Until very recently, I abhorred public speaking of any kind to the low point of lying to get out of an oral presentation in a five person class in college at Harvard. The professor called me personally and said he was going to have to give me a D in the class. A D is better than an F. I was happy.
15 years later however, I was able to stand up pretty easily and say the following few very tongue in cheek words to introduce an appropriately embarrassing movie about my brother-in-law at his rehearsal dinner.
"Hi Everyone, I'm the girl formerly known as the favorite daughter-in-law. I shouldn't complain though since I've held the title of favorite daughter-in-law uncontested for years, since before we were even engaged. I have to admit that I didn't expect she was going to be much competition for me, but now that I know her... well, I've basically just totally conceded. She is amazing, even if she can't play soccer. We love her and welcome her to the family."
"Hi Everyone, I'm the girl formerly known as the favorite daughter-in-law. I shouldn't complain though since I've held the title of favorite daughter-in-law uncontested for years, since before we were even engaged. I have to admit that I didn't expect she was going to be much competition for me, but now that I know her... well, I've basically just totally conceded. She is amazing, even if she can't play soccer. We love her and welcome her to the family."
The next morning as we were getting into the car to drive to the wedding, my mother-in-law told me that everyone was talking about me after my speech. When she says "everyone" she's referring to one of her five sisters-in-law. She went on that they said, "Non sapevamo che era così divertente," which means that they didn't know that I could be so much fun.
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