Wedding speeches are a tricky business, and the groom is always being watched closely, so you’ll want to be careful. When it comes time to toasts a perfect speech could be ruined so take heed of the advice below.
The most inoffensive way to toast during your wedding speech is to offer multiple small toasts, and finish with a grand toast to your new wife. This way she gets her own toast and isn’t thrown in with everyone else, which will definitely make you much more popular.
As you go through your thank you list, offer up a small, non-standing quick raise of the glass to each group. Toast the parents, with a simple comment offering thanks for your existence, your wife’s existence and their help if any to the wedding process.
Toast the groomsmen and bridesmaids together, if you like. Some bridesmaids might be unimpressed but it’s not their wedding and not their time to be individually in the spotlight. Thank them for supporting you and your new wife, for any help they have given, and for getting you both to the venue.
Anyone else who has been of importance through the process of planning and the wedding itself can be toasted next. Offer your gratitude and appreciation for their assistance. It doesn’t need to be overly emotional, but a mention will definitely hold you in good stead.
Finally, it’s time for the bride. Make lavish praises of her looks, beauty and elegance. Tell her while looking at her, how special you feel and how lucky you are. Make sure you take the time to make eye contact with her, and find some heartfelt sincere comments to offer. Following this, you ask everyone to be standing and commence your toast to your bride. You ask everyone to thank her with you, by charging a glass ‘to the bride’.
