Groom Speech - 20 Speech Topics

Groom speech guide with 20 speech topics to thank the bride, both families, all helpers and the other guests at a wedding. The groom usually is the second speaker and replies to the father of the bride. Here are 20 free wedding speech topics and themes:





Answer the questions, write down your ideas and in the end you'll have a blueprint for a groom speech. Of course make a few adjustments if you like.

Keep in mind the groom is speaking on behalf of his bride. The main goals of this kind of public speaking at a wedding are to:

• Thank and compliment your bride.
• Thank the father of the bride.
• Thank all the people who have helped to organize the wedding: the best man, the maids of honor/bridesmaids and the parents.
• Give presents.
• Thank the guest for their gifts.

20 Free Topics & Themes

OPENING AND WELCOME

1. Start with a joke or a funny oneliner about marriage, life, the wedding party itself or anything else that grabs the attention.

2. If no one has spoken before, then welcome the guests, the best man, and the other people who play a special role. Thank all who are present for their gifts, cards, wishes and thoughts.

3. Tell about a funny incident while this wedding ceremony was prepared.

THANK YOUR WIFE

4. Tell how you met your wife. Tell how the groom and bride fell in love. What were your first impressions - and hers? Who made the first move?

5. Tell about the common activities, sports, hobbies.

6. Conclude this part of your groom speech by thanking your wife. Praise her beauty, how beautiful she looks. Tell what she means to you and how happy and lucky you are to share the future with her.

7. Give your wife a red rose.

8. End this romancing and loving part with a toast to your bride.

THANK THE PARENTS OF THE BRIDE

9. Thank the father of the bride for his nice speech, best wishes and toast proposal. And, if appropriate, thank him in your groom speech for the party.

10. Thank the mother of the bride. Pay special attention in your speech to her help; perhaps she has made your wife’s wedding dress.

11. Give a gift to the mother and father of the bride. A small present or flowers will do.

THANK YOUR OWN FAMILY

12. Thank your own mother and father for everything till now in life. Mention a brief memory – how they support you, what they have learned you, etc.

13. Thank your other familymembers. Describe the warm heartedness of the family ties.

14. Give your parents a gift.

THANK YOUR BEST MAN

15. Thank your best man in your groom speech. Introduce your best man briefly, as there certainly are guests who never heard of him. Possible ways: tell how long you know eachother, why he is special, how you have met, tell a funny anecdote about the two of you.

16. Give your best man a gift.

THANK ALL OTHER HELPERS

17. Thank all helpers at this wedding day. Name all and tell what they did. Flowers, rings, car, dresses and suits, catering, performers, photographing, hosts, wedding cake, etc. One sentence in a groom speech for each of them will do.

THANK THE BRIDESMAIDS AND PAGEBOYS

18. Thank the maids of honor/bridesmaids and pageboys. Name all, tell how beautiful they look. Tell them how they did a great job today. List and praise their efforts in your groom speech. If the pageboys and girls are very young, thank their parents for lending :-)

19. Give a gift to the maids of honor/bridesmaids, pageboys and girls, and toast to them.

THE END

20. Close with a suitable, famous quote, poem or joke. Relate it to you and your wife. In case you can’t find a quotation that fits, try to formulate your thoughts and feelings in one short memorable sentence ending your groom speech.