Speech by Neil Davis

Speech Type: Groom
Speech Creator: Neil Davis
Speech Date: Mar 2002
I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MY THROAT – ZOE HAS THREATENED TO CUT IT IF I GO ON TOO LONG!

ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND I, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE IN OUR SPECIAL DAY, AND TO SAY IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AS WE KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD A LONG JOURNEY.

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. ALSO, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO RACHEL AND SUE WHO HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN MAKING THE CAKE. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE MY WIFE – ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

WE MUST ALSO THANK OUR PARENTS AND STEP PARENTS, AS WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, FOR THE ADVICE YOU HAVE GIVEN US, FOR PUTTING UP WITH US AND POINTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I AM HAPPY THAT ZOE WAS ABLE TO MEET MY DAD BEFORE HE DIED, AND I KNOW THAT HE LIKE HER AND THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY FOR US TODAY. I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALL AS PROUD AND CONTENT AS I'M SURE MY DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN NOW THAT ZOE AND I ARE MARRIED.

WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO PRESENT OUR MOTHERS WITH A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.

THE ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM TO WHICH I OWE THE MOST THANKS IS ZOE, MY WIFE. I AM SURE YOU WILL ALL AGREE HOW STUNNING MY BRIDE LOOKS TODAY.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY I WAS OVERWHELMED WHEN ZOE WALKED THROUGH THOSE DOORS TODAY, AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE HERE TODAY TO KNOW HOW HAPPY I FEEL THAT ZOE AGREED TO BE MY WIFE.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, INTELLIGENT, HARD-WORKING – THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT UNFORTUNATELY 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 AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU. I HOPE EVERYONE HERE WILL JOIN ME IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR HER, AS SHE HAS ARRANGED THIS WEDDING VIRTUALLY SINGLE HANDED.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE WEDDING PARTY WITH GIFTS FOR ALL THEIR HELP TODAY.

AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN A TOAST TO OUR BRIDESMAIDS.

FINALLY – IT JUST LEAVES ME TO PASS YOU ON TO MARTIN – THE BEST MAN.