no Long Speeches!! am i wrong?

I don't think you're wrong but I also believe 2 mins might be a little short. I did the same thing with my group but said they have a max of 5 mins each. I feel like 2 mins would barely allow anybody to say anything so I definitely agree with having a time limit but I think you should think about extending that time limit just a little bit.

Limit to two speeches tops at a wedding. One nice toast is better. It's a wedding not an awards night. I said no speeches at all for mine because I don't like listening to them, I don't like giving them, nobody wants to sit through one when dinner is involved.
Let them blab at rehearsal if they need to.

Please don't turn off the mic. See if a few of them rather give the speech at the rehearsal dinner only. Then the ones left can have like 3 minutes.

Just saying, at my BM wedding the MOH made a 9 minute speech (beautiful mind you, but still nine minutes) so I can see the logic in keeping it short and sweet 😅

I would not ask people to limit their time but I would not ask five people to speak, either. We were at a wedding last night and five people spoke and it got VERY long, even with two being very short. Then the bride and groom spoke!!!

Ask them to give a toast, not a speech.

At our wedding we had three: My brother, Best Man and my former boss who brought down the house. Each one was about three minutes except for Best Man, whose was about 45 seconds, lol.

I don't think you're wrong for giving a limit but I think 2 mins is a little short. Maybe give them 3 mins each? 15 mins for speeches still isn't THAT long. And especially if you have 5 people maybe you can divide it up throughout the reception. Like 3 can go in the beginning, and then 2 more can go later on? I do think the main problem is that you have 5 people giving speeches. We had 3 people give speeches... my mom talked for about 5 mins, best man talked for about 5, and then MOH talked for about 3. Then husband and I gave a quick 30 second toast to wrap it up.

We also asked a few people to make some speeches at the RD, and then we basically made it open-mic-speeches at the RD (only 23 people were there and it was all immediate family and bridal party, so we weren't super worried about people getting bored since it was our nearest and dearest who truly wanted to listen to the speeches lol) so maybe that's an option to give some of your guests an option to do that.

No you’re not wrong! As a guest, unless 1-2 short & sweet speeches I haaaate sitting through them. Great idea to just let some speak at the RD.

You are not wrong. When I got first got engaged & started planning the wedding, I was told by 3x ppl - whom recently went to weddings with long speeches, to limit them.
We have 4x ppl making toasts, and they have a 2 1/2 min max. I’m also having 1x person do the first toast, then serve salads & then the other 3x ppl will do the remaining toasts while everyone was eating - as everyone also said that their other pet peeve is waiting for multiple speeches to conclude to eat.

View Quoted Comment Thank you... I have also noticed the same thing.

I went to a wedding where 7 people made speeches, it went on for 30min. it was torture. i told FH at the wedding the best man and moh will be making speeches. that's it. if other family wants to say a few words they can do so at the rehearsal dinner. i want the wedding to be a party. 30 min of speeches is just difficult. i think you are 100% within your right to limit everyone's speaking time.

Have them do speeches at the rehearsal dinner instead?

I don't think you're wrong! I was just a MOH at my best friend of 18 years wedding. I kept my short, sweet, but still very sentimental. I actually had one of her guests come up to me & ask if I would write it down for her because she loved it so much & was going to be a MOH next year lol. I was able to keep it at about 90 seconds, but my best friend & her hubby both loved it. Her husband had 2 BM & she had 2 MOH. The DJ told her too many speeches, so she actually asked her other MOH very politely if she would mind not giving a speech & the other MOH was relieved & told her she would write a nice note to give to her instead. I thought her husband's 2 BM gave very nice speeches, but throughout the night I had random people pulling me aside telling me they loved my speech & were thankful it wasn't drawn out. So it is possible to say a lot (without ACTUALLY saying a lot lol) in about 90 seconds!

EDIT: Edited to add that everything I googled said that your MOH or BM speech should be between 60-90 seconds. At first, I thought there was no way that could be right because that seemed soooo short, but after setting a timer & timing myself, 90 was perfect!