His Wedding

Comedic Monologue originally from 20/20 Action
Originally performed by Kody Poisson

Dramadic / Male 

The speaker details the experience of being at the altar and realizing that he wished someone else was standing there instead.

PREVIEW

Weddings are supposed to be happy. They’re supposed to be momentous occasions in
your life when everything comes together. It’s supposed to be a day when the people you
care about most gather around you to love, honour, and bless you. It shouldn’t be the day
you regret the most.

I should have been honest from the start. That it wasn’t what I wanted. That by doing the
thing I was expected to do, I was giving up on the only thing I had ever wanted. I remember
standing there at the altar — the smell of lilies thick in the air — and looking down into
her eyes. Her beautiful, perfect, innocent eyes — and wishing they were his. Sure, I loved
her. She was beautiful. She was everything I’d ever wanted. On paper. But him...he was
something else entirely