A maid of honor speech doesn’t have to play second fiddle

The maid of honor speech is often considered as playing second chair to the best man’s speech, if only because the best man is typically allowed a more raucous and funny speech than the maid of honor speech traditionally takes form. That definitely does not have to be the case with your speech! If you are the type to take charge of a room, then use this speech to do so.

The key to the speech is to be yourself. This seems like common sense, particularly since the father of the bride speech is all about raising your own little girl into a woman, but the maid of honor speech sometimes trips people up in this respect. It is easier during the speech to be demure and more quiet, but for someone who is loud and funny, that type of speech just seems unnatural.

Your speech has every right to be as funny as the best man’s while being almost as sentimental as the father of the bride speech. Think of some great memory you have with your friend, then use that as your basis for the speech. Your speech doesn’t have to be some earth-shaking proclamation, it just has to be you.