You're the best man for your best friend and with that comes the questionable privilege to give the best of all best man wedding speeches. Your friend's wedding is in four months. You are pretty close to being done dealing with your mixed feelings about his marriage and the fact that things won't be the same for your friendship afterwards. But you want him to be happy, so you're more than willing to give the speech of your life.
The speech doesn't make a re-appearance in your memory until a couple of months later, when someone said something wedding related in a conversation. Ok. Got to remember this one and you scribble a note on a napkin, just to make sure. Your speech is going to be one of those funny best man wedding speeches that everyone will remember. Of course you lose the napkin.
One, two, three more weeks pass into history and the feeling of pressure to get something concrete on paper is settling in. You make a plan: this Saturday you'll take the morning and get the speech done. Good idea. On Friday you get a call from your best friend. He really needs some help with those boxes that still need to go the new apartment. Sure, you'll be there at eight the next morning and help out. There was something you had planned. What was it again? Oh, never mind, couldn't have been that important if you can't even remember it.
Before you know it another week is gone, when picking up the potted palm trees for the reception it hits you right between the eyes: you still don't have a single syllable for the best of all best man wedding speeches. Oh, boy. And the wedding is in only a few days.
You don't dare asking your other friends for advice. Wouldn't they have a field day with this? So you finally get over yourself and go ask your dad. He's happy to help you and gives you a few pointers. You scribble them down, turn the page this way and that. Start writing your own thing, but it just won't flow. After wasting an entire yellow pad you're drenched in the sweat of desperation and ready to thrown in the towel and go confess.
Ehh, no, not yet. You remember your mom had a book from way back when that had best man wedding speeches examples, or was it groom's? Who cares? You go digging for the book and yes, it's still around and yes, the speeches were for the groom. - If this comes close to describing your life lately . . . you need a plan.
To write a good wedding speech you will need a structure that you can then fill out. Think about all the things you like best about your friend and write them down; also include the bride in there. On another list note down some great anecdotes from your shared past. You can never go wrong with funny, but stay away from embarrassing memories, since you want to keep the couples feelings in mind (and that of the guests too for that matter).
Begin focusing on the couple and point out some of the things that make them a great couple. Follow that up with a sweep through the past, from when you first knew your friend and uncover some memories to share with everybody (don't forget: tasteful and funny). Then you could go over the first moments in the couple's relationship from your own perspective (stay with the official version). Throughout weave in nice details about the bride and the groom. Project their happy future together and your very important part in that and . . . close with a witty toast. Altogether, don't go too long. Short and sweet is always best.
Here's a simple structure you can use. Pack it with your own experiences and you've got a best man wedding speech, all structured and to the point. One thing to keep in mind: When giving best man wedding speeches, don't embarrass anybody present. It could put a real dent into the celebration and into your friendship with the groom. Always make sure you're on the good side of the bride and you'll have a life-long friendship with both him and her.
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