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Best Man Duty Timeline
Months before the Wedding
- Help the groom with whatever he needs
- Organize the bachelor party
- Get fitted and pay for your tuxedo
- Be a confidant of the groom
Days Before the Wedding
- Attend the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
- Help decorate the reception site
- Help decorate the wedding transportation (You know - "just married" etc.)
The Wedding Day
- Help the groom get dressed
- Make sure the groom arrives at the wedding location on time (about 30 minutes before the wedding starts)
- Keep the rings until the ring exchange
- Sign the marriage license and act as a legal witness to the marriage
The Wedding Day - Post-Ceremony
- The couple may give the officiant’s fee to you to give to them.
- Help the photographer gather and organize the guests for any group shots.
The Wedding Day - At the Reception
- Sit with the wedding party
- Deliver wedding speech or toast to the groom
- Politely and tactfully take care of anyone who has had too much to drink
- Dance with the maid of honor
- Dance with the bride
- Go easy on the alcohol
The Wedding Day - Post-Reception
- Help load and transport and secure the wedding gifts from the reception site
- Make sure that nothing is left at the reception site
- If the transportation is not provided for by the bride and grom, you may be expected to drive the newlyweds to the airport, home or hotel
- Return both your tuxedo and the groom's tuxedo
In sum, your responsibility as a best man is to be that trusted advisor looking over the shoulder of the groom and the bride. Your job is to solve any problems that arise, make sure the groom gets to the wedding site and soothe any jitters he might have.
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Don't forget to help the ring bearer too!!
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