Speech by B Rees

Speech Type: Groom
Speech Creator: B Rees
Speech Date: oct 2003

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN..

FORNICATION… SORRY, FOR AN OCCASION SUCH AS THIS, IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT I START WITH A FEW "THANK YOU'S".
BUT BEFORE I START, I TRUST YOU'VE ALL NOTICED THE CAMERAS ON THE TABLES?
FEEL FREE TO TAKE PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT'LL PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE THEM EARLY ON AS
I'M SURE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FOCUS THEM LATER ON AS THE DRINKS START TO FLOW…..OH AND BASIL NO MOONERS PLEASE MATE.

ON BEHALF OF MY BEAUTIFULL WIFE AND I, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ALONG TODAY,AND SHARING
THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY WITH US. AND A HUGE THANK FOR ALL THE WONDERFULL MESSAGES,CARDS AND GIFTS.

I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY HERE’ ESPECIALLY SHELLEY, TO KNOW HOW LUCKY AND PROUD I AM TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY SPEAKING TO YOU AS HER HUSBAND. SHELLEY, MY WIFE "MRS BUNKER", IS BEAUTIFULL, CARING, INTELLIGENT,CHARMING AND……………….WHAT'S THAT?……I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING SHELL!!

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, I'M OVERWHELMED AT HOW BEAUTIFULL SHE LOOKS AND CAN'T BELIEVE HOW PRIVILEGED I AM THAT SHE HAS BECOME MY WIFE. I'M SO LUCKY,SHE'S AM AMAZING PERSON, A WONDERFULL MOTHER AND A FAST IMPROVING COOK, I'D DO ALMOST ANYTHING FOR HER INFACT I HAD COSMETIC SURGERY LAST SATURDAY WHICH UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T SHOW YOU!!

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR PARENTS.

KEN AND JANE FOR WELCOMING ME INTO SHELLEYS FAMILY. YOUR BEAUTIFULL DAUGHTER IS A CREDIT TO YOU BOTH ,AND I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST FOR HER ,AND TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND TO HER AND A GOOD SON IN LAW TO YOU. INFACT THANKS TO ALL OF SHELLEYS FAMILY, TOBY AND ZANE FOR MAKING ME WELCOME AND MAKING ME AN HONOUREE CLAMPIT!!
ACTUALLY KEN, I DID NOTICE HOW PROUD YOU LOOKED COMING UP THAT AISLE TO GIVE SHELLEY AWAY THIS AFTERNOON, ALTHOUGH AT ONE POINT I'M SURE I SAW YOU RUNNING!!!

THANKS ALSO TO MUM AND DAD FOR THEIR SUPPORT TODAY AND THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, AS THEY KNOW ONLY TO WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE WHEN I'VE NEEDED SOMETHING! – AND I'D LIKE TO REASSURE THEM THAT NOTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TODAY WILL WILL CHANGE ANY OF THAT!!

AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO A VERY SPECIAL LITTLE GUY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO HAS ACCEPTED AND WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS.
FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS HAD HIS MUMS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AND WHEN I CAME ALONG,INSTEAD OF RESENTING IT HE HAS ACCEPTED AND GIVEN SO MUCH, IT IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER, SHELLEY FOR INSTILLING IN HIM, THE REAL VALUES OF LIFE, AND THATS WHAT DRAWS ME TO THEM BOTH.
SO LOUIS, AS A TOKEN OF OUR THANKS, HERE IS A GIFT THAT IS A THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU.

MY WIFE AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK STAN FOR ORGANISING THIS EVENINGS ENTERTAINMENT, I KNOW WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS TONIGHT, AND ALSO A HUGE THANK YOU TO STAN'S BETTER HALF HARRIET, OUR BRIDESMAID WHO LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS TODAY.

AND FINALLY, GOD I SOUND LIKE TREVOR MCDONALD!!

THANKS TO MY BEST MAN, CHRIS.…

THEY SAY BEING A BEST MAN IS LIKE SNOGGING THE QUEEN MOTHER…IT'S AN HONOUR BUT NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT!!
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP MATE AND FOR ORGANISING A GREAT STAG DOWHICH I'M TOLD I ENJOYED ENORMOUSLY!
I SHOULD JUST MENTION AT THIS POINT THAT CHRIS SUFFERS FROM A RARE MEDICAL CONDITION THAT AFFECTS HIS IMAGINATION. HE OFTEN INVENTS THE MOST FANCIFULL STORIES THAT HE SINCERELY BELIEVES TO BE TRUE.
I HOPE YOU BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN HE STANDS UP TO SPEAK IN A FEW MOMENTS.

RIGHT,I COULD STAND HERE ALL NIGHT TELLING STALE JOKES BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE BEST MAN…..LADIES AND GENTLEMAN I GIVE YOU CHRIS
(GO EASY MATE).