Any best man advice?

Tafkap

Tafkap

Tafkap

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Hiya,
I'm going to be Best Man at my friend's wedding in about a week.. I've been asked to just make my speech short and sweet but I'm still nervous. There will be only forty guests and so no need for a microphone or PowerPoint presentation!

I've known him for twenty years, since college, and we've been through a lot of scrapes but I want to of course not embarrass him too much or insult anyone! Lol

Are there any killer lines you can suggest or ways of calming my nerves? Any advice appreciated!
 
Get drunk.
If you make a bad speech you can blame the booze.


Oh and don't forget to tell the story of the whore house visit on the stag do
 
I did it for a mate that to be honest I wasn't that close to but he'd had a rough year and I was the only one that offered sensible advice.

Afterwards I was like "that was easy why does everyone panic"
It was a small do similar numbers to yours.

So just enjoy it.

You can subscribe to a best man speech website
 
Don't make your speech trashy, like, 'Oh remember the time when we were blindingly drunk and nearly choked on our kebabs' etc.
 
I recently got married, my best man used the line. "Paul, you couldn't have done any better, Angela, you couldn't have done any worse!"

It went down well all round! :D
 
I'd be guessing that maybe you'd want a sly ribbing without bringing up anything crude, how he's always been a rogue or whatever.

End on a positive note, eg great guy who met a great gal, with a great ending sure to follow.

Or something like that. I have no idea. :p
 
There was a good quote actually, although it was Bible influenced, but it was something like, 'Some Biblical maths for you, one plus one equals one'.
 
I was horrifically nervous before doing my best man speech. Just remember no one wants you to fail. It's the easiest audience ever - lots of happy, drunk people who will laugh at almost anything.
 
I've got to do my brother's wedding this year, already bricking it.

On my wedding day, I swear I was close to a heart attack. Had no nerves at all until about 11am on the day; my heart rate was racing for about 4 hours solid until I did my speech.

My vision became impaired so much, I even asked my sister whose kid she was holding. It was her own little boy, but to me it looked like his face had melted :o
 
Don't be crude. Wedding guests will forgive a lot of things but they - and the bride and her family - will not forgive you if you're over-the-top crass. I went to a wedding where the best man insinuated that the groom was a potential rapist and it was lucky that he'd met his wife when he did.

That didn't go down so well.
 
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bledd. said:
I've got to do my brother's wedding this year, already bricking it.

On my wedding day, I swear I was close to a heart attack. Had no nerves at all until about 11am on the day; my heart rate was racing for about 4 hours solid until I did my speech.

My vision became impaired so much, I even asked my sister whose kid she was holding. It was her own little boy, but to me it looked like his face had melted :o
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I was fine until late morning as well. My best man picked up on this and directed us both towards a pub (The Old Course Hotel bar actually if anyone knows it) where we drank 3 large whiskies with a gin chaser. I was pretty zen-like by the time of the ceremony, it was amazing.
 
Yeah keep the speech sensible don't go off on a tangent about how you could hear the groom and bride banging through the wall at uni with quite a lot of kids and family in the room.
 
IRLeetly said:
Yeah keep the speech sensible don't go off on a tangent about how you could hear the groom and bride banging through the wall at uni with quite a lot of kids and family in the room.
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Well, my best man made a comment in a similar vein, he said that when were were at uni my bed was away from the wall and cushions pushed around the edges; you could see the differance between those that took it well and sniggered and those who weren't impressed - although I found it amusing it was a tad awkward.......
 
Only a week to go, I commend your calmness. Im best man for my friends wedding in February and have been pooping myself since I was asked!
 
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