Impress Your Audience: What To Incorporate Into Your Best Man Wedding Speeches

If you are deciding on what exactly your best mans speeches should contain, there are some pretty basic parts that can help you decide. The first is the introduction, followed by a story or memory about the groom and maybe also the bride, then a conclusion. The introduction is simply stating your name and relationship with the Groom, as this heavily influences exactly what your speech sounds like.

There are many options open to you after your introduction. Where you decide to take your speech ultimately depends on your personality, as well as your relationship with the Groom. Start off with a good joke or a heart-warming story. However, make sure they’re appropriate – there are both children and grandparents in the audience, and you don’t want to make the Groom’s grandma blush with some of the stories you might have.

It’s alright to tease the Groom a little bit, just don’t get to the pointing where he is mentally begging you to not share those terrible drunken stories with his grandmother in the audience. Talk about how you and the Groom first met or the time you carried him home when he fell out of a tree and broke his arm. Picking a lighthearted memory allows you to be genuine without even having to try, and this is what you’re aiming for.

Mention how the Groom was when he first met his Wife and how their relationship grew to be what it is today, with you ending up at their wedding. It’s alright to joke with the Groom a little bit, just don’t make him regret choosing you as his Best Man. It’s the Groom’s special day, so do your best to keep the attention on him. Your goal is to show the audience the relationship with the Groom, and show the Groom how much you appreciate that relationship.

The toast is the tying together of your whole speech. This is where you give your best wishes to the new Bride and Groom and wish them a long, happy life together. The toast needs to be very sincere, so avoid making any jokes or sarcastic statements. If you want, you can include a little bit of advice or an adage for them to remember. Encourage everyone to raise their glass and drink to the Bride and Groom’s start of their new life together. After this, you are finished. Graciously accept your applause and feel good about your job well done.

If you are still at a loss about what to put in your best man speechs, there are many online references. You’ve probably never have been a Best Man before, so it’s more than okay to look up a few pointers on how to get started. Search around for further advice or for something to reference for certain parts of your best man wedding speeches. Download some sample speeches or an e-book and see what other people suggest. Be careful about basing your speech heavily on a sample one, you don’t want to sounds insincere or unnatural. It’s really more about making the effort as opposed to having the equivalent of the President’s Inaugural Address.