One of the best ways for a successful groom speech is to inject a little humour.
The start of your speech needs to grab your audiences attention.Now this approach
may not work for everyone,but I definately found it helped.I found that once you have
the guests laughing,everyone feels more comfortable.The whole speech doesn’t need
to be humorous but funny groom speeches are a definate crowd pleaser.

What to say for a humorous wedding speech

A little humour can go a long way, specifically adding a funny anecdote,qoute about
marriage,joke or gag to your groom speech.Using a funny quotation from a famous
person in history regarding their thoughts on marriage can be amusing.

Even though I wanted to be funny,I still kept in mind that it had to be respectful.The
father of the bride had his own speech,so I wanted to thank him and interject some
heartfelt words into my groom speech.You can take jokes too far,but I guarantee your
bride will not like that,so make sure to keep them tasteful.

The use of humour in my speech was a great way to capture the audience’s attention
and keep them listening.From my experience,the best way to use this tactic is to be
honest,speak from the heart with some emotion and inject a little humour along the
way.I was pretty nervous and emotional,so this technique helped me,as much as it
was pleasing to the audience.

Another tip for a successfully funny groom speech is to be informal and interact
with the audience.The groom should feel like he is having a conversation with old
friends,which largely will be the case.You may even want to make a few jokes about
the best man,as he will surely be making fun of you in the best man speech.

For more tips and ideas for your funny groom speech,try using a few wedding speech
examples.

When it comes to keeping your bride and family happy on your big day -
forgetting to thank someone is one thing – but saying the wrong thing in
your groom toasts could be a real disaster.Whether it’s your toast or your
overall groom speech,it’s very important to say the right thing and not
step on any toes.Keep it simple by sticking to your outline.

What not to say in your groom speech

One of the worse things you can do is to start talking about a previous
relationship.It might seem obvious,but believe me there are grooms that
actually do it.Even if you want to compare your new wife favourably,if she’s
anything like mine,she will not appreciate it.Remember,this is the most
important day of her life.

On this day, you should speak favourably of the bride at all times.Let your
guests see the joy your bride has brought into your life.Tell everyone you
feel like the luckiest man in the world.Though you may be tempted to add a
slightly teasing joke,this is not the right situation for it.In my grooms
speech,I stuck to what I knew my bride would want to hear,and it worked.
It’s definately not the time for jokes or cheap sincerity.

I always knew that when my fiance and I decided to get married I would have to write
a groom speech,but I never realized how important groom speeches were to the overall
event.The truth is it took me a long time to start actually writing my speech.The best
advice I can give, would be to not put it off any longer.

Use an Outline to start writing that wedding speech

Now once I actually started writing I used speech prompts,guidelines and a
speech outlne.This definately helped by stimulating my creatve juices and urging me to
record my feelings and thoughts on our relationship.I made notes on how we met,our most
memorable moments and even of the things we have to look forward to together.It really
helped me to put into words the story of our relationship.From there,I was able to
form these stories into the main outline and create a memorable groom speech.

Try to enjoy your wedding day

Remember,your wedding day is about the love for your bride,and it’s also about having
family and friends around to help with the celebration of that love.There  is a lot of
work,organizing and finances that go into the planning of your wedding.But,you should
also try to have some fun along the way.Enjoy the day and the celebration and just
remember it is the beginning of your life together.