So you’ve had the honour of being chosen to be your friends best man? You had the swell of pride at being the chosen one, but now your stuck in front of your computer screen, sweating with the realisation of what all this entails, THE BEST MAN’S SPEECH. You’ve left it to the last minute of course, the wedding hasn’t been canceled and your chance to escape the country has long since past, so what are you going to do?
Well, your going to have to grim and bare it, after all it is your friends special day! Not to worry though, follow the hints and tips below and get some ideas for your speech.
The Ice Breaker
First impression’s count, you need to choose your opening line very careful as you need to get the crowd on your side early on.
Score Some Bonus Point
- Usually the brides parents pay for the full wedding, so make sure to give them praise for putting on ‘such a good day’. If anybody else helped to contribute to the cost of the wedding and the bride and groom feel they should get a mention, make sure to thank them too.
- Make sure to compliment the bride and bridesmaids on ‘their lovely dresses’ and ‘how beautiful they look, lighting up the room’ etc etc
- Round off with a thanks to all the people who contributed to making it an ‘occasion to remember’ and to all those that came to ‘share in the bride and grooms special day’.
Topic’s to Avoid
- The finer details of the stag night! Particularly who did what, where, to whom and how. There will most likely be grandma’s and grandads along with kids in the audience.
- The Stag Party Stripper.
- The groom or bride’s past engagements or numerous conquests.
Finally ignore everything we’ve said. While some of the points above may be useful, you know your groom, bride and the guests far better than we ever could. So put your thinking cap on and decide for yourself what would be funny, appreciated and downright rude!
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