Groom speach, short and sweet.

I wrote mine and went last in the speeches.

This was probably the only time in my life I'd be able to have an attentive audience.

I rocked! :cool::p

But then again, if you pay for everyone's food and booze, you can except some 'courtesy laughs'.
 
Thank the parents, both sides.
Toast.
Give flowers to the mothers.
mention how stunning the bridesmaids are.
Toast.
Mention absent friends and family.
Toasts.
Mention the wife.
Thank the wife for marrying you and how stunning she looks.
Tell a story about how you've met.
Tell a story about how you proposed.
Tell the room how lucky you are to have her in your life and how much you love her.
Kiss her.
Toast.
Mention the best man is a serial liar.
Sit down.
 
Thanks for all the tips guys and the well wishes. Theres some mega bits i really want to use. Best man is a serial liar, is going in at the end for sure, i reckon the dwarfs and sugar would be a fab opener lol, might change sugar to lollypops. Its next sunday (23rd) so i'll let you all know how it went :)
 
Can't be worse than my mate who I was best man for last year, he put it off till the night before then I took him down the pub and we ended up out until 1am absolutely smashed. Then he tried to write it the morning of the wedding and got nowhere, was a bit embarrassing at the wedding.
 
Burned_Alive said:
My breakdown from my wedding in April was as below! Obviously you need to thank each set and maybe say a few words. Dont try too hard to be entertaining or funny because itll show, you just need to speak from the heart because people will enjoy it no matter what.

Thank Father of the Bride for speech/words
- Refer to wife
Thank Guests for coming
Thank Brides Parents
Thank Parents
Present Mothers with flowers/Fathers with gifts
Thank Best Man
Thank Usher (short)
- Best Man and Usher Presents
Talk about Wife and Thank her
Thank Bridesmaids and give presents, then toast bridesmaids
Handover to best man

Done
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Mine a fortnight ago was pretty much this, except bridesmaids were before wife.

There are some good groom speech websites you can lift bits and flows from.
 
Whitworth Hall? I know it. Just an i5? You sure that's what your wife wants? hmmmmm strange thing to put on a wedding present list lol
 
I'm really looking forward to my groom's speech :) 16th August.

Have some fun with it, enjoy it - don't fear it.

That knotted feeling is adrenaline, it's your body getting you ready to perform, learn to like that feeling and use it effectively. When doing stand up I always used to flush adrenaline out in the first word. A nice loud clear hello, gets attention and sets you up.

Seriously, try to enjoy it. :)
 
Ripjaw said:
Hi guys im getting married in two weeks and have put doing my speech off untill now. This is not due to lazyness but pure fear! Im a very confident individual untill it comes to public speaking, i literaly fall apart. I was a best man once and completely ruined my speach and stood there like a simple minded fool! Im coming to ask what the very basic things are i need to cover within the groom speach? I tryed googles wisdom and got moronic 20/30 min videos of guys driviling on :\ I just want mine to last 2/4min and get what needs to be said, said so i can sit back down and feel comfortable.

Cheers guys
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I did this about a month ago.

It's the easiest speech in the wedding, just thank everyone who helped, thank both sets of parents, thank the bridesmaid(s) and the best man/ushers etc and say something nice about your wife.

Don't worry about being funny, that's the best mans job.

All I had was a list of names on a piece of paper with what they did to help next to them.

Just relax and try and look around at the person your thanking as it makes it a bit less robotic.

Remember, everyone is there because they like you, they're all on your side and in about 3-4 seconds they'll have forgotten about any speeches anyway. :D
 
I'm hardly a legend of public speaking to put it mildly and I didn't find it too bad, I wrote my speech a couple of days before and revised it a little the night before after 'practicing' it on my dad. It actually seemed to go down better than my best man's speech which surprised a lot of people as he is a LOT more vocal than I am, normally. Key advice I can give is:

-It is the easiest crowd you will ever have to pitch to, literally all there for you and your wife, even the crappest jokes will get a laugh
-You don't need to fill it with gags like the best man, but don't be afraid to put the odd joke in there. The audience even laughed at something I hadn't originally intended as a joke :o This helps boost your confidence and provides little natural pauses.
-Anecdotes are good, a story about your early days together usually goes down well. What worked really well for me was I could use them to tie things together (coincidences, links between the various people I was talking about)
-Practice it a few times and you will find yourself not needing to read it all out word for word, I basically glanced down at mine a few times and said what I'd planned to say perhaps not in the exact words, that tends to come across more natural
-When I was thanking people I called them up to receive gifts (physically given by my wife), this helped to break things up a little bit and give me a chance for a sip of drink
-Finally by that point of the day you will be on a massive emotional high, the ceremony is out of the way and people are starting to relax and focus on having a good time, so you'll be surprised how naturally it comes. Aside from my sister's funeral (completely different of course) I'd never given a speech to that many people before but it didn't feel like pressure at all.
 
One other thing, make sure you read it out loud exactly as you plan to do it, but to a real person and whilst standing up. Your best man is probably your best candidate (obviously you can leave his bit out).

This will make a huge difference to the speech itself and how well you deliver it on the day.
 
+1 to you dont need to be funny.
The best groom speeches are short and "sweet".

State the obvious, that you cant easily follow the last speech. Acknowledge you will make this as quick as you can as you have had so many people who have worked hard and need a thanks.

Thank people with some charming/slightly funny comments ( e.g. "thanks to X for stressing enough so we didn't have to" etc)

Always finish with something about your bride. i.e. finally a big thanks to my beautiful bride for taking a risk on me and making me the happiest man alive...im sure we will have a bumpy road ahead of us but i promise ill do all i can to make you proud......etc etc.

Good luck and congrats!
 
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