Under New Management script == to be used within a wedding speech

[tgm1974]

Im due to get married next year, June 2011.

As a joke I have bought my H2B a black t-shirt which reads "under new management (just married)".

I want to incorporate a message to my H2B in my Dads speech which, is a joke, but tells his friends that his new wife would like them to not be texting or calling him late at night. My partner has a vast array of friends which I love dearly but with our 2 yr old son and work, we hardly get time to ourselves. As you can appreciate our evenings are very important to us so being disturbed but calls or texts ... even at 10pm is starting to get annoying.

I do want it to come across in a joking fashion but get my point across at the same time.

Does anyone know the script that normally follows an "Under New Management" notice that I cant tweek to my own points! If anyone knows any good poems then all the better.

Cheers

[joannie10]

Congratulations - I am not too good at speech writing or jokes for that matter. I can see where you are coming from with this but perhaps it is up to your H2B to put his phone off if getting disturbed. With mobile phones you really are contactable at anytime unless you as the owner put it off. Thats my opinion anyway.

[tgm1974]

Dont worry he has started switching it off or silencing it .. its only a little silly thing to put forward from his "new wife". My partner is too nice to tell people to stop phoning him as he is self employed and has always been available to take calls. I remember last year we were on holiday and someone called (an old guy). When I told him that my partner was away on holiday (I answered the phone as it was doing my head in) he replied saying "well he never told me he was going away" in a really obnoxious tone.

Its just a joking thing but want to get a slight point across instead of telling them all to f*** off!! Sorry!!

[ttfn]

tgm - I would opt for a matching t-shirt 'Don't call us - we'll call you' ☺

[tgm1974]

Hmmmm Id do that but I want to present him with the t-shirt as my Dad does his speech with my part included - hopefully to get a laugh!!!

[swedeheart]

Don't do it. I wholeheartedly sympathize with what you're saying but I don't think there's any way you (your dad, your "side") can do this and not alienate people. If you want to do it as a joke, the joke should come from your husband/his "side", but better yet don't do it as a joke at all. Yes I appreciate the allusion to him being under new management and how the jokes would all be in accordance with that and the t-shirt and I think it's a funny idea but I can see it going wrong. Not the t-shirt, that's funny - but the rest of it.

You are entitled to set new "rules" together with your husband for your life together, and he is the one who should talk to his friends - right now IMO - and so send them the message that you've made this decision together. There's no way you won't come across as a b1tch no matter how funny you/your dad are. I don't know you at all so I'll back off immediately if you say that I'm wrong, but somehow I suspect that you're not sure if you're entitled to make real "demands" - well, for a life together, you are (as is he). Wait till June??

I know this isn't what you asked and I'm sorry if I've put a damper on things but I swear there's no way you can win this. Either they take it as a joke completely and forget all about it, or they take it as new rules being set - by you and you alone. When in fact you are BOTH under new management:)

[swedeheart]

ROTFL@ ttfn's t-shirt:-D

[tgm1974]

Thanks SWEDEHEART .. I honestly cant see it being taken any other way bar the joke I intend as everyone is always saying his phone is constantly ringing or bleeping .... you never get his 100% attention.

I will still think about it but I know everyone will start laughing and agree with me ... or I can even get the saying printed on the back of his t-shirt that I WILL MAKE HIM WEAR the following day - LOL!!!!

[swedeheart]

LOL tgm, thanks for being so nice about me butting in when this wasn't at all what you asked. You are willing to wait almost a year to ask - jokingly - for something that your relationship - seriously - needs right now. That's what I saw (and this is my version of backing off immediately ha ha) and my heart went out to you. Your future husband sounds like a really sweet guy too. I wish you both the best of luck however you choose to go about it. And I'll shut up now:)

[tgm1974]

Yes he is a sweetheart .. or should I say that Ive got him to my way of thinking - LOL only joking. I will let you know next year how I approached the said "question" x

[jomifl]

under new menagement (ooh la la)

[ttfn]

tgm - may one safely assume that matching 'his & hers' bluetooth will not be on the wedding gift list? Swedeheart makes valid points. The bestman's speech is notorious for the humurous side whilst the father of the bride's is usually the more sensitive of the two. I hope all your arrangements go ahead smoothly allowing everyone to have a wonderful day.

[woofgang]

got to say that I agree...that point needs to be made privately and sooner than the wedding. Do you know the joke about weddings?

the groom is thinking aisle altar hymn
and the bride is thinking the same....I'll alter him.

If he can't or won't turn his phone of and you can't or won't live with it, better to find out now!

[boxtops]

Do what we do, leave the phones in the basement (or dig one), the signal's lousy down there so people can't get through anyway.

[woofgang]

PS in case anyone isn't aware, I am female and happily married, it struck me that my last post might read differently if you thought I was male.

[tgm1974]

LOL - loving the replies and will take on board all you have said. The phone is silenced through his decision, not mine so I wont be altering him in the slightest - wouldnt be marrying him otherwise. Doesnt stop the attempts to still contact him though and to find 100 missed calls and 25 texts - LOL!!

Anyway ... it was merely a joke I wanted to put across to everyone who would most definitely take it as the joke but listen to the point being made. Even on a night out with friends he will get the calls/texts when he is with me .... he knows how precious our time together is with both working, etc so the effort of turning his phone off or silencing it has already taken place.

Maybe I should not take up a new career as a comedian!!

[lucca]

I'm with swedeheart on this one. I appreciate that you know your guests and we don't, therefore you're sure they won't take offence - BUT weddings are known for people feeling snubbed/taking offence/taking things the wrong way (lots of emotion knocking around). I think the t-shirt's funny but I'd be tempted to leave it at that. Hope you have a great day and a lovely life together.-