Speech by Gavin

Speech Type: Best man
Speech Creator: Gavin
Speech Date: Sep2005
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

ON BEHALF OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR CHRIS AND JO, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TRAVELLED LONG DISTANCES TO BE HERE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I AM GAVIN, CHRIS’ SLIGHTLY OLDER BROTHER….…

HONOURED TO BE CHOSEN AS A BEST MAN, AND IAM TAKING THE ROLL VERY SERIOUSLY.
REMEMBERING THAT ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT DUTIES WAS TO MAKE SURE THE GROOM GOT A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP BEFORE THE WEDDING DAY.
WELL I CAN REVEAL THAT LAST NIGHT CHRIS SLEPT LIKE A BABY- WETTING THE BED AND CRYING FOR HIS MUMMY EVERY HALF AN HOUR! !!

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE HAPPY COUPLE;
JO YOU LOOK STUNNING TODAY, CHRIS YOU LOOK TOTALLY STUNNED.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE ,
JO YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL TODAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS CARING AND CONSIDERATE TO OTHERS AND ARE ONE OF THE NICEST AND GENUINE PEOPLE YOU COULD WISH TO MEET,
JO IAM HONOURED TO HAVE YOU AS A SISTER IN LAW.

WELL THEY SAY A BEST MANS SPEECH SHOULD LAST ABOUT AS LONG AS IT TAKES HIM TO PERFORM HIS MANLY DUTIES IN BED..…
BUT AS WE HAVN'T GOT ALL NIGHT ILL BE BRIEF!!

CHRIS, WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIM? WHAT HAS JO LET HERSELF IN FOR???

(PIC 1) BORN 1974 ON VALENTINES DAY.
YOU KNEW FROM THIS, HE WAS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A ROMEO. INDEED EVERY BIRTHDAY THE POSTMAN USED TO WONDER ;
“HOW DOES HE DO IT?” – AS HE KNOCKED ON TO PASS US ALL HIS, WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE VALENTINES DAY CARDS!!

BROTHERLY RIVALRY?
IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN BABY CHRIS ARRIVED HOME, I WOULD BE FREQUENTLY LEFT CRYING ON THE SOFA SULKING!! BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE A BOND DEVELOPED.

A BOND OF FUN, LIKE ME LAUGHING AT CHRIS AT AROUND 5 YEARS OLD, AS HE LAY FLOATING FACE DOWN IN A SWIMMING POOL ON HOLIDAY, SAYING TO MY MUM AND DAD, “HA HA LOOK AT CHRIS “ MY DAD SWIFTLY PULLED A MOTIONLESS BROTHER OUT OF THE POOL BY HIS NECK.
OR WHEN CHRIS WAS IN SOBS OF TEARS AS I FELL OFF MY BIKE AND CUT MY HEAD OPEN!!

ANYWAY ITS TRUE, HE LOVES JO MORE THAN HIS BELOVED MANCHESTER UNITED, CHRIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEEN ON HIS SPORTS (PIC 2) HE EVENTUALLY SETTLED TO BECOME A BUDDING GOALKEEPER IN HIS DAYAS HE HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED IN ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS….., SO GOOD LUCK THERE JO!

WHEN I MENTIONED HIM BEING A ROMEO, BEING BORN ON VALENTINES DAY HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED HIMSELF (PIC 3 )
ALWAYS HAD THE TOUGH TOYS LIKE STRETCH MONSTER AND
HE- MAN, AND STARTED MODELLING HIMSELF ON THESE (pic 4)

AS HE GOT OLDER HE FOUND FASHION (PIC 5) AND I MUST SAY HAS SCRUBBED UP WELL TODAY!
AS YOU CAN SEE HAS HAD MORE HAIR STYLES THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE TRYING!!.

BEST MAN TODAY, BEST FRIENDS AS KIDS,
GREAT TO HAVE, PROUD AND HIGHLY THOUGHT OF.

AS WE GOT OLDER, HE MET JO THROUGH WORK.
SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER I WOULD SAY SHE HAS ENRICHED HIM,
THEY ARE VERY COMPATABLE AND WORK WELL TOGETHER, THEY ALWAYS LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER ARE AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS..…

AS BEST MAN I MUST CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE WEDDING ORGANISATION,
THE ONLY PROBLEM WEVE SEEN SO FAR IS THAT CHRIS AND JO HAD A BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE SEATING PLAN, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T REALLY DECIDE WHO TO PUT WHERE.
SO CHRIS IN HIS TRUE FASHION DECIDED TO LINK THE SEATING PLAN TO THE WEDDING PRESENT LIST;
HE DECEIDED TO PUT THOSE WHO BROUGHT THE BIGGEST ITEMS NEAREST TO THE FRONT AND WORK BACK FROM THERE….… SO UNCLE BILL….… CHRIS AND JO WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THE OVEN GLOVE……

NOW TRADITIONALLY, SOME MESSAGES FROM THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

FROM THE RUI CYPRIA MARIS HOTEL IN CYPRUS;

“CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH ON THIS DAY. WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING YOUR HONEYMMOON A SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE ONE. PLEASE DO NOT WORRY IF THERE IS SOME DELAY WHEN YOU ARRIVE. WE ARE PUTTING SOMETHING ON FOR YOU…..THE ROOF.”

THE SECOND IS FROM YOUR AUNTIE MARY CHRIS,
“ SORRY I COULD NOT BE THERE TODAY, PLEASE COULD YOU SEND ME A PICTURE OF THE HAPPY COUPLE MOUNTED”…OR SHOULD THAT HAVE READ A MOUNTED PICTURE AUNTIE!!.… LOVE AUNTIE MARY, BIRMINGHAM.

BEFORE I FINISH I WUD LIKE CHRIS AND JO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPEECH NOW.
JO IF I CAN ASK YOU TO PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND FLAT ON THE TABLE….CHRIS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF JO'S…
NOW MAKE THE MOST OF IT, AS IT'S THE LAST TIME YOU'LL EVER HAVE THE UPPER HAND!!

ON A FINAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH CHRIS AND JO ALL THE HEALTH ,HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IN THE WORLD, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I WUD ASK YOU ALL TO RAISE YOUR GLASSES, IN A TOAST TO THE NEW MR AND MRS MOORE….CHRIS AND JO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.