If you genuinely forget to thank someone during your groom speech or groom toast, you may be forgiven – but to say the wrong thing entirely may lead to disaster! This is probably the one single thing that most if us dread during wedding speeches! However, luckily I have a few tips and pointers for you. Click here to learn more: Groom Wedding Toast.

Toasts to the bride

The worst thing you could do during your groom toasts is to start talking about your ex-girlfriend. It might seem obvious, but believe me there are grooms that do it! Even if you want to compare your new wife favourably, if she’s anything like mine she will not appreciate it – My wife would certainly not approve, particularly on her wedding day, the most important day of her life!

You should also speak favourably of the bride at all times. Though it may seem fitting to add a slightly teasing joke, this is not the right situation for it. Stick to your prompt and make sure before hand it’s what your wife wants you to say as well!

Don’t drink too much

Your biggest enemy is alcohol. No matter how well prepared your groom’s speech is, drinking too much could be your downfall. 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!

The best advice for groom wedding toasts

If you want to be in control then my advice would be 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.

Finally, it needs to be said that talking too quietly or rambling on for too long, won’t go down too well. Practise your groom speach so you know it wont take a couple of hours to deliver! This will also boost your confidence! Click here if you would like to learn how to write a great groom speech: Groom Wedding Speech.