Female best man

Hi, I’m Lizzie, Paul’s best man. I know there must be those of you who are thinking that it is crazy for a best man to be a woman. When you think of a best man’s duties however, I think you will agree that being a woman is an advantage. After all who better than a woman to manage an anxious and uptight man?

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. For those of you that don't know me, my name is Carly and I’m Paul’s best man. That’s right, I’m a woman. Now, according to Linda, the reason I’m stood up here in the role of best man is because none of Paul’s male friends could be trusted to look after the wedding rings and do this speech without swearing ….[pause]….. or mentioning the phrase ‘sheep lick’ – whatever that’s supposed to mean!