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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
*Hank trivia- I'm supposed to be best man for a good buddy. My toast went to how we developed the rule for croquet, and reminded him that it doesn't apply to married life. At an early drunken meeting with happy couple, I did an early draft. SHE demoted me to a non-speaking usher role. Didn't even just reject speech and ask for rewrite. That is my history, and part of the reason I'm unsympathetic when some new poster cries about negative feedback to something they say. Walk a mile in my shoes, then complain.
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A draft of a best man speech? You can't tell your buddy the substance of the speech beforehand. That's like seeing the bride in the dress before the wedding. You kill the surprise, which is part of the fun of the best man speech.
Letting the wife hear it beforehand is OK, but if she didn't like it, her obligation was to tell you, not have you demoted.
And your buddy needs to relocate his balls. The bride doesn't get to veto the best man unless he's a real mess, which I'm assuming you're not.
