Humorous Wedding Speech

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen.
I’m honored to be standing here and speaking to you. I'm Phyllis.
In the appreciation for this opportunity, I wanted to share with you something useful that I’d discovered and it is worthy of your time! The importance of praising. Whether to praise others or receiving praises from others.

How I got interested in this subject was that I noticed when I was growing up and until about a few years ago, when I wanted to thank and praise others, or accept other’s praises of me, I felt shy, and embarrassed.

So, I asked myself, why? Am I the only one who felt this way?
But to my great surprise, I learned it was common for Chinese not to praise each other. I didn’t think that was right and have been thinking

And just like all the good stories, they met, fell in love and got married. Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce.

Why did that happen I asked myself? Could the lack of praising have been one of the reasons, I thought? On one hand, the husband was longing to hear his wife say to him; "thank you for being the breadwinner, so I can stay home with the kids.” But she never did! Even though, the wife loved her husband very much and she was very proud of him, but she never told him that.
On the other hand, the husband loved his wife and saw and knew how hard she worked to keep a clean house, to care for him, their children and perhaps his and her own parents. But he too, never praised his wife. Years passed but the husband never praised his wife and his wife never expressed her admiration for him. The conflicts between them grow and became more and more complicated until one day it exploded and eventually and sadly their marriage ended in divorce.
So, my question is. Why don't we praise others in words? And as I now realize, Chinese believe the action speaks louder than words! Therefore, one doesn’t need to verbalize love and appreciation with words. That may be a valid