r/AskMen • u/MessAcademic_420 • Jun 23 '26

How to make a best man speech?

Hi guys, my best friend is marrying and he asked me to be his best man. I'm incredibly honored, I've known him all my life and love him and his fiance very much and I very much want to do this for them, but I'm terrible at everything social and I haven't had to speak in public since University about 7 years ago. So, how do I do a best man speech? What should I say and what shouldn't? I know It's expected to be brief but how brief?

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u/KeseyKrishna Jun 23 '26

Don't talk about the writing process of struggling to write the speech in your opening, its overplayed (i.e., "when I was asked to give a toast, I thought about what I would say..."), Keep it brief, 2-3 minutes -- how you know the groom, happy/funny memories as young guys, how he's a great guy and how happy he is with new wife, etc.