BEST MAN SPEECH

I'm going to the best man twice for two of my closest friends, and after searching the web I found this article that sums it up very nicely:

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/07/22/how-to-write-deliver-good-best-man-speech/

Includes advice on what not to do, that's the part I was actually looking for

 

I had a piper at my wedding, no kilts though. I was thinking about it. If it fits your family heritage, I don't see why you wouldn't. If you're wearing it just for ****s and giggles it might be a little goofy.

 

Are you Scottish? Do you have a tartan?

 

The more bizarre and off the wall the better.

A slide show of your bro would work well.

My friend did one for his brother and went through all his "phases" of life (i.e. - from young to old....baseball phase, skater phase, cowboy phase, hipster phase, etc). It really went well.

I for one think most of it should be off the cuff. Jot down ideas, but don't write the speech. Let it come out as shall. From the heart is always better.

 

Good deal man.

Let us know how it went.

Oh, one more thing. My friend also got with his now sister-in-laws family and threw in some photos of her as a kid too. It was epic. Really added to the speech, but also showed what similarities they had. Lots of laughs.

 

Whatever you do, just don't out do the bride, it is her day.

 

Off the wall stuff is cool AFTER the ceremony not during.

 

I've been best man maybe 4 times.

Wrote a toast for each one.

Never used them.

Each time during the ceremony, something happened or was spoken that made my prepared speech seem trite, while at the same time giving me some inspiration to do better for the bride and groom than my canned speech ever would have.

Leave the fun and games for pre and post wedding. Bust his balls at the bachelor party, razz him when he's leaving the wedding, not during. The bride may never forgive you for something you say or do that you think is fun, and she thinks sucks.

Oh, and keep it short. 10-20 seconds is a lifetime for a toast.

Kilt? Sure, but only if you go commando under it and flash the bride before the ceremony.

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My brother just got married on saturday. He's my identical twin brother.

I was the best man, so I got to give the toast. I did my toast completely unprepared. I had been thinking about what I wanted to say and had a general idea of how I wanted it to go, but I never wrote anything down. Otherwise, I did what felt right at the time. I did make sure to praise the bride at every opportunity. As has been said, the wedding isn't about the groom and his family as it is about the bride.

Seems to have worked. Made my mom cry, and many people complimented me for the toast, so I guess it went over ok.


I still made sure to get my jabs in on him since he couldn't fight back.

 

I would definitely capitalize on incriminating pics of both of them as kids and make light of her being older. That will create a lot of laughs. They should know it's in good spirits and for laughs.

But you know your bro's sense of humor and I hope she has one. I know that when I meet "Ms. Right" that she'll have to deal with my family's sarcasm.

 

I presented my brother with a gift card to a divorce attorney on his wedding day. Got cussed out. 1 year later accepted his apologies and a bottle of scotch.

Funny thing is I had to talk the attorney into the idea. Now he offers them in his lobby!!!! I so should get a cut...!!!

 

Winner!