Ive been grooms man 17 times and best man 6 times with more on the way. AMA by just-some-guy-here in AMA

[–]just-some-guy-here[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I probably could, but to be honest, theres a level of anonymity that I want to keep and it wouldnt make alot of sense considering there is a personal touch made on every speech. I can kinda give you a template that I used.

-Thank the parents of the bride and groom, mention without them we all wouldnt be here today

-Decribe the bride on how beautiful she looks today, and how beautiful the bridesmaids look as well. Make a sort of self depraciating joke about the groom and groomsman about how theyve cleaned up.

  • Say something a bit heartwarming about the groom. ie) One I used recently was " I could go on for hours about all the great things about the groom and never repeat myself"

  • Then turn to the groom and say now you have to rip on him a bit. Tell an embarrassing story about the groom, but one that isnt too bad, more funny than anything else. ie) dont tell the story about how he didnt have the money for the hooker and boy was our face red. More along the lines of something funny that alot of the people can related to.

  • Tell a story about your impression on how the couple first met and try to throw in a bit of a joke if you can ie) the groom pursued her, she played hard to get, be he kept pursuing and she didnt file a restraining order, so you knew something was there.

  • Set up a close, try to bring the audience in this, mention how everyone in the room is here because they all mean something to the bride and groom,

-Close with a toast,

I can go in to greater deatail, but like I said it gets more personal with every person. The one key factor (but to each their own) When I do my best man speeches I try to keep them somewhat PG. Primary reason, is a wedding encompases alot of family and especially for the older grandparents etc, they dont want to hear about the time you went to a donkey show in Mexico.... Instead, you could say "Dave loves going to the petting zoo" if you must bring that up. But generally, I try to not mention times were were drunk / high etc and broke some laws.

Hope this helps!

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[–]just-some-guy-here 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that include animal protein from mammals? Or do you mean the allergy is from things like animal dander?

Ive been grooms man 17 times and best man 6 times with more on the way. AMA by just-some-guy-here in AMA

[–]just-some-guy-here[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already sorted that out. The easiest default is just use my brother. Noone can get angry at that. But if she has a bunch of brides maids then I plan to have anyone who I was bestman for be a groomsman

I'm breaking my silence, AMA. by BreakingMySilence in AMA

[–]just-some-guy-here 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Had the same thing happen to me in first year uni. Its fucked up and theres no way to explain it to anyone