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Speech
My sister is getting married this weekend and I am stressing out about my matron of honor toast at the rehersal dinner. Normally, I wouldn't worry about it but she gave the nicest toast at our wedding. Plus, there will be close to 100 people there (our family and his family are both huge!!!). Everytime I sit down to think about what I want to say I get all nervous!! AAHHHH!!!!! I need help (or maybe some anxiety medicine, J/K)!!
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I totally suck at speeches/toasts, so I don't have much advice...just wanted to say good luck!
You might could search the internet just for ideas, then make it personal. This is what I would do, whether it's "proper" or not. I would need some help to get started.
Also, I don't know if I could toast anyway without crying, I'm such a sap
My friends dad married her and her DH and right before he announced them he said I give you Lauren, with all her 20 minute showers, her big wool blankets when she gets cold. He said some more stuff but I can't remember everything.
I would get up there and say some nice things. She's been a great sister, how you welcome her FI to the family. Then maybe tell FI that you give him your sister and all her funny stuff like I said earlier.
I agree with Jane. Just speak from your heart. My sister was my MOH, and she did wonderfully, despite being nervous. At one point a few weeks before the wedding she asked me what to say (she's a kid =P I didn't hold it against her) and I just told her to think about her relationship with my DH (DH took her on like the little sister he never had, and she's always wanted a big brother... it's very sweet) and all of the things she and I have been through and it doesn't have to be eloquent or perfect or anything... Just make it from the heart.
She ended up talking about DH being her big brother, her and I playing wedding like every day of our existence until we were too old to dress up in mom's slips and bobbypinning towels onto our heads as makeshift veils, and playing MASH to try to figure out who our husbands would be when we grew up... then she ended it with "Don't forget: the <maiden name>'s don't have a return policy- she's all yours now! HAHAAHAHAHAAA" punk =P
I'm sure you'll do fine!