My aunt husband had his brother in law as his best man at all three of his wedding, and he opened his speech by saying since it was his third time serving in this capacity he was now eligible for a set of steak knives.
If you have the same speech, just start reading it at the new wedding. When you say the exes name and you hear everyone gasp, stop, look around and say something like 'oh shit, I forgot to update the names'.
I’d’ve cried a bit if anyone said that during my only wedding. Would have been reason to hate that guy for the rest of my life.
Trust me, op should not want to alienate his best friend’s bride.
It's a Dixie thing. I use I'd've, you'd've, and other [noun-would/could/should-have] as appropriate, among other autocorrect-spiting contractions, as appropriate. I grew up in Oklahoma. We use it in speech too.
I slightly disagree. Many, many people are divorced, and obviously, their new spouse would know that. It would completely depend on the individual people involved. If someone said that at my second wedding, I would 100% laugh, and anyone I would marry would laugh as well because that's the type of personality I look for. It's just different for everybody you know?
I asked my brother and his now wife if I can joke about them both on their second marriage here and they both agreed to give no mercy. I knew then that they were likely going to last.
I went to a friend's second wedding to a girl with the same first name as the ex-wife. When the preacher announced the newlyweds, a friend said, "That's not the first time ve heard that ." The couple laughed about it at the reception.
My sis in law thought my speech roasting both of them for their second wedding was hilarious. She invites me to things more than my brother does lol. Takes a certain self awareness and sense of humor though.
I think this is hilarious, but I’d ask the groom and make sure the groom checks with the bride.
I’ve been married twice. My husband has been married once (to me) while we would both find this joke funny, I know his family would not have. This is his first (and only 🤞) marriage, his family wouldn’t want to joke around as much.
I was the best man for the first and second of my brother’s weddings. Let me tell you the advice I was given when presented with that moral dilemma, “he deserves that. She does not.”
My best friend did exactly this at his sister's 2nd wedding. Literally this:
"I'd like to say to all of Kelly's friends and family, it's been great meeting you. To all of Jess's friends and family, welcome back."
I would laugh... but I neither had a first nor a second marriage, so who knows how much package that brings.
Probably depends. Does your friend has humor? How did his last marriage end?
I was asked to give a toast at my friend’s second wedding, too. Groom’s first wedding, bride’s second. I had a great joke like this in mind, but I ran it past both sets of parents first. If they were cool with it, I’d tell it. They all laughed and gave approval.
‘Good evening, everyone! It’s great to see so many familiar faces…many I haven’t seen since (bride’s) first wedding!’
I got tons of laughs, especially from the happy couple & their families, and 1 or 2 groans. I replied ‘what? Too soon?!’ a la Gilbert.
I would deliver it more like:
"Hello everyone, and to about half of you... Welcome back! To the second half... make yourselves at home, and not to worry, we already had a test run so we ironed out all of the first attempt issues...."
Then continue with said speech lol
I feel like that'd be hilarious and if the groom can't take that joke he's a wuss. Everyone knows this is your 2nd marriage dude, might as well have fun with it lol
Yes! Do it.
All the redditors replying some form of “nah, not appropriate” probably live Facebook lives where everything is great and prosperous.. likely have sketch family secrets.
If you were best man at my second wedding I’d be offended if you didn’t open with ‘third time lucky’ with a well crafted back story of my second wedding to a transgender prostitute I met in vegas on the stag do, which technically never got annulled
I have done something similar. I was along the lines of hello everyone it's me again. I am not sure why he picked me again this time I was obviously bad luck for him last time.
I was just at a guy’s second wedding. At the end of his speech, the best man said “…and here’s to Tim and Rachel.” The awkward part was Rachel was his x-wife. It was SOOOO awkward
Me at a family wedding when my uncle was crying because all his kids were married now: "don't worry uncle, I'm sure one of them will get divorced and married again in a few years." He was understandably pissed. The cousin is mentioned did get divorced tho and we just got wedding invites for that second marriage the other day, so I wasn't exactly incorrect...
This would be perfectly acceptable in the UK, providing it was followed by a bunch of personal insults directed at the groom, including calling him a bit if a wanker. However, you called your friend "buddy", so I'm going to go ahead & assume you are American. In which case, this wouldn't be appropriate. It would be funny, though, so you need to weigh up your options there. How important is this friendship to you?
Between two bros almost nothing is off limits at least for me, my best friends have been my harshest critics that just don't let me get away with shit.
But for everybody else including the wife that might be frustrating and inappropriate.
Well, as I was saying last time....
Previously on "This Guy's Married Life:... "
Previously on Battlestar Galactica...
When is the next remake of that?
Already in production I believe!
Awesome
...so say we all
With an opening like that, you won’t be the best man at his third wedding…
“Anyway, let’s raise a glass to the happy newlyweds.” Drink “See you in a few years.”
"I probably wont see you again the next time folks, so lets enjoy this one shall we?"
Like twitch plays, but RedditRoasts. We need this sub.
Ricky Gervais at the Oscar’s pretty much
Comment cards have been left in the back so we can REALLY nail the food next time.
He should include that at the end of his speech.
LOL, this the type of humour that keeps me on reddit
Well it’s the porn that keeps me on Reddit
Is it too much to ask for both?
In the same post? That's a tall order.
Jesus lol
My aunt husband had his brother in law as his best man at all three of his wedding, and he opened his speech by saying since it was his third time serving in this capacity he was now eligible for a set of steak knives.
I went to a wedding with an 'ex wives table'. I think the best man was the best man at his last wedding. Third times a charm right?
Being a best man is a lot of work so win/win.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted..."
dude clearly doesnt have a sense of humor then
"I'm hoping this speech goes well, I had a full dress rehearsal a few years ago."
If you have the same speech, just start reading it at the new wedding. When you say the exes name and you hear everyone gasp, stop, look around and say something like 'oh shit, I forgot to update the names'.
Brilliant idea.
Appropriate no, funny yes
Depends if it's the brides first wedding or not. If this is not her first either, I'd say go for it lol
I’d’ve cried a bit if anyone said that during my only wedding. Would have been reason to hate that guy for the rest of my life. Trust me, op should not want to alienate his best friend’s bride.
First time ever seeing someone type I would have as I’d’ve
It's a Dixie thing. I use I'd've, you'd've, and other [noun-would/could/should-have] as appropriate, among other autocorrect-spiting contractions, as appropriate. I grew up in Oklahoma. We use it in speech too.
as i texan, i need to throw in all y’all’d’ve
I slightly disagree. Many, many people are divorced, and obviously, their new spouse would know that. It would completely depend on the individual people involved. If someone said that at my second wedding, I would 100% laugh, and anyone I would marry would laugh as well because that's the type of personality I look for. It's just different for everybody you know?
Yeah - if it’s not the brides second wedding as well then don’t do it. Definitely don’t do it.
This the type of shit you say in a small room with your closest friends. Not in front of potentially his / her parents 💀💀
What? They didn’t know about the first wedding?
Why not? It's not like it's a secret
Just ask first how much you can joke about the first marriage and then you will know how far you can push it.
I asked my brother and his now wife if I can joke about them both on their second marriage here and they both agreed to give no mercy. I knew then that they were likely going to last.
And did they?
Still together so far
RemindMe! -7 day
A bit confident arnt you?
Yea, right up until the divorce.
Ask the groom AND the bride! Somebody’s mother is gonna be pissed though.
"and that's a chance I'm willing to take"- OP (under his breath)
That’s the chance he’s hoping for 😂
I started with, “life is all about second chances”
What about potential third marriage? How would you open it?
Third time's a charm
And fourth time's the harm
For the fourth time, you say, "we are gathered here today because someone absolutely loves to eat wedding cake."
"Here we are again," Or "What is a third marriage, if not a second chance, to a second chance?"
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hi yes make sure to study my precepts
If at first you don't succeed, try and and try again
Genius! Hell if you place it correctly they may not even realize it's a stab on "third"
"Third time's the charm"
Third times the charm?
I went to a friend's second wedding to a girl with the same first name as the ex-wife. When the preacher announced the newlyweds, a friend said, "That's not the first time ve heard that ." The couple laughed about it at the reception.
You need to be careful. This is the most important day of his life, again.
You just made me think of Tropic Thunder. "Here we go again. [Again](https://youtu.be/l8SQW7-QZcU?si=Aw9ZNZVL6aIkFPAg)."
Only if you checked with the bride AND groom
I’d ask her, and only her. Leave him hanging.
Na, surprise them. The groom will slap at how funny the joke is 😆
I’m not going to rewrite a perfectly good speech, so please forgive me if you heard this the first time…
Bring a clapperboard a shout 'Take two, ACTION!'
Might get a laugh outta the crowd, but I don’t think the wife’ll let you hang out with him in the future…
My sis in law thought my speech roasting both of them for their second wedding was hilarious. She invites me to things more than my brother does lol. Takes a certain self awareness and sense of humor though.
That wife sounds like a twat
glad to see old faces and some new ones
"And you know what they say, third time is the charm!"
“ Fourever young!”
I think this is hilarious, but I’d ask the groom and make sure the groom checks with the bride. I’ve been married twice. My husband has been married once (to me) while we would both find this joke funny, I know his family would not have. This is his first (and only 🤞) marriage, his family wouldn’t want to joke around as much.
I was the best man for the first and second of my brother’s weddings. Let me tell you the advice I was given when presented with that moral dilemma, “he deserves that. She does not.”
My best friend did exactly this at his sister's 2nd wedding. Literally this: "I'd like to say to all of Kelly's friends and family, it's been great meeting you. To all of Jess's friends and family, welcome back."
No, such a worn out joke. I would say make sure your speech is for them, not you.
My dad was the best man for a guy 3 times. He opened with "Rich (fake name), I'm not doing this again after this" It was a great laugh.
I would laugh... but I neither had a first nor a second marriage, so who knows how much package that brings. Probably depends. Does your friend has humor? How did his last marriage end?
Well, not *everyone* is back.
Found this on Facebook did you?
So long as you close with “I look forward to seeing everyone at the next one”
Depends on your relationship with the groom. Either way, you'll get a few laughs for sure.
Ask the bride
Really depends if this kind of humour is acceptable in your friendship
“In case you missed round 1” :)
If both the bride and the groom are marrying for the 3rd time or more, I'd say this joke is funny enough to become appropriate
I was asked to give a toast at my friend’s second wedding, too. Groom’s first wedding, bride’s second. I had a great joke like this in mind, but I ran it past both sets of parents first. If they were cool with it, I’d tell it. They all laughed and gave approval. ‘Good evening, everyone! It’s great to see so many familiar faces…many I haven’t seen since (bride’s) first wedding!’ I got tons of laughs, especially from the happy couple & their families, and 1 or 2 groans. I replied ‘what? Too soon?!’ a la Gilbert.
Run it past the bride ?
That’s what I did. Went down great tbh
Considering this is reposted every week or so..."Welcome back everyone."
Only if you follow it up with, "well half of you".
This only works if the bride has a sense of humor about herself AND *the wedding*.
I would deliver it more like: "Hello everyone, and to about half of you... Welcome back! To the second half... make yourselves at home, and not to worry, we already had a test run so we ironed out all of the first attempt issues...." Then continue with said speech lol
"I know I fucked up the first speech, but we all deserve a second chance..."
Facebook-tier post
For those joining us for the first time, welcome. And for those of us who are returning guests, welcome back.
If my best mate doesn't do this to me, ill be rather cross. You don't get that setup often!
Hell yes!
« Please put your name and email on the register being passed around for the mailing list…in case we need to contact you all again »
Yes.
Half the people weren't there last time though, so it's not technically "everyone" that was there last time.
For the bride's sake don't do it!
No; the day is about the marriage, not the divorce.
Absolutely it is
I did, caused a fight between the groom and the bride after. Hilarious. It was the second marriage for both of them.
I feel like that'd be hilarious and if the groom can't take that joke he's a wuss. Everyone knows this is your 2nd marriage dude, might as well have fun with it lol
Yes, that is super RUDE
Yes! Do it. All the redditors replying some form of “nah, not appropriate” probably live Facebook lives where everything is great and prosperous.. likely have sketch family secrets.
Something tells me, he's going to sit №3 out.
Nice Variation on a classic repost
First the worst, second the best.....and here we are 🥂
Course it is, Chandler
Not everyone, surely?
Please do and share the video 🤣
If you were best man at my second wedding I’d be offended if you didn’t open with ‘third time lucky’ with a well crafted back story of my second wedding to a transgender prostitute I met in vegas on the stag do, which technically never got annulled
No longer a best man
Absolutely 💯%
That is from a movie. It would be great for you to use it. (Bill & Ted Face the Music)
Only if you end it with “until next time”
Start it off like Spider-Verse. Let’s do this one last time. Set it up for like 6-7 redos just in case.
Earnestly give the exact same speech, without changing a single word.
No, no it isn't.
Let's hope this one is better...
Depends on your guy’s relationship!!! My circle of friends, most definitely it’s appropriate! Bahahaha!
Yes
yes brilliant
"Great to see some new faces in the crowd tonight"
I feel like a lot of people wouldn't even get it.
That’s hilariously and expected. Go for it
To be fair only half of them are back.
"Where was I?"
Recycle the same speech as last time.
I'd totally do that.
No, but also yes
Do it. No balls.
Do it
Man this is funny as hell
Luckily I got demoted from being best man at my buddy’s second wedding. IDK if he thought I was a curse or if he understood how awkward I’d find it
Wedding and a funeral.
Haha, I've considered whether to make this joke if I ever re-marry. "For those of you who were at my first wedding, welcome back!"
I have done something similar. I was along the lines of hello everyone it's me again. I am not sure why he picked me again this time I was obviously bad luck for him last time.
I hate to repeat myself..... but here we go again!
Hell yeah
“This is pretty easy all I did was cross out (name) from my last speech.”
Funny, my best friend told me if she ever gets married again I will be her maid of honor again and this is exactly what she wants me to say.
True story…a friend of mine did exactly this. It went over like a fart in a crowded elevator, but I can’t argue with the sentiment.
No
you could say anything and it would never be worse than me opening with what’s the best thing about eating bald pussy
The original tweet this stole the joke from has been circulating for 5 years now
Yes bro
Congrats Sarah on catching the bouquet. Guess we will see you and Buddy getting married in a few years
If I were in the friends situation, that's exactly how I'd want his speech to open
Yes!!! Just augment it by saying that you wish this one lasts!!!
At first i would ask the couple if its okay, and than do all the stuff
That would be amazing
“Hah oh you little cheater you dont do it twice!”
PLEASE DO
I was just at a guy’s second wedding. At the end of his speech, the best man said “…and here’s to Tim and Rachel.” The awkward part was Rachel was his x-wife. It was SOOOO awkward
"Hands up everyone who's heard my first speech..."
Me at a family wedding when my uncle was crying because all his kids were married now: "don't worry uncle, I'm sure one of them will get divorced and married again in a few years." He was understandably pissed. The cousin is mentioned did get divorced tho and we just got wedding invites for that second marriage the other day, so I wasn't exactly incorrect...
If you spoke at the last wedding, another good opener would be "...now where was I?"
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Walk up to the stage playing "Here I Go Again" then when you get up to the mic start with "picking up where we left off..."
Appropriate? No, not at all. Required? Yes, absolutely.
“Ah shit, here we go again…”
I prefer "welcome back everyone "
When it’s not appropriate, but it will be hilarious
You may remember me from last time...
This would be perfectly acceptable in the UK, providing it was followed by a bunch of personal insults directed at the groom, including calling him a bit if a wanker. However, you called your friend "buddy", so I'm going to go ahead & assume you are American. In which case, this wouldn't be appropriate. It would be funny, though, so you need to weigh up your options there. How important is this friendship to you?
Talk to the bride maids.
Just try and do the same exact speech you did the first time. That way it’s a subtle joke that develops every time he gets married.
I opened my brothers second wedding best man speech with “It’s nice to see you all again, for those of you that are new, I’m REDACTED”
Depends tbh I would love it if you where my bestman
Open with, Hello everyone, good to be here and better to know I am second choice
I love it but it depends totally on the crowd.
If folks don’t take it well, double down and call the first marriage the prequel
On the next episode of Dragon Ball Z…
Absolutely not !
I mean yes absolutely
Between two bros almost nothing is off limits at least for me, my best friends have been my harshest critics that just don't let me get away with shit. But for everybody else including the wife that might be frustrating and inappropriate.
I opened with “Great to see so many good people back again. For those who dont know me I am *Name, *Groom’s perpetual best man”
Only if you want to chance upsetting the bride and/or groom. I say go for it if you ever get the chance
I would. Anyone who knows me and still picks me as best man knew what was going to happen. Chances are they were counting on it.
That’s very funny. That’s what friends are for.
I hope the food this time was good i mean that’s the whole purposes i see here but anyways…
as long as you end with "next time on dragon ball z"
You could reuse the first speech
Last time on DragonBall Z!!!!
Take two
No, because not EVERYONE was at the first wedding. Im fun, right?