F****** I get married in three days

[Vlad the Fox]

Everyone’s waiting for the best man’s speech so remember to set him up to fail  

 

But mainly, thank yous, nice words about your wife but don’t paint her as the complete angel, add an amusing story about a small flaw of hers, something daft she does or an odd habit. Obviously something that won’t upset her. And throw in a mother in law joke or two. 
 

Look on the web for grooms speeches for an idea. 
 

I was finishing mine with a couple of bottles of red wine, after the night before stag do, with my best man until about 3am on the day of the wedding, so you’ve got plenty of time.  

[Izzy]

1 hour ago, Wolfox said:

Big tip…. Get the speeches done before the meal…. Enjoy it and then you can have a few drinks and relax with your meal

 

Many congratulations!

Great point.

 

I remember my old man having to do the Father of the bride speech when my sister got married.

 

Poor bugger was a bag of nerves and hardly touched his food.

[ealingfox]

The 3 tips for a good speech are; say something profound, say something funny, and don't name drop.

 

The Pope told me that.

[Tielemans63]

Don't do what I did and be hilarious, waaaay funnier than your best man. Really makes them look bad

 

[Vlad the Fox]

Don’t think you can wing it either, unless you’re a very confident person well accustomed to public speaking, you will absolutely die on your arse like a mate of mine once did  

[Aus Fox]

9 hours ago, casablancas said:

I need help with my speech people. Does and donts, any advice? General goodwill and encouragement wanted 👀👀👀

 

we had better do the spuds 

Going by your name, I’d be disappointed if you didn’t open with “of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine”

Maybe finish up with turning to the new Mrs and give it a “here’s looking at you kid”

 

Seriously though, keep it sincere, keep it short, tell the bride how great she’s doing and for extra bonus points compliment the new in laws. 
Thank everyone for coming and all those who’ve helped with the planning, support etc. and tell them all to grab a drink and enjoy the evening 

[Jattdogg]

9 hours ago, casablancas said:

Lol w@anker 

.....personally, i wouldn't start off with that but hey it is 2022....

 

I dont even remember what i said for mine, i forgot it as soon as i had finished saying it lol.

 

Basically  what others have already said. Thank guests, staff, family. Make sure you big up the wife and all (well, words wise..keep your peanut in your pants until the hotel room lol).

 

Dont talk for 10 or 15 minutes it's a right bore for guests.  Short, sweet and enjoy the night partying.

 

Many, many positive thoughts and congratulations to you and the wife to be. Wish you both many years of happiness!

 

 

Side note, at my cousins wedding ( we are south asian) he called her his lotus flower. I wanted to puke in a bucket monty python styles.

Edited 30 April 2022 by Jattdogg

[Parafox]

9 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Just make sure you are really complimentary about your wife, don't embarrass her with any old stories but speak from your heart about how you feel about her now.

This.

My nephew got married last year and he just expressed his feelings for his wife and their relationship and her as a person and how happy he was that they'd met and how they'd met and the support they'd had from both sets of parents. That's it really. Keep it simple but expressive without being OTT. My other nephew was best man and he had a much more difficult time trying to bring up funnies from childhood and teenage years etc. He did OK though.

There's no real pressure on you as the groom, to impress your audience, you've already done that during the marriage ceremony.

[casablancas]

2 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

.....personally, i wouldn't start off with that but hey it is 2022....

 

I dont even remember what i said for mine, i forgot it as soon as i had finished saying it lol.

 

Basically  what others have already said. Thank guests, staff, family. Make sure you big up the wife and all (well, words wise..keep your peanut in your pants until the hotel room lol).

 

Dont talk for 10 or 15 minutes it's a right bore for guests.  Short, sweet and enjoy the night partying.

 

Many, many positive thoughts and congratulations to you and the wife to be. Wish you both many years of happiness!

 

 

Side note, at my cousins wedding ( we are south asian) he called her his lotus flower. I wanted to puke in a bucket monty python styles.

How south Asian is south Asian? I wouldn’t wanna guess. I’m marrying into an Asian family 

[Stephen Hughes]

Do not read word for word about how great your partner looks on the big day. It’s clearly written prior to the event and it comes across. Speak from the heart. 

[Jattdogg]

9 minutes ago, casablancas said:

How south Asian is south Asian? I wouldn’t wanna guess. I’m marrying into an Asian family 

Think India. Lol.

 

I am actually half white (anglican from mums side) but i was raised  100% on my indian side only.

[Stephen Hughes]

Oh and enjoy it, congratulations 

[Strokes]

Get pissed and windmill your nob in front of everyone.

[Jattdogg]

17 minutes ago, Strokes said:

Get pissed and windmill your nob in front of everyone.

Bound to give his best man "fully loaded" material for his speech

[Jon the Hat]

TWO DAYS!

[HighPeakFox]

I've not had the pleasure, but many congratulations to you. I often perform at weddings, and when guests are nice enough to speak to me, I always respond with a comment to the effect of 'have a really wonderful day'. 

 

So I hope you all have a really wonderful day 

[RoyalBlueGaz]

 

Jump to 21 minutes for the speeches (but it's worth watching the whole episode!). Might just be one or two little things that help but basically ties in with everything that has been said.

 

Ps. The whole first series pretty much revolves around the upcoming wedding following the lads' reunion, so maybe worth watching/re-watching the whole thing. Very funny and it's all on YouTube, the stag night episode definitely worth a watch if nothing else (episode 12)...

https://youtu.be/wp4VNy1DiO8

[Vlad the Fox]

Remember to tell the mother-in-law that she’s done a wonderful job of squeezing into that dress 

[Stinkenzo]

Try overly hard to make everyone laugh, don't leave that to your best man. Don't speak from the heart, don't thank everyone, be dishonest and also put lots of pressure on yourself because it needs to be a show stopper. Its not fine for it to be basic, everyone will remember the speech more than the day as a whole. 

 

You'll be fine mate

 

Congratulations! 

[Nalis]

I think if you do the speech as true to yourself as possible thats the best advice I can give. If you're a clown, you can go for funny but if you are a thankful guy, go with it or if you're a bit of a sop go with that. Dont try to be a jack the lad funny guy or overly fake soppy if thats just not you - but obviously tell your other half how good they look 

 

Only other advice is that even if you are short on time,whatever you decide to say do try to practice, this will give you confidence in delivering this.

 

Also, Wolfox is bang on - if its possible do the speeches before the meals. Thats what we did and it took the pressure off all the speakers. This was based on a wedding I went to previously where there were speeches between meals and the best man speech was bigged up by all other speakers unfairly, so much that it was set up to fail when it was the poor bloke's speech time at 9.30 at night!

 

Most of all, enjoy your big day.

[whoareyaaa]

 

[yorkie1999]

Thank the bridesmaids but don’t thank your mrs for marrying you… once she knows you’re grateful,  it’ll be a downward spiral from then onwards. And deliver your speech before your best man and remind him he may have a few stories about you, but you’ve got more about him.  And remember, her parents are more important than yours cos you’re already in yours will…

Edited 1 May 2022 by yorkie1999

[casablancas]

Fuxk me. It’s today !!! And I really hate spurs 

[deejdeej]

23 minutes ago, casablancas said:

Fuxk me. It’s today !!! And I really hate spurs 

Enjoy your day mate, less than 3 months until mine and I've never known a less organised wedding plan  

Have a blast!

Edited 2 May 2022 by deejdeej

[casablancas]

9 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

Enjoy your day mate, less than 3 months until mine and I've never known a less organised wedding plan  

Have a blast!

Haha. I’d say the same. Other than the mrs ocd finically paid off so was pretty stress free   only parts left to last minute was all my shite funnily enough. Congrats bro.