Best Man Toast

Something else you need to consider when giving the best man toast speech is not to out do the groom.  What I mean is don’t try to give a super funny speech if the groom is not into humor.  This is the bride and groom’s day.  While I personally love to be funny and well liked, it would sort of tick off the groom if people talked more about the toast by best man.

When delivering the best man toast, never embarrass the bride.  I am a married man and I never embarrass my wife.  It is just not proper.   Women are women.  This is the Bride’s day.  While you may think something is funny, if you embarrass her, you will have the entire entourage, parents, and pretty much every woman pissed off at you.

You were picked to be the best man for many reasons.  Try to be inspirational and witty.  Error on the side of telling something sort of stupid that the couple did like the groom loosing his wallet on the first date and making her pay for everything.  This will score points with the bride.

Something else to consider is to be sensitive to the families when giving your  best man toast.  They may look like they all get along but we are now talking in laws.  Don’t start a family fight that may never end.  Don’t say anything about either of the mothers unless it is really nice and sweet.

I know that I had to remind myself that the wedding speech was not about me-it was about the bride and the groom.

Go ahead and say a funny best man toast to the groom as long as it’s clean.  He will love it.  I know that I sure did on my wedding day.

Do your home work and prepare well for the speech.  Be thorough (probably better than I did!).  With that said be careful of the alcohol.   This has the potential to make a fool of you and the entire wedding party.   Even if you think you can hold alcohol, wait until after you give the wedding toast and speech.  Personally, I waited until after the best man toast was over and I am so glad that I did.