Hey guys! how's it going Dan here and welcome to a very special and very different video because today as
Many of you guys know is the 17th March now the 17th March is a very special day for me
And for Jemma as well because this is the day that we got married today five years ago
That's insane we have been married for five years
We have been together for just over nine years
And it's a very special occasion five years is a big deal to be married to someone and today
I've got something very special to show you and I-I don't know why I haven't thought of this before
Before a wedding if you guys don't know for whatever reason the groom always does a speech now what I
Did at my wedding was I actually made a video for my speech. I kind of kind of copped out a little bit
Especially five years ago
I was a super shy super nervous guy and speaking in front of like 100 people shook me to my core
I was super nervous so I thought, "you know what? I probably won't be able to get my message across
well enough in person''
so I thought I'd make a video instead so I can get my message across properly and
Hopefully make a good wedding speech
And I hopefully kind of shake it up a little bit as well do something a little bit different now back then in
2013 I had only had my channel for a very small time
I believe I'd only just got like 10,000 subscribers, and I did this speech in the style of a draw my life
So it was like I think it might have even been like an old iPhone
4 in a bay window of one of our old houses that we rented together for a while just because the lighting was
amazing it was literally on an iPhone a whiteboard and a pen and I did it while Jem was at work and
I came up with this
I can remember slight bits of it
But I can't actually remember the whole thing so without further ado
Let's check out my groom speech from my wedding mine and Gemma's wedding five
Years ago now the person who did our wedding. They said in quotation marks ''it was the best wedding speech day
I've ever seen.'' and they have done over 400 weddings
So I don't know I feel pretty proud of that considering how nervous I was so let's do it
I'm gonna press play
I literally have no idea what to expect so I hope it's good as I'm-as he hyped it up to be
Let's go! So some may call this cheating a little bit but this is the best way for me to get across to you
What this day means to me with that-see that's what I mean?
Exactly the same thought process as I had five years ago, and do you hear my voice?
Dude, this is so weird
It's like watching my first ever YouTube video again
Let's Continue! without messing it up completely so first of all I want to thank you all for sharing this special day with the
both of us
It means a lot for all of you to be here to witness this special occasion and to actually see me in a suit for-
*Laughing*
Love how I had to label it me! I didn't have blue hair...
I didn't have anything crazy with my hair then so I guess I just went with the bald me, huh?
Shake it back a little bit because I kind of cut myself off
I'll try not to pause it too much, but I want to explain little bits. Maybe I'll do that afterwards (inaudible)
This is a special occasion and to actually see me in a suit for once
The first time the Gemma and I met was in year six even though she claims to have no recollection of it whatsoever
But we didn't really get speaking properly
Until we got to Secondary School where we were always put next to each other in class as her surnames came after each other's in
the alphabet *laughs*
She claims no recollection of us meeting in year six
I mean I still remember it she does not, claims to not anyway
She probably saw me, right? these dots by the way a super random
I don't rub them out because this is such a ghetto setup
That I had to put dots there so that I knew where not to draw outside of because it wouldn't have been in the frame
so
That's just- it this kind of shows how like DIY this video was
But it's all about the message and to be honest our first impressions weren't really the best
mine of Gemma would that she'd always sing loudly with her friends in the middle of class which was great and
Oh, my goodness. you're not supposed to dig at the bride on the wedding day, oh my- geez where am I going with this?
I so.. I so remember this because because- because we met in year six
I don't even know what grade that is okay, so in year six you're ten years old
I don't know What grade that is in America or what class that is in in other countries?
But I was 10 years old she was 10 years old as well
That was the first time that we met obviously we weren't like boyfriend and girlfriend
But then we aged up into secondary school, and we were in the same class throughout our whole
school life from then and yeah
I completely remember this I was all shy and just with my two little friends at the front
And they would have four of their friends including Gemma just singing being crazy
She was way more confident than I was and hers of me was trying to get me to talk to her instead of just going
Bright red and laughing after she said hi we spent most of our school life around each other
But never really talked properly until a Halloween party where we both got introduced fairly quickly to each other because of too much alcoh-
orange juice
*shocked Dan face*
Let's skip past that shall we? Me hitting the floor right in front of her
Did I really? Oh no!
Despite this embarrassment we continued to talk online and we clicked straightaway through small dates watching saw together
Which apparently is her least favorite film? Oh no..this is giving me proper flashbacks. um... wow
I can't believe I mention this so saw is like intense horror film super gory. I love it
I love the Saw films
And I remember I had like this tiny little TV in my bedroom
At my mom's house
Because we hadn't moved out yet me and Gemma moved out together when we were 18 which is actually quite young because we were still
At school we supported ourselves completely with our own money
But this was just before then and this was she was like, Can I come round?
I was like sure let's watch a film. I showed her saw and now to this day
It's still one of our least favorite films ever I must have done something right though, huh?
Yeah, - now we have been best friends soul mates, and I just love everything about her, Jemma
You've changed my life completely and have helped me to become Who I am today
I'm much more confident with myself than I ever have been and you make me happy every single day
I can't thank you enough for this another thing
I would like to thank you for is for organizing this amazing day, which still has so much more to come
I've got no clue when it comes to organizing and it's because of you that has been so special
I think everyone will agree that you look stunning today
And when I finally saw you the end of the aisle there were only two words
I wanted to say I do. I love you, Gemma, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with
awwwww, Little cutie
Is that it?
That's it that's cute man. Oh my goodness. That's so cute, but yeah. Due to our wedding
I'm just I'm just terrible at organizing things
She knows this I'm the most unorganized person in the world and she organized the most amazing day
We didn't have much money at all back then and we were just working off of our like student loans
What else just part-time jobs, and we managed to save up everything we both worked our socks off to be able to afford an amazing
wedding for about 100 people and I
wouldn't change anything about it even though obviously we're much more comfortable for money now and
Our situations are just completely different. I wouldn't change that day for the world. Oh my goodness
I just realized something so quick spin off which probably means nothing to you guys
But it is snowing right now in the UK and this is
Exact weather we had on our wedding day
I need, I need to go tell her this is weird
She thought it was weird too, but yeah, there's a lot that goes into a wedding
So much organization so many people and she absolutely smashed it. It was just an incredible day
It's so awesome. So there you go that is the wedding speech that I did for my wedding five years ago
I absolutely LOVE
Jemma with all my heart
I really do and I know I'm very very lucky to find someone that
I grew up with that is my best friend my soul mate everything I said in this video
And I love her so much. She is really
Even in this video I say that she's changed me so much for the better and over the past five years
Even more so I run everything past her she's like a second version of me. She is
An incredible person and I know that I'm just so lucky to have her so Jem if you're watching this
I love you very much and guys. I love you very much too, but this is a different kind of love
I just wanted to share this with you
I share most of my life with you, so I thought I'd share this little video
And I was making videos even for important events like this I find it the easiest way to get my point across is
In a in a silly video even one of the most important day in my life
So I guess I was just born to make videos huh also side note Jem got me this hilarious mug for
For our anniversary
It's got like Disney Princess is on but can you spot the spot the one that's not quite a Disney Princess
Yeah, let me give you a closer look here we go
Turn him around oh
There he he is
Another bomb mrs. Dan's princess mug pretty hilarious, so yeah there you go, thought. I'd share that with you guys um
It was actually really fun to watch again cause I haven't watched it for a while, and yeah, I guess that's pretty much it
Thank you so much for already
It's only like half past 11:00 in the morning, and I've seen loads of you guys wishing us a happy anniversary
Sending in your fan arts and stuff on Instagram Twitter all that good stuff so um. Thank you so much
I see them all even if I can't reply and like them all thank you so much
You guys are really mean the world to me
But there's definitely one person that means way more to me than anything else and that's Jem and that's what I'm gonna go spend some
Time with so I'm thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed please leave a big, fat thumbs up
And then we greatly appreciated subscribe if you're brand new for more silly videos like this
Which I've obviously been making for a while, and I'll see you guys very very soon
Go and tell the ones that you love that you love them today, and I'll see you soon. Bye!
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This took me forever
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