in your relationship to the bride) saying a couple of things about your experience together, definitely include funny bits, but nothing that would humiliate or embarrass the bride or groom, and then give a heartfelt toast and warm wishes to the couple for the future.

That’s really all there is to it. See what I mean about not over complicating it? You’re not addressing Congress, this is just a group of people all gathered together for a common goal; enjoying the wedding of two people who mean a lot to you. (And they must since YOU are the maid of honor!)

My speech went so well, people came up to me afterwards and told me that I looked like a natural up there. They laughed, there were tears in some people’s eyes, and best of all, was the look on my sister’s face as she listened to me speak, and wish her the best possible life full of happiness that I could for her and her new husband. It was an amazing experience.