Wedding (Marriage) Anniversary Speech for Didi and Jija – 50th Wedding Anniversary Speech for Didi and Jija

"Warm Greetings Everyone!

My name is ____ and I am the youngest sister of the person who became bride fifty years ago and we are all gathered here to cherish the love that both my sister and brother-in-law shares. I believe lucky are those people, who get to celebrate their 50th anniversary with the people they dearly love. Celebrating fifty years of togetherness is rarely to be seen. I got a chance to say a few words on their wedding and I’m grateful to God to have been given this chance again after all these years.

I am sure everyone will agree to the fact that initial years of marriage are mostly good, but things tend to get a little sour with time. Right from having your own house, own kids, overtime work, EMIs to nurturing kids, looking after their needs, school and college, the love for each other and the feeling of being a couple gets lost somewhere in between. Thus, it is extremely important sometimes to recall your vows that you made to each other. Do not let your love fade away because of responsibilities. Challenges are always there in every wedding, but my sister and brother-in-law have always ensured that the spark of their wedding life doesn’t die down.

Well, marriage is about partnership. Yes, you do have children and they are the centre of your life. But when they grow up and have the life of their own, then all you have is the support of each other. It was and will be your companionship in the end that would make all the difference in the world. So how to take care of each other and also manage other things in life is something I learnt from them.

Most people buy expensive gifts or jewelries for their wives, which I mention is “really important”  but what is more important is that you make your better half feel wanted and most importantly respected and gift the most precious gift to her which is time. My brother-in-law never failed to give his time to my sister. I know their love conquers all but they have shown immense respect for each other, which is much more required than love.

I would like to borrow some words from my favorite poet Shakespeare who wrote “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken; it is the star to every wand’ring bark, whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.”

Let me put it in simple words, true love never alters no matter how difficult the life gets. Marriage for many people is scary. But when I look at my sister and brother in law, I feel safe. They have given a hope to me and to each and every one of us that everything in life can be dealt with if you bravely face all the troubles together and look for a solution. So cheers to them, for having a love that did not alter over all these years and is in fact continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
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