Tips for Your Groom!

A Guide to the Groom’s Speech

Imagine sitting on the head table. Your face is aching from smiling for all the photos, and your belly is full of delicious food. You see the MC enter the room to announce the speeches and that’s it, you’re up!

The difference between being terrified about your speech, or being quietly confident will be the following tips!

Do the Research! Be Prepared!

Websites and books are a fantastic resource for nervous speech givers. Most groom’s speeches follow a typical pattern (the thank you’s, what a beautiful wife you have) so that there is an enormous amount of help on the internet and in books.

I’ve picked out Making the Father of the Bride’s Speech to buy for my dad to help him with his speech writing.

And, I also have Confetti’s Wedding Speech book, which I think is really good.

I cannot recommend iamstaggered.com enough! The quirky, fun way of writing on Staggered is fantastic inspiration for anyone wanting to give a speech.

I really like Wedding Speech Builder but you can only access 2 tips per section before you need to pay to use the website.

And, of course, I have heaps of tips on writing your wedding speech!

• Wedding Speech Jokes
• The Speeches
• Spice Up Your Wedding Speech
• What Have You Got to Say?

Wedding Speech Jokes

Having a Giggle

A lot of men find the wedding speech the most nerve wracking part of a wedding. To stand up in front of over 100 people and speak from your heart is a difficult thing to do, and three of the men in your life will do just that on your wedding day.

To help them out a bit, I’ve collected some one line jokes from presentation magazine.com, confetti.co.uk, iamstaggered.com and wedding speech builder.com.

Openers

The Groom: Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen - First, I'd like to inform you that my bride has vetted this speech, so if you consider any of the material inappropriate, it's her fault. (wedding speech builder)

Jokes for Wedding Speeches

How to Spice Up Your Wedding Speech

A lot of men, or whom ever is giving the speech, worry about how they’re going to entertain the hundreds of guests in front of them. I have searched the internet for cute and quirky jokes to add a bit of sparkle to a wedding speech.

• The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it. (Ann Bancroft)
  
• I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. (Rita Rudner)
  
• I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
  
• A man said his credit card was stolen but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did.
  
• The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
  
• [Said by speaker with bald hair or receding hairline] ‘I’ve been really worried about this speech. So worried, in fact, that I‘ve been tearing my hair out.’
  
• ‘Pam and Pete are very different characters but they say opposites attract and in their case that’s certainly true. To get an idea of their chalk-cheese relationship, ask them to sit down on the sofa and then shout: “OOH AAH!!” Pete will jump up and start shouting, “OOH AAH CANTONAAAA!!!” Pam, meanwhile, will start dancing and singing: “OOH AAH JUST A LITTLE BIT! OOH AAH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE!!!”’
  
• ‘James and Belinda have been engaged for so long that I shall now read the following congratulatory telemessage from the Queen...’
  
• 'It's been an absolute pleasure to give away my daughter today. My only regret is that I didn't do it years ago ...'
  

• What Kind of Wedding Do You Want, My love?

'I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance,
A church filled with family and friends.
I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for,
He said one that would make me his wife.'

                                                                       Anonymous

• Wedding Toast
  To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage - Lao Tzu