I’ve known my MOH since we were 12, and D has known his BM since they were about 7. That makes for a lot of humiliating material during a speech, right? Luckily for us, our best buddies made a couple of the best speeches ever and managed to get everyone laughing and/or crying.
MOH A told the story about a note that I wrote her back in the day that included 10 reasons why she was my best friend. My number one reason was: “You’re the friend in best friend, and I’m the best!” (If you know me in real life, you’d understand that I really did write that.)
The only time I really cracked and cried on our wedding day was during A’s speech. She made me sob when she told D that he still had to share me with her because our relationship still has more years than the one between me and D. Both of us just lost it at the end when A said, “J, I may be the friend in ‘best friend’ but you’ll always be the best.”
We might’ve just stood there for a minute and cried and hugged.
Then, it was T’s turn:
T told everyone about the time that D convinced T and their friend, Greg, to chase a girl around the playground until she got tired so that D could corner her and kiss her. (I know, my husband, the pimp.) He gave D a very helpful list of things that he would need to know for a successful marriage. I don’t remember all the reasons, but reason #2 is very clear in my memory: J is always right.
Oh, but the speeches weren’t done… Les and her boyfriend A got up to give a little speech too.
Les told the story of the first time that I was invited to our annual birthday dinner for my MIL. You see, my MIL’s birthday falls on or around Thanksgiving every year, and it’s a family tradition to go out to a really nice dinner on the Friday after Thanksgiving. On the first year that I was invited, D and I had been dating for about 3 years (I’m telling you, it’s really exclusive!) and we were at a fancy schmancy restaurant in San Francisco. I got up during the meal to let our server know that it was my MIL’s birthday. When the dessert with a candle came, everyone was surprised, and I mean everyone. I could see D, Les and their dad looking at each other, silently asking the other if they had ordered it, and if none of them had ordered it, how the restaurant could possibly have known. My MIL stopped off in the restroom before we left, and as the four of us huddled outside waiting for our car, they started asking each other who had told the server it was mom’s birthday. I chuckled and said, “Guys, I told them” and got into the car. I left them standing on the sidewalk with their jaws slightly dropped, but as Les said during her speech, this was the moment she knew I belonged in the family. 
The most touching was when she ended her speech and said, “J, you’ve always been a sister to me, so instead of saying, ‘Welcome to the family’, I’ll just say, ‘Hi Sister!’”
