Best man for the job
Well, you’re hardly going to want to choose the worst man available are you? Not unless you have a death wish or insecurity so great that you need to prove to your wife-to-be that she could have done worse for herself.
So, what should you ideally be looking for in a best man? And what is it wise to run screaming from at the first available opportunity?
Make sure you choose a best man who has the potential to look almost (but not quite) as smart as you will on the big day, thus avoiding evil looks and an ear-bashing later from the bride.
Pick a martial arts’ expert. If that’s not practical, make sure he knows that, come the stag do, your safety is his priority – even at the expense of his own health and welfare. On a stag night, you’re never too far away from a group of tanked up yobs, roaming the late night clubs just looking for trouble.
If the guy you’ve got lined up for the job is known to swear like a trooper or prone to telling anecdotes about you that involve previous girlfriends, romantic escapades with farm animals or that time on holiday when you got married to a Thai lady-boy, STOP RIGHT NOW! You’re getting married, you don’t want to have her filing for divorce by tea-time, now do you?
If you have to delegate the important task of being your best man to someone who, though they may not be as close a buddy to you, is at least sober and reliable, then do so. You can always keep your dear old mate on as a figurehead. By doing so, you may just save both your friendship and your impending marriage from an instant and irredeemable break-up.
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