Tuesday, April 06, 2010

New Takes on Old Traditions - The Best Man

The Best Man

More and more grooms are opting for 'Best Men' rather than a singular Best Man. This often solves the problem when a groom has a number of good friends to choose from and the way in which he can include them all in his big day is by giving each of them one of the tasks normally performed by a singular Best Man. So for example one friend will take on the role of handing over the rings during the ceremony itself. Another will then give the speech during the wedding breakfast while another will be tasked with escorting the Chief Bridemaid during the day and the wedding breakfast (lucky so and so).

Father of the Groom

Another popular option is for the Groom to have his Father as his Best Man, often the Father of the Groom gets a little forgotten during the big day so this is a great way to bring him to the forefront again. Of course, this could then be combined with the idea above so that you then have another Best Man who escorts your Chief Bridesmaid and may or may not give a speech.

A Best Woman

Of course, there is nothing to say you have to have a Man as your 'Best Man' there are many occasions where a groom chooses to have a lady as his right hand 'man' on his big day!

Do you have any other interesting ideas for new takes on the role of the Best Man? Comment us!

Happy Planning!

Nicky ♥

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