My fiance's sister informed us saturday that their grandmother is planning to take advantage of the "speak now or forever hold your peace" part of the ceremony to make a speech about my fiance being her #1 grandchild and how important he is and so on and so forth. I have made it perfectly clear that the ceremony is not the time or place for this (unless she objects to me personally which she does not) and that she can give all the speeches she wants at the reception. He has agreed to talk to her but we all know that some people will do as they wish. If, for some reason, she ignores his pleas and interrupts our ceremony how do I handle it graciously?!
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If she interrupts, just punt. Smile and move on. However, you could simply cut that out of your ceremony. I didn't include it in mine. Hopefully, you can omit it as well.
I agree - absolutely CUT that part out of your ceremony and there won't be opportunity for Grandmother to have her say. The reception is the place for such an expression towards her Grandson. Also, make sure that your Minister and/or Officiant knows about this so he or she can address things, if Grandmother acts up! Annemarie Juhlian, Wedding Officiant & Minister
Thank you both for the great advice...I will be meeting with our Pastor in the next two weeks at which point I will respectfully ask that this part of the ceremony be omitted...Lord knows I do not want to turn into a bridezilla on anyone..joking of course!! Thanks again ladies!!
I agree. I've done thousands of wedding ceremonies, and have never once asked that question. Speak to your officiant, explain the circumstances and ask that the question not be posed.
speak now or forever hold your peace
