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  • 23-08-2010 10:24pm
    #1
    winston82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I will reading out a couple of cards for those who cannot make the wedding(this Thursday)(I'm the groomsman btw). What's the best way to start this and anyone got and idea of a funny one which they have used before.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    ThePiedPiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭ThePiedPiper


    Winston,

    Having been at a good few weddings, I've always found this to be the most tiresome and boring part of any wedding. Usually, 90% of the people there will not know who the person is and unless it's from a granney who can't make it or a brother who's stuck in Australia, I'd leave it out. At a wedding I was at recently, there was a good 15-20 of them read out and even the people reading them were bored to tears, every card said the exact same thing.

    Just my tuppence.


  • #3
    niceoneted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭niceoneted


    Yeah but we all know he is doing it at the request of the bride or groom,

    What I would say, is rather than read out all the messages that everyone writes in the cards, have a good look through them before hand, select one or two that have something unique written. Then look at all the others and take the generic words like, we wish you all the best, congratulations on your day, we hope you have a wonderful day, sorry we cannot be there etc.
    I would then generically say before reading out the names, the following have sent there best regards for the day, apologies for being unable to make it etc basically all the generic stuff that is in most of them and then go through the cards naming then (rather then repeat all the generic stuff in each) and perhaps if they say where they are from or what relationship they have. (this just saves you repeating yourself).
    You can try make a joke about how they all write the same thing.
    Do a few of the unique ones either side of this.


  • #4
    twoweekstogo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭twoweekstogo


    Hey OP, i was at a wedding last year where the groomsmen read out two cards each, one of each of the groomsmens cards was a joke like:
    To (grooms name), wishing you all the best, we're sorry to see you go love all the girls from stringfellows.
    Obviously it depends on the crowd and the type of people involved, but everyone at this particular wedding thought it was hilarious :D


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    As above, if there are a lot, ask the groom if he wants you to trim them down - niceoneted gives some great ideas.

    In general, anything which has been given as a card can probably be ignored - just give it to the couple the next day. Anything which has been faxed or emailed into the hotel on the day, should be read out.


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