It’s that time of your life when you feel all jittery and nervous. It is the time when you get hitched to the love of your life. You are sitting in the church waiting for the sermon to end. You revise your words again and again, and just about listen to the sermon. And then the moment comes! Every wedding needs a good wedding photographer to capture memories for a lifetime. Hence, choose an expert and experienced wedding photographer for your life’s most cherished event!
It’s time to make your speech.
You stand up and all eyes are on you. They are wondering what you are going to say. You clear your voice and start reading the speech from a note. And then you are done and you express your gratitude for the moment. People rise up in unison and applaud. And you feel relieved of getting the speech right.
But not every groom is lucky to have a good speech ready for the wedding. Writing an effective and heartfelt speech is an art, and one should know the rules and styles that make an impact.
- Use Thank You all over Your Speech to Express Gratitude
Everyone loves gratitude. The Groom’s Speech should be used to thank people publicly for helping out with the wedding plans and being an integral part of their lives.
Some people you should be thanking through your speech:
- The father of the bride for his kind words
- Your parents and family for love and care since childhood
- Your bride’s parents for welcoming you into their family
- Your best man and those attending the party later
- The bridesmaids
- Special recognition for organizers and wedding managers at the reception venue
You may mention:
- Family members who could not attend the wedding
- Late family members
- The best man and his kind words
- Tell the Story of Your Relationship
Narrate your story with the bride, how both met and the scenario in which they fell in love. If the wedding is arranged, narrate how you warmed up to her as a person, her good qualities and how she will transform your life for the better after marriage. You can also put in good words about her family during the narration and laud them for have brought up their daughter with multiple qualities.
- Keep it Short and Sweet
- The best wedding speeches are simple, precise and to the point- and generally, do not take up more than 10 minutes
- Your guests have to listen to some speeches during the occasion so do not bore them with unimportant staid details.
- Create an atmosphere of fun and friendliness through your speech so that no one is bored and counting the minutes to the close!
- Lighten Up
While a groom’s speech should not be akin to a stand- up comedy routine, weddings are jovial occasions wherein some gentle humor and it should constitute any good speech.
Your speech should create at least a ripple of laughter or two although do not play ‘inside jokes’, or introduce humiliation of any kind. Make it a fun, family affair!
- Pay Tribute to the Bride
After narrating the story, it is important that the groom’s speech should focus on the bride.
For the guests, the groom’s speech will help all attendees to know more about the bride and also learn the story of their relationship. Here are some points that you need to do about the bride:
- Showcase her strengths and the things that appeal to you the most.
- Reveal first impressions and how things changed later for the best.
- The moment when you knew that she was “the one.”
- Her best qualities and how they complement well with your personality.
- Use ‘We’ in the Wedding
Don’t forget that this is your wedding day and you need to use “we” more often than not because you are standing beside your new wife. Your life together should be at the forefront of what you are speaking. Avoid any sordid tale or own life achievements while speaking, and try to bring “we” in the picture as much as possible.
Use your speech to relive some special moments of your relationship and narrate those milestones along with some endearing details that come to mind. Do not embarrass your already blushing bride with content that can roll up her eyes. Make it memorable!
- Raise the Toast
Raise the glasses for your bridesmaids and the bride wishing them the very best in their lives. Be genuine in your wishes and make them ring true by being relevant.
- Final Note – Speak Straight from the heart
And if you forget everything about what to say and how to say or forget your notes elsewhere, remember to be classy, genuine, honest and respectful in your speech.
Things to avoid while giving speech
- Do not thank too many people or else your entire speech will constitute thank you notes itself and will be far from memorable
- Do not drink too much before giving the speech. Celebrations can continue later.
- Refrain from using familiar jokes and clichés when trying to incorporate humor into your speech. The audience will be less than enthused about the forced jokes.
- Avoid eye contact with the audience members or you might falter while speaking and get nervous watching their expressions.
The above inputs will help you in writing an effective wedding speech as a groom. It is important to be genuine and true to yourself while making the speech so that the audience, as well as your partner, knows that the content is straight from the heart.
