Five Great Opening Lines For Your Best Man Speech

Opening lines are the second-most important lines of your Best Man speech, that honor belongs to the closing line. Nonetheless their importance cannot be underestimated and generally set the tone both in content and style for the rest of your speech. These 5 opening lines of a Best Man speech are each very powerful, yet all fall into very unique categories.

Sarcasm

It’s not often ladies & gentlemen that you have an opportunity to stand-up in front of a large crowd, and compliment your best friend, pointing out his many outstanding qualities… and today will be no different!

Lighthearted (using an example of John as Groom and Sarah as Bride)

Thank you very much John I sincerely hope you enjoyed your 3 minute speech because as a married man, that is the last time you will ever get to speak for 3 minutes without being interrupted. Before I begin in earnest can I ask John to place his hand over Sarah’s, does that feel nice? Well you better make the most of it because it’s the last time you will ever have the upper hand now that you are a married man.

Witty

It is quite ironic ladies and gentlemen that I stand beside John in his finest hour as he stood beside me in mine… when Dallas Cowboys won the Superbowl. John confided in me that in choosing seating arrangements for today, he decided to arrange by size of wedding gifts, so for the people at the back thank you all for the matching pairs of socks.

Sincere

Ladies & gentlemen I am very proud to stand before you as Best Man today. John & Sarah are the perfect couple and Sarah I speak for all of John’s friends when I say he is the happiest he has ever been since you have come into his life.

Humor

Ladies & gentlemen today marks a sad day for single men as another gorgeous girl steps beyond our reach, and girls I’m sure John entering marriage has barely registered among you. John is dark & handsome, sorry, I meant when it is dark, John is handsome.