Biggskip
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With the pending nuptials of my best friend next weekend I was thinking about the various speeches I've heard at weddings over the years and a very obvious pattern emerged. It would seem to my mind that Best Man speeches are always better than Maid of Honor speeches.
Your typical Best Man speech will playfully, but tastefully, tease the Groom about some of his shortcomings, while reassuring him that he is still a great guy. Then the speech usually takes a turn where the Best Man tells everybody how lucky the Groom is. That even though he's a great guy, the woman that he's gonna marry is way better than he is, and the Groom is lucky to have snagged such a wonderful woman to spend the rest of his life with. This leaves the Groom feeling good about his choice of spouse and leaves the Bride feeling great because she just got complimented several times.
On the other hand, the typical Maid of Honor speech usually starts out with the MoH telling the audience a few humorous(less) anecdotes involving her and the bride in order to demonstrate her long standing rapport with the Bride (as if we didn't already know this given that she was selected to be the MoH). Usually these stories are only funny to her and the Bride but the audience plays along out of courtesy. Then she will turn her attention to the Groom where she typically makes some sort threat about how he needs to treat the Bride well...OR ELSE.
Anybody have similar experiences?
Your typical Best Man speech will playfully, but tastefully, tease the Groom about some of his shortcomings, while reassuring him that he is still a great guy. Then the speech usually takes a turn where the Best Man tells everybody how lucky the Groom is. That even though he's a great guy, the woman that he's gonna marry is way better than he is, and the Groom is lucky to have snagged such a wonderful woman to spend the rest of his life with. This leaves the Groom feeling good about his choice of spouse and leaves the Bride feeling great because she just got complimented several times.
On the other hand, the typical Maid of Honor speech usually starts out with the MoH telling the audience a few humorous(less) anecdotes involving her and the bride in order to demonstrate her long standing rapport with the Bride (as if we didn't already know this given that she was selected to be the MoH). Usually these stories are only funny to her and the Bride but the audience plays along out of courtesy. Then she will turn her attention to the Groom where she typically makes some sort threat about how he needs to treat the Bride well...OR ELSE.
Anybody have similar experiences?