How to Personalize your Best Man Speech

Best Man speeches are expected to include humor and good-natured Best Man speech jokes and one-liners. Wedding guests are looking forward to your moment to shine, so how can you differ from other Best Men and stand-out as the funniest, most charismatic, Best Man that the wedding guests have seen? You don’t need to go on training courses or see a hypnotist to become that Best Man, you just need to personalize your Best Man speech.

When I say personalize it, I don’t mean for the Bride and Groom as you will be doing that already, I mean by inserting others into your speech, and speaking directly to their table in the room. The best way of achieving this is to ensure you get a copy of the seating arrangements off the Groom well in advance of the wedding day, then you will be able to see who is sitting where, and provides you with all the ammunition you need to tailor your speech accordingly.

Here are three classic examples that emphasize this point:

Example 1 (with table 12, the table where some of your single male pals are seated)

Ladies and gentlemen, we are graced by the presence of many handsome eligible bachelors here today, none of whom are sitting at Table 12, no that table was reserved for the obviously ineligible ones.

Example 2 (with table 14 home to the Groom’s close friends)

Ladies and gentlemen we are delighted that some of John’s closest buddies are here with us today at table 14, and they are Jack Daniels, Vodka Martini and Gin & Tonic.

Example 3 (with table 16 home to some of the Bride’s close friends)

Ladies and gentlemen, I know that Sarah’s friends at Table 16 are longing to get on the dancefloor and I would like to take this moment to apologize in advance for the behavior of my fellow Groomsmen, whose dancing style can best be compared to Bambi on ice.

The unexpected inclusion of others in a Best Man speech is always a welcomed treat for the wedding guests, so ensure your Best Man speech includes them.

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