Best Man Speech Closing Lines

The closing lines in your Best Man speech are the lines you say that end your main speech but lead into the Wedding Toast. They are the most important lines of your Best Man speech, so it is vital that they are sincere, good-natured and appeal to the heart. Wedding guests have a tendency to remember the closing lines of speeches more than most so if you want your Best Man speech to be remembered for the right reasons then spend time mastering them.

By now you are armed with ten super Wedding Toasts so to help you along the way with closing lines I have provided 5 examples below.

Ladies and Gentlemen before we raise a toast to the happy couple I would just like to add what an honor it has been for me to be your Best Man today. I look forward later on to getting to meet those of you I already don’t know and getting reacquainted with old friends. Being Best Man is not an easy task but you made it easy for me so I thank you for that and finally I hope my speech was as enjoyable for you, as it was uncomfortable for me.

Ladies and Gentlemen as my speech comes to a conclusion, I would ask you to make a silent toast to absent friends. Today has been a very special day, and I have been very proud to stand as Best Man on this great occasion. Whether I have lived-up to my billing as Best Man is not for me to say, however there can be no doubt that you have been the best audience and I thank you all for that.

Ladies and Gentlemen today has been an amazing occasion and it is with a mixture of joy and relief that my speech draws to a close, joy for you and relief for me. Before we raise a toast to the happy couple I would like to finish my Best Man speech by thanking you all for your ears and sense of humor, God knows at times during my speech you needed it. To the Wedding Party I would like to finish by saying the pleasure has been all mine.

Ladies and Gentlemen, in a few minutes we will be raising a toast for the Bride and Groom, and as a man who is willing to raise his glass for anything, I look forward to it. John and Sarah are the ideal couple, and you have been the perfect audience and I am very much honored to stand as Best Man today. A special mention must go to my Groomsmen who helped with my speech, I wrote the entertaining, sincere, funny parts, they wrote the rest.

The end of my Best Man speech is upon us, ladies and gentlemen, so before we toast the Newlyweds, all that remains is for me to thank each of you for my making my role as Best Man an unforgettable experience. Unlike my speech, it is a day that I don’t want to end and I look forward to the rest of the evening and the chance to meet with you all. Today has been a wonderful occasion one that will live long in the memory and I am sure, like me, that you are privileged to be part of it and for that we are indebted to the families of John and Sarah.

The key to writing a successful closing line is to remember it is a teaser to the Wedding Toast, you do not want a hilarious closing line followed by a mediocre Wedding Toast, so keep them poignant, light-hearted or gracious and enjoy the rapturous applause that follows.

Tomorrow we continue our “Countdown of the Top 20 Best Man Jokes” as we unveil numbers 15 to 10.

Being Best Man and being given the opportunity to deliver a Best Man speech and Wedding Toast is an honor that doesn’t come along every day of the week. So while wedding humor and Best Man jokes are of course expected and welcomed during your Best Man speech, don’t allow them to saturate your speech to the point where the Groom is merely a figure of fun. It is essential that your Best Man speech has a balance of fun and sincerity.

 The structure of your Best Man speech will revolve around 3 key lines;

The Opening Lines       5 Great Opening Lines for your Best Man speech

The Closing Lines      5 Great Closing Lines  

The Wedding Toast       Top 10 Best Man Toasts

The success of your speech, and to an extent your role as Best Man, will depend on how these lines are delivered so practice them until you are comfortable delivering them without any prompts. Remember that a Best Man speech it is not just about the words, you can improve your delivery of the speech by practicing the pauses and tone of your voice. Now I advocate having a copy of your Best Man speech to read from should you need to, or to take cues from, but try to have these sections memorized as then you can have eye contact with the Wedding guests knowing you will see a crowd of smiling guests willing you on, and that alone is a great confidence-builder as you deliver your speech.

Once you have your 3 key lines selected then just build your speech around them. Things that you can consider mentioning include, childhood memories of the Groom, funny stories at the Groom’s expense and a story of how you first met. It is essential to include a few complimentary lines about the Bride in your speech, they are usually warmly received by the guests allowing another surge of confidence to rush through your system.

Your Best Man speech should build to a crescendo with your closing lines and Wedding Toast, by that stage you will be so confident that you will not want your speech to end, but you can relax and look forward to a thunderous round of applause for giving the best, Best Man speech.

Tomorrow we will look at examples and ideas for your all-important closing lines.

The beauty of using props in your Best Man speech is that it further engages your audience into the spirit of your speech. When the correct props are chosen it invariably enhances your Best Man speech, whilst the wrong choice of props could detract from it. You should be using your props during the section of your speech where you are embarrassing the Groom. As ever the golden rule applies that nothing should be used that might cause offense, here are 3 examples where a prop could be used.

1. The Groom is a Sports Fan

Here you could talk about his passion for his favorite team or how athletic he is and his sporting prowess. You could then say that while he fulfills one dream today in marrying Sarah, his other dream is yet unfilled. You could then say “Until now that is, John I now crown you the World Wrestling Champion” holding up a fake wrestling belt that you can get in most toy stores. This should have the Groom squirming with embarrassment and the guests howling with laughter.

2. The Groom is a Fan of Fashion

You may have a photograph of the Groom wearing funny clothes, more than likely it will be a picture from his youth when dress sense was not as important to him. If this is the case check with his Mom first, so as not to offend anyone.

The trick here is not to display the photo on a computer screen, for better effect, when discussing his fashion sense you might say ” We all know John is a fashion-conscious guy but he was not always that way, I’m a great believer in the saying that a picture tells a thousand words” and then produce a poster-style enlargement of the photograph and announce that it will be passed along the tables for everyone to see.

3. The Groom is a College Graduate

John as we all know is a learned man, a scholar and a business-leader of the future, however he was not always that way. When researching my role as Best Man I came across one of John’s old school-reports (now begin searching in your pockets until you unveil a brown envelope) and it did not make for pretty reading. It said “John is popular with peers, not with textbooks, he does not need to try harder, he just needs to try and finally John will go far, just the sooner he starts the better”.

The style of your speech will dictate the type of prop suitable to your speech. If in any doubt about whether your prop may cause offense then omit it. Props, however, can be the catalyst to an unforgettable Best Man speech so choose them wisely and enjoy the laughter and hilarity that they bring to your Best Man speech.