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Sherlock's Wedding Speech
ok so this is a very random onehsot i've head in my head for AGES and it rained today and that means: perfect day to stay inside and write :D
the title says everything (even though i have NO idea if sherlock would actually say sth like this but i just love his best man speech way too much). hope you like it!
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Ladies and gentlemen, family, friends, and...uhm... others.
When I stood here for the first time, I was babbling something about telegrams that John received, which, in case you forgot, are still not actually telegrams; we just call them telegrams. I still haven't figured out why, by the way. I guess I'll just have to be content with the fact that it's a wedding tradition.
When I stood here for the first time, I thought telegrams were stupid because I didn't know what it was like to receive telegrams myself. I didn't understand why people would congratulate you on something like a wedding or on finding somebody you want to spend the rest of your life with. I thought it was stupid since a wedding is nobody else's business anyway, and after all, it is very rare that you actually do end up spending the rest of your life with the particular person you married that day. I didn't understand because I didn't know back then what it felt like to have found someone you knew you would love for the rest of your life and even longer still, no matter what. I didn't understand because I didn't know what it felt like to be loved by this particular person just as much in return.
When John Watson asked me to marry him, I suddenly did.
John Watson. My friend, John Watson. My...love.
When John first broached the subject of getting married, I was confused—even more so when he asked me to be his best man. I confess that at first, once again, I didn't realise he was asking me. It took me a little longer to understand what he was saying than when he asked me to be his best man and why he, all of a sudden, knelt down in front of me. I couldn't express just a scrap of emotion, which, understandably, unsettled John a bit. Looking back at it, I think the reason why I couldn't do it was because, just as I didn't expect to be anybody's best man or best friend, I didn't expect anybody to ever kneel down for me. Or, well, propose to me, as I later understood.
For a very long time, I thought that a wedding was nothing short of a celebration of all that is false, specious, irrational, and sentimental in this ailing and morally compromised world. I considered a wedding to be nothing but honouring the death watch beetle that is the doom of our society and, in time, one feels certain, our entire species. I, unfortunately, stated both of these fairly openly, if anyone has trouble remembering.
When John knelt down in front of me and asked me to be his husband, though, this mindset died just like my false belief about telegrams, and I finally started to understand.
John Watson right here is not only my helpmate during my adventures, which I consider to have been ours for a long time, actually. John Watson is not only the bravest, kindest, and wisest human being I have ever had the good fortune of knowing, even though this is, by any means, the case.
This man, whom I am lucky enough to call my husband from now on, is far more than that.
John Watson is the person I have never even imagined meeting, since it takes a good bit of luck to meet your special someone. But I did have this luck. Because John Watson is my special someone.
He is the person I will love for the rest of my life and even longer, and he has saved me from so many misfortunes I'm unable to put into words.
He is not only my best friend and the one whom I love most in this world, but also the one who showed me what it's like to be loved in return. He showed me that receiving felicitating telegrams is actually not a stupid thing at all, because sometimes even I cannot believe how lucky I am to have found my very own kind of forever.
He showed me that weddings are not a death watch beetle that is the doom of our society, but rather a promise that I am more than willing to make.
This time, I cannot congratulate you on your choice of companion, John. I'm still an utterly ridiculous man, redeemed only by the warmth and constancy of your friendship and...love. But, nevertheless, I will happily thank everyone who congratulates me.
When I say I love this man and will love him until all eternity, it is the truest promise of which I'm capable.
I won't say that I love John more than anybody has ever loved anyone before, since you cannot and should not compare one love to another. However, when I say I love this man, I mean that I love him more than anyone will ever love him and has ever loved him before, and that I have a lifetime ahead to prove that.
With the bright rings on our ring fingers, I've made an even brighter promise I will never forget to try to fulfil.
John, when you knelt down, you made me, and this is something I can say for certain, the happiest man on earth. I wish I could describe it more in detail, but I simply love you more than words can say.
With the rings on our fingers, you stole the very last piece of my heart, and I'm not afraid to call myself a heartless man any more.
I don't need legal papers to say that I'm yours and you're mine, because I already am and will always be yours. But if this is the way to celebrate the luck I've got, I'll be more than happy to raise my glass to the man who is not only my love but also my husband from this day on.
I love you, John Watson, more than everything I've ever loved before. Thank you for making me the happiest I've ever been.
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#johnlock#bbc sherlock#sherlock#sherlock holmes#sherlock bbc#sherlock fandom#john watson#johnlock fanfiction#sherlock x john#wedding#wedding speech#jawnscoffeewrites
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Instagram: stardustville
“And love isn’t something that weak people do. Being a romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope.”
Hot Priest, Fleabag(2019) Season 2
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When you find somebody that you love, it feels like
✨HOPE✨.
#stardustville#instagram#hot priest#fleabag#season 2#wedding speech#love feels like hope#that’s why anon#tales from the charmiesphere#Youtube
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My speech at my daughter's wedding reception. Right before the video started, I said, "I'll try to keep this short ..."
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"On to the crux of why I wanted to speak tonight.
First of all… It’s been a while.
But mostly, I wanted to share a story. A story that I wrote about the man that I love and the way that we met.
Let’s call this a modern fairy tale.
'Once upon a time…
There was a girl from LA (some people called her an actress). And there was a guy from London (some people called him a prince). All of those people didn’t fully get it.
Because this is the love story of a boy and girl who were meant to be together. This, my love, is the story of us.
They meet on July 3rd, 2016 in London. And they giggle endlessly. She ordered a beer because she thinks he will think she is cool. He orderer a beer because he hopes she will think he is cool. (…) Neither of them really like beer. But one thing is obvious: they really like each other. So they eat and drink, and cancel plans and meet again for a second date the next night. Because they have to see each other again. (...) They have their second date and he brings her cupcakes because it’s 4th July. A bittersweet celebration’, he says. Ironic really. Her country’s independence from his country. Yet, in this moment, they know they don’t want to be independente of each other. And after a month of long-distance courtship, they settle into the quiet of Botswana. And amidst whatever momentary worries that creep in, they look at each other and think, ‘Whatever, world, we’re in.’ They would love, and garden, and travel, and laugh, and rack up more air miles than any couple could have. And when the tides were rough, they squeezed each other tighter. ‘Nothing can break us,’ they’d say. For this love, she was a fighter. ‘I appreciate, respect and honor you, my treasure, for the family we will create, and our love story that will last forever.’'
So I ask you to raise a glass to the astounding assurance that now life begins and the everlasting knowing that, above all, love wins."
- Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
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It was my childhood best friend’s wedding last weekend. I had to give a speech. Did I take the opportunity to sneak some nerd shit in there? You bet I did
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Love is a funny thing. There are so many different kinds, and degrees, and durations, and it is something that we made up - that exists along with us and not without us, and that isn’t tangible or measurable like gravity or light, and is still in some ways the only force in the universe that really matters. We are made of star-stuff and we invented love and love makes us people. Love is what makes people. The act of loving, of receiving love, of allowing ourselves to be loved; it shapes us. It nourishes us and we grow; it braces us when we might otherwise fall; it reminds us that we are here and it matters. We matter. We are young and the world is very old, and as long as we have been here there has been love along with us. As long as we are here it will be, too. Creating us.
F-, L-, I am so honoured to be here with you both as you celebrate the love that you found, that you create, you share. I cannot wait to see how you grow with it; how it grows with you.
I will just close by saying - it’s love that makes people, but it’s also LOVE that MAKES PEOPLE, if you get what I mean. Ah you’ll figure it out. Anyway. To F and L!
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“I would recognize you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. I would recognize you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. And I would love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion."
Source: The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller
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Social Anxiety And Public Speaking Do Not Mix Well
Today's post is an outlet for the anxiety I felt while preparing to give a speech at the wedding of two of my closest friends. You're reading this because it went well enough that I didn't decide to delete this post and write something else.
I do not feel like I’m a particularly strong public speaker. It feels weird to admit that, given how readily I take the Game Master’s chair in gaming groups and how willing I am to expound at length on just about any topic I know well, but it’s true. I dislike being the center of attention and am just better at getting over it in smaller group settings. Plus, if you’re making up a fun pretend…
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In This Article, Know How To Prepare Congratulations Speech For A Wedding Celebration And Pleasantly Surprise Future Spouses With Your Sincere Wishes.
#congratulations speech#ideas for wedding speech#toast for wedding#Wedding Planning#wedding speech#wedding toast#wedding toast ideas#wedding toast planning#Shaadiwish
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toasting the newlyweds.
#wedding#brother#family#brotherinlaw#marriage#wedding speech#newlyweds#grooms#southern oregon#oregon#diy wedding#35mm#film
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9-year-old boy afraid to 'lose' sister gives emotional wedding speech that made everyone cry
9-year-old boy afraid to ‘lose’ sister gives emotional wedding speech that made everyone cry
A nine-year-old boy captured millions of hearts across the internet when he delivered a short yet touching speech during his big sister’s wedding in 2021.
Gus Bower couldn’t help but pour his heart out while speaking at the wedding reception of his sister, Catie, and her husband, Troy Hudson.
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The boy’s tribute to the couple went viral after the wedding videographer shared a clip of Gus’…
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Red, White & Royal Blue + media
#rwrbedit#rwrbsource#rwrb movie#red white and royal blue#firstprince#i worked on this on and off for a month#bc i couldnt make up my mind on what to include so in the end i only made the stuff that are canon#alex claremont diaz#prince henry#henry fox mountchristen windsor#henry#so happy 2 months#alexs speech was shown to be playing on pbs#ig post is from the waiter at the wedding#thats him as the pfp lmao#spent so long deciding what the pbs headline should be but#ofc people would be most interested in firstprince confirmation
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Are Wedding Speech Jokes a Wise Choice?
In terms of the usage of wedding speech jokes in any wedding speech, there are schools of thought. The primary one is that a marriage is a clean and pure event, one that should no longer be tarnished via those who assume they're comedians, telling jokes that embarrass 1/2 the human beings in the target audience. The opposite one is that there is clearly a little room for humour in a marriage speech, so long as no person is harm or embarrassed.
A adorable story is one issue, but a raunchy sexual shaggy dog story is by no means a great concept. In case you assume you are capable of successfully telling a joke (which many humans definitely aren't), then research wedding speech jokes and find some that are clean and universally funny. You do not need something this is extraordinarily precise to the couple, you do no longer want whatever racist, whatever that makes a laugh of ladies, or whatever that refers to what the couple could be doing that night.
Agree with it or not, there are smooth and funny jokes that meet all of these requirements! A final be aware on wedding ceremony speeches must be that much less is constantly greater in terms of the duration of your speech. You may locate your self humorous and your buddies may also even admit which you crack them up once and again, but a marriage isn't always some time to be a superstar.
Whether you're the best guy or the father of the bride, your sole goal is to honour the couple. Wedding speech jokes are volatile business if you do no longer know what you're doing, so find ones which you recognise each person in the room will enjoy. However again, maintain it quick. No one surely desires to listen to you for extra than just a few minutes, regardless of how funny you believe you studied you're!
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favourite poems of july
knar gavin strindberg grey
dahlia ravikovitch the love of an orange (tr. chana bloch)
danez smith summer, somewhere
hannah gamble your invitation to a modest breakfast: “your invitation to a modest breakfast”
claire schwartz lecture on the history of the house
joseph brodsky collected poems in english, 1972-1999: “a part of speech”
ralph angel twice removed: “alpine wedding”
bob hicok insomnia diary: “spirit ditty of no fax-line dial tone”
caleb klaces language is her caravan
philip good & bernadette mayer alternating lunes
hester knibbe light-years (tr. jacquelyn pope)
tracy k. smith life on mars: “the universe as primal scream”
rigoberto gonzález other fugitives and other strangers: “the strangers who find me in the woods”
stephen edgar murray dreaming
james schuyler other flowers: uncollected poems: “light night”
amy beeder because our waiters are hopeless romantics
diane seuss backyard song
tomás q. morín love train
safiya sinclair the art of unselfing
carol muske-dukes skylight: “the invention of cuisine”
peter gizzi the outernationale: “vincent, homesick for the land of pictures”
william matthews selected poems and translations, 1969-1991: “onions”
c.k. williams butcher
mark mccloskey the smell of the woods
jennifer chang the age of unreason
richard blanco city of a hundred fires: “contemplations at the virgin de la caridad cafeteria, inc.”
bob hicock the pregnancy of words
j. allyn rosser impromptu
carl phillips then the war
stephanie young ursula or university: “essay”
gloria e. anzaldúa the new speakers
kofi
#tbr#knar gavin#strindberg grey#strindberg gray#dahlia ravikovitch#the love of an orange#chana bioch#danez smith#summer somewhere#hannah gamble#your invitation to a modern breakfast#claire schwartz#lecture on the history of the house#joseph brodsky#collected poems in english#a part of speech#collected poems in english 1972-1999#ralph angel#twice removed#alpine wedding#bob hicock#insomnia diary#spirit ditty of no-fax dial tone#caleb klaces#language is her caravan#philip good#alternating lunes#bernadette mayer#hester knibble#light-years
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I looked away and then when I looked back there was half of a new, unplanned fic suddenly written and I really don't know what happened, I swear.
#personal#hazbin hotel#suggestive#radiostatic#writing snippets#my writing#okay now I eat lunch and write my wedding speech instead of ignoring it in favor of fanfic like I've been doing the past few hours
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*sometime in the (hopefully near) future*
Chris, making a speech: Being raised by my two dads, they taught me a lot of things growing up.
Buck: I sense that this is going somewhere.
Chris: First and foremost, all the things NOT to do when you have a crush on your best friend.
Eddie, facepalming: And there's the punchline.
Chris: And don't even get me started when they were slowly falling in love with each other but were too dumb to do something about it.
#buddie#buckley diaz family#911 show#911 on abc#christopher diaz#eddie diaz#evan buckley#incorrect 911 quotes#incorrect quotes#imagine chris graduating#or buddie wedding#just making a speech
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this ones pre-relationship haino but u can read it as kavehaino or kavehno or kavetham if u like just follow ur heart u know
#al haitham#cyno#kaveh#haino#cytham#this is like the story kaveh recounts in his toast to haino wedding#he gets drunk and insists on a speech even though haithams one rule for the wedding was NO SPEECHES#haitham when he can back up his outrages claims of friendship with evidence#vs haitham when hes just working on delulu wishful thinking#hes already planning their life together hes like ten steps ahaed how was he supposed to remember he and cyno are still enemies w benefits#no not even that yet#no benefits yet...#just#casual work aquaintances oh god hes so far behind
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