How to Be a Best Man

Being chosen as best man is an honor and a responsibility. Here's how to fill the role.

• STEP 1: Arrive on time or early to every event connected with the wedding.
  

• STEP 2: Plan a bachelor party that suits the groom's personality.
  

• STEP 3: Oversee the ushers' tuxedo rentals and fittings - make sure the tuxedos are picked up and ready the day before the event, as well as returned on time after the wedding.
  

• STEP 4: Hold the bride's ring until it is needed, unless a ring bearer is present.
  

• STEP 5: Be sure the groom has the marriage license. You are an official witness and may sign it.
  

• STEP 6: Remind the groom to be ready with his suitcases for the honeymoon, tickets and anything else he may forget.
  

• STEP 7: Help the groom get dressed before the wedding.
  

• STEP 8: Get the groom to the wedding with plenty of time to spare.
  

• STEP 9: Make the first toast to the bride and groom at both the rehearsal dinner and the wedding reception.
  

• STEP 10: Read any congratulatory Mailgrams at the reception.
  

• STEP 11: Dance with the bride and attendants during the reception.
  

• STEP 12: Unless the couple plan to drive away on their own, arrange for a ride, or drive them from the ceremony to their hotel or the airport.
  

• STEP 13: Order Champagne for the newlyweds' hotel room.

Tips & Warnings

• Save your roasts for the bachelor party and make a more formal toast at the wedding. :)

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