
Personally, I believe that the toughest speech in the wedding bandwagon is of the Groom wedding speech as the bride can be excused for being nervous or shy, Parents for being emotional but there is no excuse for the groom who is perceived to be dashing, smart as well as a good orator.
That is the reason my sympathy lies with the Groom’s wedding speech. It is somewhat reasonable if the groom is good at public speaking and witty by inherent character but otherwise it poses quite an issue. But as the popular saying goes what is not god gifted can be definitely developed. With the advent of internet and helpful guidelines and examples and even readymade speeches provided, one can definitely overcome the hurdles and come out with an impressive Groom Wedding Speech.
Memories of past weddings in which the Groom had either mumbled something for few minutes or wedding speeches which were not up to the mark makes one really feel pressurised. As the public is not very kind and quite good at ridiculing or making fun behind ones back it puts lot of stress on the groom to deliver an impressive Groom wedding speech. Also the dream of every groom is to have the wedding guests eating out of their hands accompanied by roaring laughter and it is very much possible by taking some expert guidelines and pointers available.
Groom wedding speech Expert guidelines :
By researching online and going through some of the well written speeches can give you a fair idea on the things to be mentioned in the Groom wedding speech. Planning and practising the speech in advance either in front of a friend or a mirror goes a long way in restoring your confidence levels during the actual speech. It will also guide you in correcting your body language and expressions. Getting a critical unbiased review from a dear one also helps in correcting your speech as after all you have to please others and not yourself.
How to make your Groom wedding speech a grand success ?
First of all one needs to be calm so take a deep breath and relax before starting the speech.
- Funny groom wedding speech is not only the best stress buster, but also time tested and wonderful way of breaking the ice with your audience as there is no one in the world who does not like a good laugh. So initiate the speech with either something witty, funny or talk about your nervous state or sleepless nights. This will definitely warm you up to the people.
- Everyone loves to hear a romantic tale. This is your chance to reminisce about some of the wonderful events or incidents which you have shared with your bride in the past or even a brief on how you proposed your bride as usually that is considered to be the groom’s domain. Sharing this will make your bride also feel special and making the audient recall their romances putting all at ease and thereby creating a cheerful atmosphere
Expression of love and toasting should be included within the groom wedding speech
- Also remember wedding speech is basically an expression of love and not like a business speech. Keeping this difference in mind if the speech is punctuated by some loving gestures like hugging the parents, kissing the bride or just a handshake etc can also go a long way in cementing the goodwill but it should be kept brief so as not to embarrass the audience.
- Thanksgiving and the toasting without which the wedding speech has no value. So it is highly imperative to remember and extend the appreciation, goodwill to all those people who have made it possible for you to stand with your bride. It should not be restricted to parents or organisers of the wedding but anyone who had been responsible and supported you to become a couple.
Keeping the interest of the audience by making the speech not too long, Making your bride and your dear ones feel special on your special day and pre-planning and practising are the key pointers in making groom wedding speech successful and one cannot be reassured of going wrong with these useful tips.



