Bestman Wedding Speeches

As your best friend's best man it's now your duty to present the best of bestman wedding speeches. Now what? May be you've never done something like this before, and even just the thought of having to stand up in front of this large audience makes you cringe inside. What on earth are you going to talk about and how to make it sound funny, witty or at least smart?

Maybe you have given one of those bestman wedding speeches before and it really went down the tubes. You stood up in front of your audience and froze. All of those great words and anecdotes you had in mind to share were just wiped away, gone, absolutely inaccessible. You drew a blank, you picked the wrong story and now the groom's mom still gives you the look every time you go by their home.

I've been there, done that (and not in a great way the first time around, believe me). Where do you come up with the confidence to make bestman wedding speeches in front of a large audience? Well first of all, make sure you got your facts straight and written down; do a little bit of homework. You may have a great memory and among friends come up with the funniest things to say, but when you stand in front of a crowd (which is hardly anybody's comfort zone) nothing will just come out of your sleeve to save the day, not in my experience at least. Have a conversation with some people close to you about your common past and you can be pretty sure some heartwarming and funny memories from the long forgotten past will resurface, which your can then weave into bestman wedding speeches.

Before even going into the "how" part, just one quick thought: Keep your speech brief and to the point. At a wedding usually several speeches will be given and nobody wants to listen to someone rambling on and on. In my experience it really helps to build a structure for bestman wedding speeches, which you can then fill out with details. What do I mean? Well, write down a few points that need mentioning:

- An introduction to: who you are and why you are doing the speech, short and to the point. - A Beginning: What a terrific pair the bride and groom make and what makes them so. Take your time there. - A Middle Part: Where you fill things out with some anecdotes and memories to describe the groom in vivid color (funny is always good). - Winding down: With a projection of the couple's promising future. Short and sweet. - A Closing: Use a witty toast and make the guests laugh.

This gives you a map to follow for bestman wedding speeches. Otherwise you may be aimlessly floundering around in the murky waters of memories; some wonderful to be shared, some best forgotten. Pick out the stories you think best to use and make the groom come out as the knight in shining armor. There's just no way you can mess it up like that. It might be good to practice with someone. You could start out reading it out loud a few times and re-write any stumbling blocks in your speech patterns, then ask a friend to listen to you a couple of times. This way it'll all be more fluent. Keep your notes in your pocket on the wedding day; just in case that vocal paralysis is trying to get to you, it'll boost your confidence.

Just always keep in mind that it is your best friend getting married and that you will make this day even better by giving one of the best bestman wedding speeches the world has seen so far.