Best Man Speech Examples
The best man speech is usually the most eagerly awaited of all the wedding speeches. Traditionally the best man speech comes last and you’ll want to pack it with jokes, embarrassing stories about the groom and some lovely words for the wedding party. We’ve got a huge selection of real best man speeches to use as examples and loads of ideas and advice articles too!
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Best Man Speech Examples
My brother and I recently did a joint best man speech in Tuscany, Italy and I found Hitched extremly helpful, especially when we wrote ours on the eve of the wedding.
Best Man Speech Examples
*The bit about the wedding planner is obviously funnier when you know she is my wife!
This is the second time I have been best man and had to make a speech and it doesn't get any easier in terms of nervs. But just remember the crowd are on your side and are all in a great mood so you couldn't be speaking to a better crowd.
Best Man Speech Examples
Opening 'ice breaker' went down very well and the speech as a whole was well received.
Card drop joke: I read the 'rules' off of the main card and 'riffled through' to find the cards to drop and made comments like 'wont be needing that!' 'or that'. Also went down well.
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I was busy working full-time and going to school up until the week of the speech, so I got all of my jokes from this site, except for the two about kidnapping brides in the middle ages; I made that one up myself. The standing ovation joke was a hit (even though the poses/instructions seem odd). I was getting compliments all night afterwards.
Best Man Speech Examples
I wrote this speech for two best man reading it out as a duo.
Just for information related to jokes in the speech, the bride's profession is teaching and the groom had a hair transplant prior to the wedding.
Best Man Speech Examples
Here is my speech, thanks for the inspiration!! I spent the full run up to the wedding worrying about this as the thought of public speaking terrifies me, however once I got going and heard that first laugh it totally relaxed me and actually quite enjoyed it.
P.S Andrew got married in the Salt Mine in Krakow and hence the 'salt in the mouth' joke!!!
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Speech was delivered from memory so verbatum may have been a little different depending on the crowds reaction and flow.
Reception was in Ottawa Canada