My Best Man's Speech

Hey,

As most of you will know my father got married to his soulmate yesterday, and I was his best man. Here is the speech that I wrote, and I can tell you now they’re wasn’t a dry eye left in the house after my dad’s, my stepmum’s father’s and my speech. Hope you like it.

Hello everyone,

As most of you know by now, I am Neil’s son. This isn’t the conventional way as I believe it usually a non-family friend who usally does this, and because of this there won’t be any embarrassing drunken stories to tell, not because I haven’t got any, but because I don’t think it is my place to say!

Just before I start I would like to say how beautiful the bride and bridesmaids look today, and I mean it when I say it really is an honour to be in the same room as them.

If there is one thing everybody knows about my father, is that no matter what the situation he is, he will always be there for you. The only exception being of course when his phone is on silent. For those of you who don’t know I am in my 1st year of university, and my dad is always on hand to make sure I never run out of beer tokens. I am sure most of you in this room can think of one time or anotehr in which my dad has gone out of his way to help you, and that is just because that is the sort of guy he is, unfortunately a rarity in today’s world.

He never fails to make people smile. I’ll never forget the time when I fell into a small river off my bike, and his way of consoling me was to remind me how good it was that my school mates weren’t there, which is a pretty good point! Also, no matter how many times my sister, Sarah, told him she hated him or never wanted to see him again, it wasn’t long before she was back in his arms.

I’d also like to personally thank Sharron, for allowing my dad to do something that he wasn’t able to do for too long before he met her, and that is smile like he mean’s it. I wish them both the best of luck, and I think I speak on behalf of everyone in this room when I say that they really don’t need it.

Lastly, I would just like to thank my father for everything, past, present and future. I know Sharron and her family realise what an amazing man they are welcoming into their family. So I would like to propose a toast, to a great husband, a great father, and most importantly, my best friend. I love you dad. Cheers.