The time has arrived: Your wedding day is not some day in the distant future any more. You are not only frantically learning how to do formal dance so you will not embarrass yourself and your bride, but you are also faced with writing your groom wedding speech. If you are like many of us regular folk, speaking in public is not something you look forward to. In fact, you may take special care to avoid public scrutiny. Unfortunately however, this is one of those occasions which you can not avoid.
The best news is, giving your wedding speech is not as difficult as it might seem in the pit of your stomach. That is, as long as you aren’t tempted to bolster your nerves with too much punch. Be sure you do not take too much alcohol until you are safely back in your seat, having finished your speech.
Keep the following main point in mind:
The groom speech focuses on thanking those who have assisted you and your bride get to this point in your lives. You will generally speak after the bride’s father.
Here is a basic pattern to help you give a good wedding speech:
1. Express Thanks to the bride’s parents for raising such a wonderful daughter and entrusting her to your care. Furthermore, thank them for any specific help they have provided for the wedding and for your new life together.
2. Thank your own parents for taking care of you and being there for you throughout your life and for any contribution they have made to the wedding and helping you to get started in married life.
It is best not to tell jokes about either your bride’s parents or your parents during a wedding speech unless you check it out with them before hand. Even the best humored people may not take kindly to being the brunt of a joke on this occasion.
3. And certainly, you can’t go any further in your speech without thanking your bride. Thank her for being the beautiful woman she is, and point out some of her best qualities. Tell her how much you appreciate her love for you and her trust in you; that you consider yourself a very lucky man. Once again, be sweet and do not make fun of your bride to get a laugh. You haven’t got to the honeymoon yet.
4. Next it’s time to thank your best man. Generally, it should be safe to make some jokes about him. So, save your need for laughs until you get to him. Quite often the groom’s speech includes some jocular anecdotes about the best man and or groomsmen, and this can add humor to the occasion.
5. The maid of honor, bride’s maids, and flower girls are next on the list to be thanked. Be sure to mention how lovely they look and how much easier they made the day for your beautiful new.
6. After you have thanked all these people for their contribution to your wedding and to your life, you can mention anyone else who is important to you or your bride: Siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and friends can be mentioned at this time. You may also include any personal messages you might want to give.
Upon finishing your speech, you can hand the proceedings back over to the master of ceremonies. The best man usually comes after the grooms speach. Now you can sit down, relax, and have some more of that punch.
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