When it comes to pleasing people, forgetting to thank someone is one thing – 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 Toast.

Pleasing Your Bride

One of the worst things you could possibly do is to start talking about previous relationships. This may sound like a no brainer, but don’t take anything for granted – there are grooms who have done it! Even if you want to compare your new wife favourably, if she’s anything like mine she will not appreciate it – especially on the most important day of her life!

Try to speak glowingly of your bride all the time. 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!

Alcohol

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. And not planning ahead means being in a lot less control of what you say. 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. 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: Groom Wedding Speeches.