My buddy Trey is getting married. When it comes to most things in life he tends to wait until the very last minute to do anything. Thankfully, his bride is the exact opposite and has had everything set in place weeks before the big day. Trey and I have known each other since we were little nerds at the age of 12; I knew without a doubt I would be part of the wedding. Being best man or not was something that remained to be seen. The decision was made and I was not chosen, which is fine. The best man is a guy who as known Trey since he was nine, dude's got three years on me.
In any case, Trey and his best man, Aaron, are very similar in waiting until the last minute. The wedding is this Sunday, August 10th. I have been trying to call Aaron for weeks to get info on the bachelor party. It wasn't until Sunday when he finally returned my call. Come to find out, he hadn't made any plans and decided to pass the bachelor party planning over to me. Great, that means I have exactly a week to plan a party I have never planned before. Sure, I've been to the drunken adventures with many of my buds the night before they go off to the slaughter. Many forgotten memories of, driving go-karts drunk, or drunken cow-tipping, or even the occasional drunken knife fight. Still doesn't mean I know what I'm doing. Yes I drive a car, that doesn't mean I know how it works. I usually play such things off as witchcraft.
Toast?On top of planning the party Trey calls on Monday, yesterday, and asks me to be one of the four people giving a toast at the reception. Don't get me wrong, it's an honor to give a speech about my best friend. Then I realize I also don't know how to do that. Granted, I got A's in all my speeches for all my college courses, but this is different. It's not for a grade, this will have meaning and substance. Plus everyone including Trey, his wife, my girlfriend, my parents, his parents and all our mutual friends will be judging me. If I make a mistake one by one they will disown me until I'm left with that awkward cousin no one wants to talk to but invited him anyway because you'd never hear the end of it if you didn't.
or Toast?Two items dumped on me at the last minute that I don't really have an iota of how to do. I will do my best without hesitation because this is Trey's one and only wedding... I hope. If he can manage to find a second woman that would be willing to put up with him, I will eat this blog. Don't ask me how.
Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
2 comments:
You've seen those roasts on Comedy Central, right?
Make it the OPPOSITE of that.
Seriously, tell some stories about your friend (not from nerd camp - unless you can do a photo slideshow). Point out his finer qualities - include the bride. And whatever you do DO NOT have a few drinks before the toast. You want people to understand you.
Nicole is right. You want to explain the reason why he is your of your best friends. And when mentioning the bride, explain how her coming into his life changed him... which obviously should be good since you approve of this union (i hope). The other thing is be yourself and speak from the heart.
As for the bachelor party... there are number of things you can do... which probably should not be mentioned on this page.
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