Board 8 > My two best friends are getting married tomorrow. I need to give a speech.

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From: Gwindor | #051
how soon do you need this? the wedding is today, yes?

Very soon.

Wedding is at 7 PM tonight.

Gwindor and FFD have been emailed.

Ryoko and Kleenex, I need your email addresses if you want to read it.

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And for reference, how will the audience largely be comprised in terms of age groups?

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There will be five or six kids between 4-12 and I am really close to all of them but one.

60% people 30-60 (my family, her family, his family).

30% our friends age 20-30.

10% old folks.

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And just so you know, you will not hurt my feelings.

Say exactly what you think about it.

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But if you want to get super specific on the criticisms, just email it.

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reply is sent. Try not to cry =P


Also thanks for not calling me FFDG, I guess. >_<''

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From: ImTheMacheteGuy | #036
just say the fresh prince lyrics but in speech form
Man, I want to be the best man at a wedding where I don't care quite as much about the bride and groom because this topic has some dynamite suggestions.

you could pull it off if you change direction at the end, like "that's how I became the fresh pirince of bel-air (or however the end goes). While I was living in bel-air, I met <one of them> and we became very good friends very quickly..." and then keep going on about them.

No matter how strange, awkward or douchey you are, if you change direction without giving the audience the time to react, they'll forget all about it. When I worked at a pizza place, we'd get morons and a******s on the phone all the time. I would frequently politely insult their intelligence but then immediately tell them what the wanted to hear without so much as a pause, and by the end they didn't even seem to realize I had insulted their intelligence.

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Aww yeah, I have impacted a best man speech from thousands of miles away.

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I sent my reply.

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If they are both your best friends, this should totally be a three-way marriage

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From: Gwindor | #060
I sent my reply.

*kills self*

From: GTM | #061
If they are both your best friends, this should totally be a three-way marriage

Nope. Not those kinds of best friends.

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hey now I'm not trying to overwhelm you

you can give the speech you have and it'll be great

but if you want to change things just keep in mind how much time you have left.

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"What if you just eat vegetarians?"-neonreaper
"^ You are what you eat. ^_~"-Koiji

Alright so the wedding is at 7:00.

And if I take 15 Vicodin right now, will I be dead by then?

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I uh

depends on the timezone

I guess

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"What if you just eat vegetarians?"-neonreaper
"^ You are what you eat. ^_~"-Koiji

no anri

stop

you have so much to live for

like girls soccer

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I'm just messing with you, by the way.

I will make some basic changes based off the ForAnri document but I am not gonna change it up too much.

Thanks for the tips and it's obvious you know what you're talking about so I'll try to keep the stuff you said in mind.

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None of you know ___ like I do. Not you. Not you. Not you. Not you. Not nobody knows ___ like I do. No one. I can’t even tell you what we’ve been through because we made a pact, more important than blood. What I can tell you is this. This is not ____'s first marriage. There was a whore in Las Vegas....

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Gwindor, like I said, it was clear that you know the technical aspect quite well but in the end, I just kept my speech the same because it felt more sincere that way and it was way easier.

And like you said, it's mostly in the delivery and since they saw how close we were, every aspect of the speech was a smashing success.

Thanks for all of the tips, everyone.

PS - I made at least 7 people cry (7 confirmed, possibly more).

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Aww yeah.

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I want to read it

[email protected]

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Post it or email it to me please!


[email protected]

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[email protected] plz

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For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Joey, Jared’s best man or as I like to say, his hetero lifemate. About ten years ago, in South Dakota, while we were in middle school, the two of us became instant best friends and we were pretty much adopted into each other’s families. I’m not trying to steal any of Jared’s thunder on his big day but his mom, Elaine, has been known to call me her favorite son. Out of five sons. But from middle school on we did pretty much everything together. We played soccer together, we played video games together, we did each others hair. Typical guy stuff. You know how it is. Then came our senior year of high school and “Katie from the movie theater” came into the picture, trying to steal him away. At this point I had my own girlfriend, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and for a lot of people, this could easily be a time where we would start to kind of drift apart. A lot of people graduate high school and kind of go their separate ways but luckily that never happened with us. We all went to South Dakota State University together and became a pretty inseparable group up through the end of our Freshman year. Eventually, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had to leave our little group but Jared and Katie supported me and they kept going strong.

So for a while it was just the three of us, going to college, all working at the same restaurant, working at the same movie theater, all sitting in a line in macroeconomics lectures, peaking off each others tests. Along the way, there were a few rough times but Jared and Katie continued to be there for me and of course they were always there for each other. After we all finished college in 2009, Katie moved down here to Texas to do her student teaching. It became pretty clear that there wasn’t much left for us in South Dakota. Especially since my family and Jared’s family had already headed south. I could have used this as my chance to try and steal Jared back, keep him all to myself, but even I was starting to miss Katie. And I saw how much more Jared was missing her so we quickly packed up our stuff and followed her down here. It didn’t take long after we got here for Jared to pop the question. And of course she said yes.

So I figured this was it. We had a good run but this is game over. Katie is gonna kick me to the curb. But we’re gonna be moving to a new place next month and she insists she’s still content to let me live with them and to share Jared just a little bit longer. For now at least. We’ll see. But I know I’m really lucky that my best friend is marrying my other best friend. And even though you didn’t ask my permission, Katie, you have my full blessing to marry Jared and I promise you guys aren’t going to have to take care of me that much longer. I’ll be out of your hair soon and you guys can get a dog or have kids or maybe just actually be alone for a while. I’ve known you two since the beginning of your relationship and I know you guys are going to be together for a long, long time because like Alesha said, you’re just weird enough to be perfect for each other. I am so happy for you guys and I hope that I end up finding someone that compliments me as well you two compliment each other. I wish you both all the best. I love you guys so much and I am proud to be here with you for this. Alright, everyone: To the happy couple, Jared and Katie [last name]. Congratulations.

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I memorized it so I didn't use my notes.

I ad-libbed quite a bit because there were more people there that I knew than I was expecting so I told a few quick stories/made semi shout-outs to people that I felt should be included in the tale.

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Pretty good, Anri. Pretty good

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better than I could do

kinda want to see what Gwindor said

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Don't worry guys, I have all the clubs

That's awesome. And you memorized that? Damn!

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Yeah I memorized it.

And I made $5 from the bride's brother-in-law.

He bet I couldn't do a double backflip into the pool.

Took like 6 tries but I finally rocked that s***.

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wouldn't the bride's brother in law be your friend's brother?

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From: RevolverSaro | #079
wouldn't the bride's brother in law be your friend's brother?

It could be.

But it isn't.

It's her sister's husband.

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Everyone in the wedding party is in my living room right now. But I came into my room to use my computer for like five minutes because it was so hot in there.

Then the maid of honor followed me in here and got on my bed (even though she is staying in the guest room) and asked me to watch The Bachelorette with her.

I declined since she's the bride's best friend and she has a boyfriend.

Figured it might not be a good idea and The Bachelorette is awful.

But she has been doing this kind of stuff to me all weekend wtf

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get it

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Nope.

That was my plan the entire time and I knew it was gonna be pretty easy.

But I didn't know she had a boyfriend until recently.

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Any sod can get a chick, but I think It takes a true man to turn down ***** in my opinion.

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"Don't freeze up girl, you're looking quite a sight." - Adam Ant.
"Baby, can you dig your man? He's a righteous man." - Larry Underwood

Oops I guess I'm a sod.

Not my fault though.

More people stayed at our place than originally planned and she all but begged to stay in my room.

Oh well, she went back home about 1,000 miles away like 20 minutes ago so I win.

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I thought about not telling my friend but I didn't feel right about it.

She hardly even cared. She seemed disappointed in her friend but that's about it.

This was probably the best weekend of my life.

My family, his family, and her family were all together so I got to see pretty much everyone I care about. Even the people who live 1,000 miles away whom I never get to see anymore.

And I got to meet a lot of new people. Aaaand last night was pretty sweet too.

Welp, they're about to leave on their honeymoon (and I am going to be alone in the apartment for a week for like the first time ever). Which is pretty weird for me.

But I guess it's time to get back to normal and go play some tennis.

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