“Will you be my best man?” – A sentence to inspire excitement. And a little bit of dread...
Being asked to be a best man surely must be an exciting and proud day for anyone. Being truly involved with a best friend’s wedding – priceless. It usually only takes a few days and a couple of conversations with various people for the reality of what has been signed up for to hit home. Ah, yes, the speech. One of the highlight of the day you say? Oh, and I look after the rings as well? And make sure that the groom gets to the ceremony on time? Okay.. Anything else? Get involved in the general smooth running of everything, and make sure the ushers are where they’re supposed to be and that everything is perfect for the bride and groom? Right.. I do though get to organise the stag do though don’t I? – Well there has to be an upside hasn’t there!
After the best man has does all of this for you, it’s only fair to reward the best man for all of his hard work. It’s customary for the groom to give a best man gift during his speech, which should be full of praise and wonder for the best mans planning abilities and management skills (Well that’s what we are expecting!) An idea for a classic, traditional gift to the best man would be a pair of cufflinks. A pair of best man cufflinks is a truly great idea and a pair of Simon Carter best man cufflinks are a gift that can be reused again and again. Don’t forget – make sure you get the best man a great gift– he’s worked hard for you! You never know, he may appreciate a hipflask as a best man gift, it’s a timeless gift that every man is happy to receive!
A few best man tips:
- Don’t rush your speech!
- Don’t make any blue jokes or lewd comments about anyone! (Especially not the mother in law..)
- Enjoy yourself and the day. Don’t worry too much about anything, no one is going to mind if you fluff a line of your speech or if there has to be some re-jigging of people in the church.
A tip on picking a best man:
- Don’t pick anyone with too much dirt or too many stories about you! If you have no choice (that’s the majority of us then..) make sure you buy him a great best man gift that he will treasure - as you don’t want his speech to be too revealing!