Is there a way to do this tactfully?

Asked by tinyfaery (44087) August 18th, 2018 from iPhone

My wife’s parents’ 50th anniversary party is next weekend. She and her sister are supposed to give a speech. Wifey left it to her sister to write (first mistake). Well, we just got the first draft and it’s bad. It’s generic and it doesn’t really address what type of people they are or anything fun, unique, or romantic about the their relationship. It has a bad joke in it and it comes across like someone just googled ‘anniversary speeches”.

How does my wife tell her sister what she thinks about the speech without her getting (to quote my wife) “butt-hurt”? There is no way my wife wants to stand up in front of 50 people while her sister gives that speech.

Things to consider:

Her sister is 8 months pregnant.

Her sister is generally prone to hysteria and takes everything sooo personally. The girl knows how to overreact.

Yes my wife could write it herself, but she’d still have to tell her sister why which will inevitably lead to what my wife thinks of the speech.

I think that if my wife doesn’t want to have 50 people think her sister’s an idiot she’s going to have to tell her a pleasant version of the truth, which might end up hurting her sister, at least a little. It might be an awkward conversation, but she just has to do it.

What’s the best way to do this?