So a buddy of mine asked me to be his best man at his wedding. Now Ive known him about 8 months now, we met at work and just kinda hit it off and formed a good friendship. Now hes the only guy I have to hangout with other than my dad and my brothers....anyways, Ive never been a best man before and the only other speech ive ever had to give was when me and my wife got married....sooooo....how should I go with it? We r pretty much alike in most things and his fiance and my wife are just alike sooooo i know im supposed to(I guess) say something about them both..I dont want to "try" and be funny if no one is gonna laugh since I dont know any of the people on either side.....Any ideas?

 

the best advice I can give it to just go with it! No written speech needed.... go straight from the heart! Thats what I did and it couldnt have been better !

I've seen others just try way to hard to make it something its not... write it down and than reherse it like its some sort of homework assignment...

The ones that winged it and just spoke how they felt always seem to be more memorable! Being Best Man should be an honor, not a job!

I wish you the best of luck and I'm sure you'll do just fine!

Cheers

Nem

 

just watch "when harry met sally" and you'll be good.

 

haha well I wish I was good enough at speeches to just wing it. but knowing me ill know what I want to say, but not how to say it or get too nervous to put it right....I figured if I atleast had a notecard to kind of summerize what I want to say itd help. Im not going to rehearse it cause your right it is an honor to be the best man.

 

You should rehearse it and you should include some humor, IMO.

People will want to like it, so it will be easy to make them laugh.

Start with a few nice words about the bride & groom. Get a few good laugh lines in. Then a little bit of sentiment w/best wishes for the future, one more laugh line, then a quick toast and you are done!

Main thing is don't let it go on too long.

 

Google is your friend...

http://www.thebestmanspeech.com/
http://www.gunthergifts.com/best-man-speech.html
http://www.bestmanspeechinsight.com/

 

Don't let it go too long and don't say anything too offensive and you will be fine. Humour is good but don't be tacky!

 

so whens the bachelor party???

 

The first time I was a best man I pretty much winged it. I did a good job, but looking back I kinda wish I had prepared a bit more. I'm actually the best man in a wedding this coming March and I have actually already started some notes.

 

I've been the best man 4 or 5 times. Just get really drunk and make jokes about the bride. And don't forget the grooms new mother-in-law. Everyone likes to pick on mother in laws. Trust me. Really. It works.

 

That's cheating!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually I have to give a speach monday. We are flying to Mexico saturday for a monday wedding on the beach.

The groom was my other buddies best man and he did a google speech. It was really good but I could tell it was plagerized. Kinda makes it seem fake to me. Just my opinion.

I'm gonna probabaly write some notes down on the plane and have a few shots of patron before the speech!

Good luck to ya!

 

At my and my wifes wedding;

Best man

"I did'nt know what to say, so I looked up toast in the dictionary and this is what I came up with"

He pulls a piece of toast from his pocket.

What a comedian

 

1. Get drunk.

2. Tell the crowd you are not accustomed to public speaking and you'd rather Michael Buffer do this.

3. Hold the mic way over your head and slowly let the cord slip thru your hand, look up as if you're Center Ring waiting for the mic to decend and do your Michael Buffer impression, you'll already be wearing a tux.

"Good evening and welcome to beautiful Trump Plaza in the heart of downtown Las Vegas for an evening of supurb pugilistic action.
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, Leeeettts Get Ready To Rumble!!!! with 12 rounds of marriage in the heavyweight division!
Introducing first, in the black corner, wearing the black tux with matching cumberbund. He has a professional record of 15 Dates, 2 of them Knockouts, the Groom, ladies and gentlemen, the Groom.

In the white corner, his opponent, wearing the white gown with...things in her hair. She has a professional record of 184 Dates and 177 times she went the distance, the Bride, ladies and gentlemen, the Bride!

4. By this time an in-law will have unplugged the mic, and you're done.

5. Ask for the tape, show it to whoever asks you to do this again.

 

Raoul is quickly becoming my favorite poster here.

 

That will work, if you don't ever expect to see either one of them again. Funny stuff.

Just wing it....don't think about it too much 'cause you'll mess up. I've done 2 of them and I just stood up and rattled off a couple of nice things about the guy. Don't get sappy, that's for the ladies....and of course, keep it short.

End it with, "I'm here to get drunk!!!" Drop the mic and run to the bar. **I was at a wedding where the BM did this...**