Speech by Andrew Dennis

Speech Type: Groom
Speech Creator: Andrew Dennis
Speech Date: aug 2002
MY WEDDING SPEECH – 10TH AUGUST 2002.
I DID HAVE A GREAT SPEECH WORKED OUT FOR YOU TODAY, BUT AS I AM NOW MARRIED, MY WIFE HAS TOLD ME WHAT TO SAY INSTEAD AND I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MY THROAT – KIM HAS THREATENED TO CUT IT IF I GO ON TOO LONG!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UNTIL TODAY, THE 10TH AUGUST HAS NOT BEEN A VERY HISTORIC DAY; I WAS HOPING TO GIVE YOU ALL A SHORT LIST OF FASCINATING EVENTS THAT HAD HAPPENED "ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY", BUT NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED: A QUICK LOOK ON ‘HISTORY.ABOUT.COM’ TOLD ME THAT ON THIS DAY IN 1582, RUSSIA ENDED ITS 25 YEAR WAR WITH POLAND, IN 1846, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE WAS ESTABLISHED IN WASHINGTON, IN 1911 THE HOUSE OF LORDS GAVE UP ITS POWER OF VETO, MAKING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THE MORE POWERFUL HOUSE AND ON THIS DAY IN THE YEAR 2002, YOU ATTENDED THIS WEDDING RECEPTION AND HEARD THE FINEST WEDDING SPEECH OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFETIME, AND MY BEST MAN, STEVE WILL BE MAKING IT!
ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND I, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE IN OUR SPECIAL DAY, AND ALSO TO SAY IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AS WE KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL TO BE HERE. THERE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF BOTH SIDES OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT OUR THOUGHTS AND LOVE GO OUT TO ALL WHO COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY FOR OUR WEDDING.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LOVELY CARDS AND GIFTS WE HAVE RECEIVED AND HOPE YOU ARE ALL ENJOYING THE DAY AS MUCH AS WE ARE.
WE MUST ALSO THANK OUR PARENTS AND THIS INCLUDES YOU, CHRIS, AS WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, FOR THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE YOU HAVE GIVEN US, FOR PUTTING UP WITH US AND POINTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PRESENT OUR MOTHERS WITH A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.(PRESENT FLOWERS)
ON A PERSONAL NOTE I MUST ALSO THANK MY SISTER LORRAINE FOR ORGANISING THE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY MOTHER NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH THANKFULLY FOR ME MADE MY PATH THROUGH LIFE ONCE MORE CROSS KIM'S AND AS YOU NOW KNOW, WE DECIDED TO WALK A NEW PATH TOGETHER.
THE ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM TO WHICH I OWE THE MOST THANKS IS KIM; MY WIFE. I AM SURE YOU WILL ALL AGREE HOW STUNNING MY BRIDE LOOKS TODAY, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT AFTER ALL SHE HAS HAD TO PUT UP WITH SINCE WE STARTED DATING SHE STILL AGREED TO SAY YES!
I CAN HONESTLY SAY I WAS OVERWHELMED WHEN I SAW KIM FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE HERE TODAY TO KNOW HOW HAPPY I FEEL THAT KIM AGREED TO BE MY WIFE, AFTER CHASING HER FROM THE AGE OF 16, AND BEING TURNED DOWN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I AM PLEASED TO SAY SHE FINALLY SAW THE LIGHT…EITHER THAT OR I PESTERED HER THAT MUCH SHE GAVE IN TO MY ADVANCES!
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT, HARD-WORKING AND DILIGENT – THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT GO ON AS I CANNOT READ HER HANDWRITING!! BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH, TO MY WIFE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MARRYING ME, MAKING ME VERY HAPPY AND FOR LOVING ME, NOT MORE, NOT LESS, BUT AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU.
KIM AND I HAVE MENTIONED IN THE PAST THAT THIS DAY HAS BEEN ARRANGED MORE OR LESS TOTALLY BY OURSELVES, HOWEVER IF I WAS TO STAND BY THIS CLAIM IT WOULD BE DISHONEST OF ME; BECAUSE OTHER THAN TURNING UP AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR MEETINGS AND PAYING THE ODD BILL HERE AND THERE KIM HAS ARRANGED THIS WEDDING VIRTUALLY SINGLE HANDED. SO I HOPE EVERYONE HERE WILL JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER, AND THE HARD WORK SHE HAS PUT IN TO MAKE THIS DAY A SUCCESS. (PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE)
KIM HAS ASKED ME TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SUE AND CLAIRE FOR BEING THE BEST FRIENDS SHE COULD ASK FOR, KIM WOULD LIKE ME TO PASS ON HER THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR BEING THERE IN TIMES OF NEED. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU BOTH A TOKEN OF OUR THANKS, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE BOTH STEP FORWARD.(PRESENT FLOWERS)
THANK YOU ALSO TO SYLVIA FOR HELPNG KIM TODAY AND ALSO TO HER SISTER KAREN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO ARRANGING HER HEN NIGHT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PASS ON BOTH KIM'S AND MY LOVE AND THANKS TO OUR CHILDREN, DANIEL AND ALEXANDRA WHO HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT TO BOTH OF US THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD.
A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO OUR BRIDESMAID: ALEXANDRA, WHO LOOKS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING TODAY. MUMMY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HOW LOVELY YOU LOOK AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB TODAY. – LETS RAISE A GLASS TO THE BRIDESMAID, ALEXANDRA!
WELL I COULD STAND HERE AND GIVE YOU A LOAD OF STALE OLD JOKES, BUT INSTEAD I THINK I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE BEST MAN, WHO I'M SURE WILL DO HIS BEST, AND PROBABLY SUCCEED IN EMBARRASSING ME WITH TALES, OR SHOULD I SAY FABRICATED STORIES, AS NONE OF IT WILL BE TRUE, FROM DAYS OF OLD, DATING FROM THE PRESENT BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST MET IN MUNSTER IN 1990. BEFORE I DO, HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT STEVE WITH A GIFT FOR BEING MY BEST MAN AND GOOD FRIEND ……………………WITHOUT FURTHER ADU, I GIVE YOU STEVEN – THE BEST MAN.