With wedding season firmly back up and running, best men need to make sure they don’t land themselves (or the groom) in hot water, as it’s revealed Mancunian best men give the most inappropriate speeches.
The study, by top10casions.com, found more than a quarter (27%) of Mancunian best men gave an inappropriate speech, compared to just 4% of the groomsmen in Southampton. According to the survey, the top 5 locations for a bad wedding speech are:
Manchester (27%)
London (19%)
Glasgow (18%)
Norwich (14%)
Sheffield (13%)
When it comes to wedding bust ups, Manchester is also home to the most argumentative wedding parties, with 38% of grooms falling out with their best man because of their speech. It’s couples in Birmingham however who are least likely to drift off into wedded bliss, with 30% of newlyweds arguing about something mentioned by the best man!
The survey also asked wedding guests which topics they think are taboo during the speeches. Almost half think it’s okay to be mean to the bride during their speech and just a third think mother-in-law jokes should be off limits to the best man, compared to 60% who say any mention of the groom’s ex partners should be forbidden.
In light of the findings, a joke generator has been created to help nervous best men to navigate the minefield of wedding speech writing. The creators said: “Best men are often the forgotten heroes of weddings, with pressure piled on to pull a hilarious speech out of the bag despite their lack of any previous speech-giving experience.
“We created the joke generator to help these unwitting soles to get some giggles, without the risk of any embarrassing tumbleweed moments.”
