Hey, it depends on how much of a traditionalist you are, but given it is a speech on behalf of you and wife, we did it together. We just wrote down a list of people who needed thanking, in alphabetical order so as to avoid offending any divorced relatives as to who came first in the list. Then just ad libbed it from the list, half of them each, can't remember if we split the list in the middle or did one/two, kept it short and didn't waste valuable drinking time. Jokes went in the thank-yous. We're both quite confident public speakers though which helped, and it seemed to go well - easy audience, specially if you keep it short. i think i was a bit pissed but not massively so, probably doesn't help!
Not a traditionalist at all and our wedding is more a big party after the registry office,
My speech will be much shorter than organic355's,
I've a few days off work this week which I'll use some time to put it together, I've put together a list of ideas I want to include, future mrstacopowell wants to get in the act and continue our speech! Thanking her grandparents, inspartional after 70+ years of marriage!
