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Before the Wedding
In advance of the wedding, you need to be there, with the groom, when he is selecting what he and you should wear for the wedding. Make sure you allow him to have the final decision - it's his day.
As mentioned previously, you need to organise the stag do/bachelor party. It's OK to surprise the groom with what you are doing but try and have a rough idea of what he might want, and who he wants there. Don't do anything that will upset him. While organising something like this can be a lot of fun, it can also take a lot of planning, especially if you are going away for the weekend with a lot of friends. You'll need to make the bookings and collect the money from people, and ensure that there is enough to do throughout the weekend to keep everyone entertained! There are companies that can help you to do this.
While it's fun to stitch up the groom a little on the stag do, you must also make sure he comes back in one piece, with all his hair and eye brows still attached! Otherwise you will have an angry bride-to-be to deal with!
Shortly before the big day you may need to attend a rehearsal ceremony and dinner. This will be good practice for the real day. Not everyone has a rehearsal these days, so make sure you find out if your bride and groom will be... they'll be impressed you even thought of it!
The Wedding Day
On the wedding day itself you should get ready for the big day with the groom, assisting him in dressing and preparing and generally making his life easier. He will have lots on his mind so help him out as much as you can, keeping everything organised.
If required, make sure the bride and groom have their marriage license with them. It's something that is easily forgotten on such a busy day.
You will likely be in charge of making sure the groom gets to the wedding, and may be responsible for transporting him there yourself. You also need to make sure he gets there on time, well in advance of the bride. You should both be at the venue in sufficient time to be able to greet the guests as they arrive.
At the wedding venue, you will be in charge of the ushers and ensuring they carry out their roles correctly. To help you do this make sure you have a copy of the seating plan so you can help them out with seating people if they need it.
Before and during the ceremony is one of your most important jobs... making sure you have held on to the rings! Keep them somewhere completely safe but easily accessible. At the right time, you will need to hand these over during the ceremony, and you don't want to have lost them at this crucial moment!
After the Ceremony
After the ceremony, you should walk the maid of honour down the aisle behind the bride and groom.
You may then be required to sign the marriage certificates as a legal witness and then help the photographer to organise the guests for the wedding photos. Some weddings can have a huge amount of people and organising them for the photos is a laborious process. Most people want to get them over with, so the partying can begin, and your assistance here is invaluable.
Once done, you may need to get to the reception venue if it's not at the same place as the ceremony. If they don't have transport arranged them you should drive the bride and groom there yourself - so make sure you have clean car!
At the reception, you will likely be seated at the head table. This is the point when a Best Man will likely start getting nervous about their speech. As long as you have a well written speech, and have prepared, then you will be fine! Don't be cocky beforehand and think that you don't need to prepare for the speech. At least have thought about what you want to say, who you need to toast, etc, and make some notes on paper. This will make everything go so much smoother. Try to make the speech humorous and heart-warming, not saying anything inappropriate. Also try to keep it to a reasonable length - speeches that go on too long can be sooo boring!
Once the speech is out of the way, and the party has started, you should offer to dance with the bride and the maid of honour.
During the party, you may want to sneak out and decorate the vehicle that will be taking the newlyweds away.
Try to take on some of the hosting responsibilities at the reception by mingling with the guests and helping out with any small issues. It all helps to make the Groom's day that little bit easier.
After the Wedding
After the wedding it may be your duty to ensure the men's formal wear is returned to the rental shop following the wedding, if appropriate.
You may also need to help to bride and groom with getting to an airport for their honeymoon. If they are going the same night as the wedding, they may be reliant on you to look after their flight tickets, and ensure their luggage is stored in a safe place throughout the wedding day.
It seems like a long list now but as long as you have prepared, and know what to expect, then everything will be fine and you can enjoy the day! Being a Best Man should be a great day, and it will be as long as you remember all of your duties!
The article is written by Greg Williams, owner of http://www.rhymingspeeches.com/. Greg has operated within the wedding trade for many years and is an experienced public speaker. On the Rhyming Speeches website, Greg provides a guide, with many great example rhyming verses, to the Best Man (as well as the Groom, Bride and Father of the Bride), on how to make their wedding speech rhyme. A rhyming speech is a great way of giving a unique interesting speech that the guests will want to see, but it can also be much easier, and less nerve wracking, to present than a conventional type of speech.
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