Anyone fearing the Best Man speech?

Lora, I know what you mean those are the people who think the only way to be funny is to be disrespectful. My MOH is my BFF since 2nd grade so I'm not scared at all, she's the sweetest and we both have similar thresholds for stuff like that. My FH's BM will do fine. Sometimes you hear these horror stories about the BM rattling off about ex-girlfriends, the bachelor party, "we thought he was gay" etc. things the parents don't really want to witness.

Also a little worried about my mother and father. I know the embarassing story my mother intends to tell which includes hemorrhoid cream and sunburns.

My father likes to take any special occasion and make it about how I made his hair grey and was a terror. Much appreciated.

Oh well my sister will say something beautiful I'm sure!

I'm a little worried about it. FH and his BM have been BFF's for a long time and have some really inappropriate stories. Plus, I actually was dating his BM when I met FH, so I don't need anything awkward about that. His BM likes to make inappropriate jokes and is very loud and obnoxious. I've told him to watch it since there will be family there, but who knows if he'll listen.

A little bit because FH and I have suuuuper awkward stories from before we were dating, his cousins (including the best man) would joke that I was his stalker and "if he wasn't careful he would end up marrying that crazy girl" lol. It was all fun and not too bad.... but as long as it isn't too drawn out, I'm ok.

Plus after a terrible speech experience at his older sister's wedding, I am sure that his mother will insist on reading what he has prepared ahead of time

I was happy with my H's choice of Best Man, as I knew I wouldn't have to worry about them showing up late...or drunk, etc. Good guy, and not true of H's other friend who was also a contender. I had NO IDEA I 'd have to be worried about the BM's speech, though. As it turns out, he's not the public speaker I thought he was. He started off with a joke about constipation...yes, really! And it went downhill from there. I was so glad it was at least short, and that he doesn't know me very well! My MOH did a MUCH better job, though actually longer than it needed to be.

Best I've ever heard was at my sister's wedding, where the BM gave a multiple choice quiz of just a few questions about the B&G's relationship, etc. It was hilarious!

Nah I'm not worried about it. I'm more worried about what his weirdo brother is gonna say.

I'm not worried. My MOH has known me since 5th grade and she gave a wonderful speech at our mutual friends wedding a few years ago. I'm confident it will be heartfelt with a few scattered inside jokes and a good length. My BM I'm confident will also give a great speech. He is def a fun guy and loves joking around but also really seems to love the relationship I have with FH and says he can't wait to have the same thing. BM actually took FH and I out to dinner after our engagement to get to know our story of how we met and such with more detail. I'm sure I will have killer speeches on both sides... I'm actually excited to hear what they come up with.

I do have a worst story though. The last wedding I attended. The BM was the grooms brother and he started off by talking about when he met the bride and said he thought she was just another random girl his brother brought home. The speech then mostly consisted of how the two of them will have fights and they will just need to endure and make it through with each other. The MOH speech also talked about not getting along and how they can overcome that. Then the father starts speaking and goes on and on about overcoming hard times and together you can make it through and he even said "and we all know how my daughter can be" which was somewhat funny but I would be slightly embarassed. To top it off, the couple clearly fought that night. When they were cutting the cake you could tell they were having a little arguement.

Give your DJ the authority to "pull the plug"

As many of you know, and will know now, H and I do not have a solid relationship with H brother’s wife. At their wedding my H was the best man and gave a very short emotionless speech because he wasn’t happy about the marriage. It was something like “glad you all could make it, here is to the bride and groom, cheers,” I won’t deny its awfulness. H brother was not happy about it and gave him a lot of crap for it and over the years would say “it’s going to be payback at your wedding buddy.” Sure enough he gave an incredibly awful speech…”let all your ups and downs be in bed, cheers.” Little did he know my brother spoke right after him with a very emotional and heartfelt speech, H brother ended up looking like a douche.

Actually my FH picked his BM partially because of who he feels will give the best speech. He has a small group of close friends, they don't really have "best" friends. Normally he would have gone with the guy he has been friends with longest but neither of us trusts the speech he would give. I was glad FH picked the BM he did.

Interestingly because the BM had been busy for so long, he and I didn't meet until FH and I had been dating about 16 months (we had just decided we were going to get married but hadn't told anyone yet). The day I met him, FH asked him to be the BM. But since FH and BM are so similar, we got along like old friends from that first meeting onward.

I'm more worried about what my Brother and Sister will say...

FH's best man is his best friend and my MOH's husband she told him not to get wild. And I actually know what his speech is because he sent to me to keep safe and to make sure it was ok because we have guests that FH does not need to be embarrassed in front of(work people).

I'm more worried about my Maid of Honour's speech...she's known me since we were 10 and she was there for every stupid thing we did that we hid from our parents, lol.

Having said that...now I'm afraid of all my bridesmaids if they want to make speeches, lol!

I'm mostly nervous about my MOH's speech. Not because she's bad at public speaking, but because she CAN'T mention how we reconnected as we were supporting each other through heartbreak. Why? Because the heartbreak I was experience was because I had to dump a friend I'd been hooking up with. My mutual friends, which includes the friend's ex-girlfriend, do not know about this!!

I'm absolutely terrified at the things that could possibly come out of my FH's BM's mouth!!! We are talking a TOTAL man-child who refers to himself as a ninja, claims he is releasing white doves from his jacket and also putting together a pyrotechnic show for our wedding!!!!! Bless my soul!

My FH's Best Man is my brother. So I'm not terribly worried. I'm more scared for my brother as he doesn't speak we'll in general, let alone to a crowd. :/

After reading the posts following mine I rethought my answer. I'm not worried about the BM, but kind of forgot about the MOH. Mine is my cousin and pretty shy, but once she gets the tiniest bit to drink in her she really opens up. We've been close forever so she has some pretty embarrassing stories to tell........ uh oh.

FH's brother is a really nice guy , can't always say the same for the whole family but I think he will give a nice speech.

Also the last wedding we went to the BM referenced the Bach party in the speech. I would have killed him.

Not at all. FH's best man is awesome! Love him like a big brother!

now, my MOH is who's gonna get me all choked up. i just know it! lol