The problem with this, is that most people think these groom speech examples are useless because they aren’t natural. I can relate to this as there was virtually no free and decent information available and so it was tough finding the balance between something that was creative and unique, but appropriate to my personality at the same time.

As luck would have it, a couple of nights before I came across some fill-in-the-blank resources that allowed me to incorporate parts of the speech I had written earlier into the template. Firstly, you choose a basic template and then they provide you with a number of prompts and ideas to help you fill in the blanks first. As I’d already written my speech, I found it was pretty easy in the end.

So what should you remember to include when filling in these templates?

• True stories
• A few jokes
• Thank friends & family
• Interactions with your guests
• Ask rhetorical questions
• Talk to your bride
• Talk about your bride
• Be yourself

Bare in mind that this is just my opinion. I felt this stuff really helped me to create my groom wedding speech when it all came down to it but you could choose to write your speech yourself if you like. It’s well and truly up to you! The main benefit of these pre-written layouts is that it allows you to organize everything naturally and in a way that everyone will enjoy listening to.

Another thing that these wedding speech examples really helped me with was to fathom everything out in a way that ensured no-one got bored. As I talked about in one of the other posts, I included a joke or two for the kids and also some content that was more suitable for the adult guests so that they’d like it too. Although there is a lot of emphasis placed on the groom’s speech and that it is very important for you, you shouldn’t ramble on for too long.

Get on the Internet and set out a plan using a wedding speech template and use the various guidelines that some of these sites provide you with to create a speech that is split up into separate topics. Include jokes and stories to make it interesting and remember to always try and keep your audience engaged. Just out of interest, the guide I used was this one here. I found it really useful as they had different things and different styles to choose from so I could choose one that suited me best.

Good luck

As much as it might be cool for you to add a teasing joke here or there, it’s not worth the risk. You want to emphasize to yourself the importance of pleasing your bride and her relatives above all else. One of the worst things you could do in this scenario is to compare your wife to any previous partner or stunning celebrity. One of my best friends recently made the HUGE mistake of making a joke about this at his own wedding; the whole thing turned out to be a catastrophe and ultimately lead to some serious insults and apologies over the course of weekend. So trust me on this one!

Albeit this might seem important to you, your fiancee will be fifty more times excited about her big day. Swallow your ego, stick to saying what you think she’d like to hear and you’ll be fine.

Wedding enemy number one is Alcohol. No matter how much drink you think you can handle, you’d be stunned at the amount of people who fall down in this area. That’s what the stag party and after part are for! If you want to drink, avoid doing so before your speech. I did this myself and felt much better after my groom wedding speech knowing that I’d conquered my nerves without needing any alcohol.

Finally, keep your speech interesting and short. One of the biggest mistakes I made was choosing not to plan ahead. It resulted in me fluffing a few of my words (although the overall thing went pretty well) and forgetting some of my lines. Also, keep it pretty short in length. Rehearse it a few times before the wedding and have your best man time you. At most I’d recommend making it no longer than 5-6 minutes.

Having said that, there are now plenty of resources online to help you make sure your speech goes down correctly and I’d strongly advise doing your homework at least 2-3 weeks before the big day.