If you genuinely forget to thank someone during your groom speech or groom toast, you may be forgiven – but saying the wrong thing altogether in groom toasts could be a complete disaster! However, luckily I have a few tips and pointers for you. Click here to learn more: Groom Toasts.
Pleasing Your Bride
One of the worst things you could possibly do is to start talking about previous relationships. It might seem obvious, but believe me there are grooms that do it! Even if it’s to point out how wonderful your new love is compared to the old one, it’s a no, no – especially on the most important day of her life!
Try to speak glowingly of your bride all the time. Try to avoid teasing jokes, this is not the right time for it. In my speech I stuck to what I knew my bride would want me to say, and it worked!
Steer Clear Of Alcohol
No matter how well you might have prepared your speech (probably better than I did!) your number one worst enemy could be alcohol. Yes, we have all got drunk at some stage, so you should know exactly how verbally vunerable we are. I was really wary of this and decided to hold off much drinking until the speech was over. I’m glad I did!
A Few Other Tips
One thing that made the idea of grooms speeches stressful to me was the fact I didn’t plan ahead. By not planning your groom speaches ahead, you are also leaving yourself wide open to a very embarrassing and awkward situation. Luckily however, there are now plenty of online sources to help you choose a decent
speech, or even a funny groom speech, but just remember the advice I gave you in an earlier post on being careful with groom speech jokes.
Lastly I want to say that, no matter how well you say things, going on for too long isn’t going to go down well. Try to work on your speech so it doesn’t take an hour to deliver! Click here if you would like to learn how to write a great groom speech: Grooms Speeches.
