| p>Though it's a long time ago, I remember my first time | | | | following: |
| as a Bestman as it were yesterday. I had been to | | | | "Today I reflect back to a time when I was a young |
| many wedding receptions before but I've never had | | | | boy remembering meeting another young boy who |
| the honour of giving a speech, as a Bestman. And | | | | quite quickly became my best friend. And now, as his |
| because this was the wedding of Fred - my best | | | | Bestman, stand here before you and that very same |
| friend, I knew I had to take this long awaited | | | | young boy, who is now a grown man, happy and filled |
| matrimonial duty very seriously. You know, at that time | | | | with affection for his lovely bride and hopefully life-long |
| I had never been married before, but I knew a few | | | | partner, and might I add to a very beautiful and |
| things about matrimony and love. I had however gone | | | | wonderful woman. My advice is to work hard at your |
| through a heartbreaking experience with my first | | | | relationship and continue to get to know each other |
| amour, in addition to having been through a few | | | | well. Essentially though, my best advice is to allow |
| passionate relationships with girlfriends. But to be | | | | each other the freedom to continue growing within |
| honest I didn't know anything about marriage or | | | | your selves and to always consider the other's |
| matrimony and here I stood thinking about what to say | | | | feelings and desires, hopes and dreams. If there should |
| before I proposed the toast in honour of the happy | | | | come a rough spell between you, seek out matrimonial |
| married couple. It happens to be a little weird that a | | | | advice when you feel you need it. Whether you seek |
| man knowing virtually nothing about matrimony was | | | | out advice from happily married couples, or the |
| going to give advice regarding this issue. | | | | wisdom of experts, know when you need help and |
| I must admit that the night before the wedding I started | | | | make sure that you find it. I am confident that because |
| to panic a little because I had not decided on the | | | | of the loving passion shared between the two of you, |
| content of my Bestman speech and among all the | | | | this day marks the start of a long and loving merging |
| blatant advice regarding loving each other now that | | | | of two hearts and two souls with the tools to create a |
| they were married, the question now was what should | | | | splendid journey the both of you will cherish for the |
| I say that had a twist no one else had given it? So the | | | | rest of your lives. |
| night hours passed one by one without me having | | | | To the Newlyweds, Fred and Maria, Congratulations!!!" |
| written a single sentence of the matrimonial speech. | | | | I married a few years later. Now I have been married |
| I woke up the next day quite early. Like a mad man I | | | | for 15 years and I've tried to follow the advices I gave |
| started to write the speech, almost without thinking. | | | | to Fred and Maria at their wedding. Maybe this is the |
| After 10 minutes of almost automatically writing loving | | | | reason why my matrimony with the best wife in the |
| and matrimonial words in breath-taking speed, I finally | | | | world has been so wonderful. |
| slowed down, flopped down on my bed and read the | | | | |