Debbie and Nathan's wedding day blog. On the 22nd of September 2007 Debbie and Nathan got married, and yea there was much rejoicing.
We put this blog together to give everyone the chance to say how much they enjoyed this special day and so that we can all share our thoughts and have a little something extra by which to remember the event.
hello, only me (the best man and the most hung over man in the uk on the sunday following the wedding). Will post a copy of the speach that I wrote. Its actually longer than the one I delivered although apparently I didnt look or prehaps sound to nervous (so Im told) nerves got in the way of me delivering it in its entirity which is probably just as well as think I would have bored everyone stupid and may have run the risk of being a wee bit rude in the process. Also have the power point photos if that works on this. Adz
Thank you Hellish and Daisydaisy for your comments - it was seriously lovely meeting both of you - your skirts looked wonderful as well! Well back to burning the midnight oil and up to my arms in study etc but will have the memories of that weekend to sustain me for sometime. Take care Adz
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen if I can drag you away from your deserts for a bit longer as I know the best mans speech is the headline act you have all been waiting for so let me not keep you in suspense any longer.
For those of you who don’t know me my name is Adam I’m the best man and I’ve come from north of the boarder with the rest of the Scottish contingent.
Just to fill you in a bit I have had the privilege to know Nathan for about the last 15 years. Our paths first crossed at Dundee University and just as its often said about the 60s if you can remember it you weren’t there I think the same could be said about the first time I met Nathan and Debbie, and in general our early days at Dundee. I do vaguely remember the beer, the night clubs, the chips and curry sauce, the dodgy dinner parties and of course Nathan and Debbie. Whilst the scenery has changed (well a wee bit) but Nathan and Debbie I am very grateful to say they have remained a constant in my life over all of many wonderful years. In that respect they are both my dear friends.
Its been a great honour to have been asked to have been the best man. I do however have a couple of gripes I want to get off my chest. Obviously the best mans speech is one of those privileges but slightly difficult tasks you have to sweet about. Asking me to be the best man at least 5 years ago and making me sweet for so long about it you have to admit it has been a bit cruel. However, with every passing year its been an honour and I think a testament to our friendship that despite how hard I’ve tried I have never got the sack from this lofty position in the passing years. Also I have to admit I am slightly bothered with the title the best man as if I am the best man why is Debbie marrying him? All joking aside whilst I am a pretty good man its safe to say Nathan is the best man today , well at least on this occasion.
Before I really get going and reminisce over my many drunken experiences with the groom just to let you know that Nathan has played a huge part in the development of my sense of humour although I have tired to make this speech as funny as possible please blame Nathan if its not. Also my second caveat is that my speech doesn’t contain any original material so if any one is offended its got nothing to do with me and probably nothing to do with Nathan.
I am also told that the best speeches follow 3 very simple rules: speak up stand up and very quickly shut up. So I will try and stick to that advice. Similarly according to tradition I’m supposed to sing the grooms praises and tell you all about his many good points. Well I cant sing and I wont lie. Another piece of advice is that the best mans speech should last as long as it takes for the groom to make love – look at watch – so I guess that will be it then.
Can I just say that Debbie, and I know you will all agree with me, looks absolutely fantastic tonight and Nathan you’re a very luck groom to have married Debs who I’m sure we will all agree is beautiful funny smart warm loving and caring and she deserves a good husband – so thank God Nathan have been distracting her from this task for so many years
THE ROASTING Well this is the part of the wedding that you have all been waiting for – no not the part where I reveal my self as a true Scotsman (that comes later when I am allowed to start drinking) but the part where I give Nathan the most embarrassing moment in life (although I’m sure Debbie will be doing that later), let Debbie know what she is in for (if she hasn’t figure that out already in last 14 years) and generally wish them well and offer Nathan a good deal on some discount psychotherapy to get over his lambasting should he wish to take it up and not skin me alive.
As you can image having been friends with Nathan over the past 15 years we have been through a lot together….. beer, larger, scrumpy most spirits a few wigs the occasional inflatable sheep but mainly lots of fun and friendship for which I’m most profoundly grateful. Indeed I admire Nathan he hasn’t changed in 15 years and what he has saved on laundry bills over the last 15 years has presumably helped pay for this wedding.
Talking about change, or the lack of it, I have a flat mate who is a good ten years younger than Nathan and myself and who is so much mature than us when we were his age – however he recently commented when the stag crash landed at my pad that men really don’t grow up – I think a particular conversation with big Simon – who is somewhere out there - confirmed that. Whilst I think there may be a lot of truth in that I think its particularly true for men who never leave university and never get a proper job. Essentially Nathan has gone from being on form being a student terrorising lectures by exploding cans of Pepsi and a fetish for traffic cones - to well just a bigger student standing up in front of the class more.
Well the real reason for me being up here is not to thank umpteen different people but what you have all been awaiting for - yes to destroy Nathan’s character well the waiting is now over…. Are you ready for it?
For those of you who know Nathan he has never been lucky in doing things right the first time - it took him years to finish school sorry I meant university - 3 resubmissions for his PhD - 6 interviews before a university would accept him after that - 5 attempts before he got his GCE English - 3 goes at his 10 meter swimming badge - and 2 attempts to convince the door man at the lap dancing club that he was sober enough to come in on his stag night but as you can see to day he passed his marriage certificate with flying colours on his first attempt
Another endearing quality of Nathan, and if one his public often fail to appreciate, is what he regards as his very tuneful voice particularly when he’s taken a swig of larger and broken in to full pelt spraying those immediately in front of him. Can I suggest if Nathan can not resist the temptation to jump on to the stage later tonight and crone to his beloved that those in the front row have their brollys and waterproofs handy.
I have to say when Nathan moved from Scotland a few years ago he was greatly missed – although he claimed it was a carer move – coincidently it happened to follow his appearance on crime watch uk- he used to sport a full moustache and beard this disappeared at the same time as well.
I’m sorry ladies and gentleman I’m afraid my speech contained many references to many of our drunken antics and brushes with law north of the boarder but many of these had to be edited out. However if you want to know more you can bribe me in the bar for a pint. However please use the codeword ring pain as that will serve to jog my memory.
Its been an honour and a privilege being asked to be Nathan’s best man and I hope that one day I will be able to return the honour and ask you to be my best man as lets its face it I’ve got less friends that you.
In discussions leading up to the wedding ….
Nathan was telling me he was intending to love and nurture his marriage the same way he did his beloved cricked team down at the Rifflemans pub. He says he is committed to scoring every week changing ends at half time and play half the season away from home as if he doesn’t it a sure fire way to get a serious groin injury.
Nathan was also telling me that he wanted to be a model husband a model citizen and a model lover – being the naïve chap I am I looked this up on the internet and found amongst other things, that model was a small miniature replica of the real thing. I think you will have to agree with me that Nathan is a larger than life character and has an equally big heart and is far from a small miniature replica of anything.
Debs on the other hand reflected that the quality she most admires in Nathan is his spirit…t I think she said it will give her something she can regularly break now. I don’t get Debbie comment either. I’m sure you will agree they will make the perfect couple Debs brings to the relationship beauty reliability honesty and intelligence and Nathan brings er… his huge CD collection and equally large collection of readers wives. Debs has been training Nathan well over the years and he now not only understands where the kitchen is but also what the kitchen is – since then progress has been steady although I think I did see a dishwasher on the wedding list.
Well the couple have been together for 14 years now and I think you will agree they complement each other wonderfully – when Nathan is engrossed with the love of his life - watching the sport on tv - I know I can always get a sensible conversation out of Debbie. I think we also need to thank Debbie for being sensible one in his relationship and in restraining Nathan’s usual extravert tendencies. I noticed that there weren’t any umpalopas [how do you spell that?] bringing in the cake today, no geese on fire in the corner and a no random Christmas trees just for the hell of it. So well done Debbie.
Well I don’t know if many of you know the real reason why Nathan and Debbie are together to night. Not just because I assured that he got here on time to night (phew) or that I’m am rather glad to say that it is all down to my lad dish match making skills. I don’t know if you can picture the scene Im sure some of the power point pictures show nearly 14 years ago Nathan and I was sitting in the bar in the student union – if you cant imagine it just think of two long hair Kevin and Perry or 2 Young Ones type characters seen on two long hair students knocking back pints, music thumbing [see PowerPoint photos] Nathan did try and have a sensible conversation with me as to whether it was a wise thing to ask his flat mate out. Well being the sensible one my words of wisdom were to of course egged him on.
I know its traditional for the best man to give some marriage advice which I think is always slightly mad well at least especially coming from me. Given that you guys have been together for so long already and have triumphed through so much adversity and hard work I’m sure we will all becoming to you for advice. I think anyone one who makes a commitment to each other as you are doing to day is wonderful and an inspiration to us all.
However there are a few quotes that I want to share one from the poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibram which I thought apt for he described the dynamic of love as: not a bond but rather be a moving sea between the shores of two souls and again aptly describes love as ‘trembling happiness’. Certainly Nathan has quite rightly been trembling since that occasion in 2003 where he drank the last can of Stella without thinking of Debbie. Love is sharing your last can of Stella – that’s a quote from the poet and philosopher Adam Mahoney.
However perhaps the advice most commonly given by the best man is to understand that a marriage should be treated like a new car treat her easy for the first 500 role her over gently and she should last for many years. Since Nathan doesn’t drive I think we may be having some trouble here.
Some one once wrote the most precious possession that ever comes to a man is a woman’s heart. Today we have watched Nathan obtain his most precious possession by marrying Debs and we can see what a marvellous effect it has had on him the chap well on both of them they are positively beaming aren’t they. And who can blame them they are a lovely couple am sure they will continue to make each other even more happy if that is possible.
Ladies and Gentlemen please stand
There are obviously two very important people here today, without whom very little of this would have been possible. As the evening progresses, most of us will get to spend more and more time talking with them – no not to the bar staff - but the very happy and very very loving couple
Here’s to the bride that was married to day Here’s to the groom that she wed May all your troubles be as light as bubbles or the feathers that make up their bed To keep a marriage running with love in the loving cup When you are wrong admit it When you are right shut up
6 comments:
hello, only me (the best man and the most hung over man in the uk on the sunday following the wedding). Will post a copy of the speach that I wrote. Its actually longer than the one I delivered although apparently I didnt look or prehaps sound to nervous (so Im told) nerves got in the way of me delivering it in its entirity which is probably just as well as think I would have bored everyone stupid and may have run the risk of being a wee bit rude in the process. Also have the power point photos if that works on this. Adz
Adz - great speech - well done - look forward to reading the long version. Lovely words (about Debbie!)
Liked the skirt too!!
Great speech... and the outfit was brilliant too!
Thank you Hellish and Daisydaisy for your comments - it was seriously lovely meeting both of you - your skirts looked wonderful as well! Well back to burning the midnight oil and up to my arms in study etc but will have the memories of that weekend to sustain me for sometime. Take care Adz
Well here it is dont say I didnt warn you...
Nathan & Debbie’s Speech
Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen if I can drag you away from your deserts for a bit longer as I know the best mans speech is the headline act you have all been waiting for so let me not keep you in suspense any longer.
For those of you who don’t know me my name is Adam I’m the best man and I’ve come from north of the boarder with the rest of the Scottish contingent.
Just to fill you in a bit I have had the privilege to know Nathan for about the last 15 years. Our paths first crossed at Dundee University and just as its often said about the 60s if you can remember it you weren’t there I think the same could be said about the first time I met Nathan and Debbie, and in general our early days at Dundee. I do vaguely remember the beer, the night clubs, the chips and curry sauce, the dodgy dinner parties and of course Nathan and Debbie. Whilst the scenery has changed (well a wee bit) but Nathan and Debbie I am very grateful to say they have remained a constant in my life over all of many wonderful years. In that respect they are both my dear friends.
Its been a great honour to have been asked to have been the best man. I do however have a couple of gripes I want to get off my chest. Obviously the best mans speech is one of those privileges but slightly difficult tasks you have to sweet about. Asking me to be the best man at least 5 years ago and making me sweet for so long about it you have to admit it has been a bit cruel. However, with every passing year its been an honour and I think a testament to our friendship that despite how hard I’ve tried I have never got the sack from this lofty position in the passing years. Also I have to admit I am slightly bothered with the title the best man as if I am the best man why is Debbie marrying him? All joking aside whilst I am a pretty good man its safe to say Nathan is the best man today , well at least on this occasion.
Before I really get going and reminisce over my many drunken experiences with the groom just to let you know that Nathan has played a huge part in the development of my sense of humour although I have tired to make this speech as funny as possible please blame Nathan if its not. Also my second caveat is that my speech doesn’t contain any original material so if any one is offended its got nothing to do with me and probably nothing to do with Nathan.
I am also told that the best speeches follow 3 very simple rules: speak up stand up and very quickly shut up. So I will try and stick to that advice. Similarly according to tradition I’m supposed to sing the grooms praises and tell you all about his many good points. Well I cant sing and I wont lie. Another piece of advice is that the best mans speech should last as long as it takes for the groom to make love – look at watch – so I guess that will be it then.
Can I just say that Debbie, and I know you will all agree with me, looks absolutely fantastic tonight and Nathan you’re a very luck groom to have married Debs who I’m sure we will all agree is beautiful funny smart warm loving and caring and she deserves a good husband – so thank God Nathan have been distracting her from this task for so many years
THE ROASTING
Well this is the part of the wedding that you have all been waiting for – no not the part where I reveal my self as a true Scotsman (that comes later when I am allowed to start drinking) but the part where I give Nathan the most embarrassing moment in life (although I’m sure Debbie will be doing that later), let Debbie know what she is in for (if she hasn’t figure that out already in last 14 years) and generally wish them well and offer Nathan a good deal on some discount psychotherapy to get over his lambasting should he wish to take it up and not skin me alive.
As you can image having been friends with Nathan over the past 15 years we have been through a lot together….. beer, larger, scrumpy most spirits a few wigs the occasional inflatable sheep but mainly lots of fun and friendship for which I’m most profoundly grateful. Indeed I admire Nathan he hasn’t changed in 15 years and what he has saved on laundry bills over the last 15 years has presumably helped pay for this wedding.
Talking about change, or the lack of it, I have a flat mate who is a good ten years younger than Nathan and myself and who is so much mature than us when we were his age – however he recently commented when the stag crash landed at my pad that men really don’t grow up – I think a particular conversation with big Simon – who is somewhere out there - confirmed that. Whilst I think there may be a lot of truth in that I think its particularly true for men who never leave university and never get a proper job. Essentially Nathan has gone from being on form being a student terrorising lectures by exploding cans of Pepsi and a fetish for traffic cones - to well just a bigger student standing up in front of the class more.
Well the real reason for me being up here is not to thank umpteen different people but what you have all been awaiting for - yes to destroy Nathan’s character well the waiting is now over….
Are you ready for it?
For those of you who know Nathan he has never been lucky in doing things right the first time
- it took him years to finish school sorry I meant university
- 3 resubmissions for his PhD
- 6 interviews before a university would accept him after that
- 5 attempts before he got his GCE English
- 3 goes at his 10 meter swimming badge
- and 2 attempts to convince the door man at the lap dancing club that he was sober enough to come in on his stag night
but as you can see to day he passed his marriage certificate with flying colours on his first attempt
Another endearing quality of Nathan, and if one his public often fail to appreciate, is what he regards as his very tuneful voice particularly when he’s taken a swig of larger and broken in to full pelt spraying those immediately in front of him. Can I suggest if Nathan can not resist the temptation to jump on to the stage later tonight and crone to his beloved that those in the front row have their brollys and waterproofs handy.
I have to say when Nathan moved from Scotland a few years ago he was greatly missed – although he claimed it was a carer move – coincidently it happened to follow his appearance on crime watch uk- he used to sport a full moustache and beard this disappeared at the same time as well.
I’m sorry ladies and gentleman I’m afraid my speech contained many references to many of our drunken antics and brushes with law north of the boarder but many of these had to be edited out. However if you want to know more you can bribe me in the bar for a pint. However please use the codeword ring pain as that will serve to jog my memory.
Its been an honour and a privilege being asked to be Nathan’s best man and I hope that one day I will be able to return the honour and ask you to be my best man as lets its face it I’ve got less friends that you.
In discussions leading up to the wedding ….
Nathan was telling me he was intending to love and nurture his marriage the same way he did his beloved cricked team down at the Rifflemans pub. He says he is committed to scoring every week changing ends at half time and play half the season away from home as if he doesn’t it a sure fire way to get a serious groin injury.
Nathan was also telling me that he wanted to be a model husband a model citizen and a model lover – being the naïve chap I am I looked this up on the internet and found amongst other things, that model was a small miniature replica of the real thing. I think you will have to agree with me that Nathan is a larger than life character and has an equally big heart and is far from a small miniature replica of anything.
Debs on the other hand reflected that the quality she most admires in Nathan is his spirit…t I think she said it will give her something she can regularly break now. I don’t get Debbie comment either. I’m sure you will agree they will make the perfect couple Debs brings to the relationship beauty reliability honesty and intelligence and Nathan brings er… his huge CD collection and equally large collection of readers wives. Debs has been training Nathan well over the years and he now not only understands where the kitchen is but also what the kitchen is – since then progress has been steady although I think I did see a dishwasher on the wedding list.
Well the couple have been together for 14 years now and I think you will agree they complement each other wonderfully – when Nathan is engrossed with the love of his life - watching the sport on tv - I know I can always get a sensible conversation out of Debbie. I think we also need to thank Debbie for being sensible one in his relationship and in restraining Nathan’s usual extravert tendencies. I noticed that there weren’t any umpalopas [how do you spell that?] bringing in the cake today, no geese on fire in the corner and a no random Christmas trees just for the hell of it. So well done Debbie.
Well I don’t know if many of you know the real reason why Nathan and Debbie are together to night. Not just because I assured that he got here on time to night (phew) or that I’m am rather glad to say that it is all down to my lad dish match making skills. I don’t know if you can picture the scene Im sure some of the power point pictures show nearly 14 years ago Nathan and I was sitting in the bar in the student union – if you cant imagine it just think of two long hair Kevin and Perry or 2 Young Ones type characters seen on two long hair students knocking back pints, music thumbing [see PowerPoint photos] Nathan did try and have a sensible conversation with me as to whether it was a wise thing to ask his flat mate out. Well being the sensible one my words of wisdom were to of course egged him on.
I know its traditional for the best man to give some marriage advice which I think is always slightly mad well at least especially coming from me. Given that you guys have been together for so long already and have triumphed through so much adversity and hard work I’m sure we will all becoming to you for advice. I think anyone one who makes a commitment to each other as you are doing to day is wonderful and an inspiration to us all.
However there are a few quotes that I want to share one from the poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibram which I thought apt for he described the dynamic of love as: not a bond but rather be a moving sea between the shores of two souls and again aptly describes love as ‘trembling happiness’. Certainly Nathan has quite rightly been trembling since that occasion in 2003 where he drank the last can of Stella without thinking of Debbie. Love is sharing your last can of Stella – that’s a quote from the poet and philosopher Adam Mahoney.
However perhaps the advice most commonly given by the best man is to understand that a marriage should be treated like a new car treat her easy for the first 500 role her over gently and she should last for many years. Since Nathan doesn’t drive I think we may be having some trouble here.
Some one once wrote the most precious possession that ever comes to a man is a woman’s heart. Today we have watched Nathan obtain his most precious possession by marrying Debs and we can see what a marvellous effect it has had on him the chap well on both of them they are positively beaming aren’t they. And who can blame them they are a lovely couple am sure they will continue to make each other even more happy if that is possible.
Ladies and Gentlemen please stand
There are obviously two very important people here today, without whom very little of this would have been possible. As the evening progresses, most of us will get to spend more and more time talking with them – no not to the bar staff - but the very happy and very very loving couple
Here’s to the bride that was married to day
Here’s to the groom that she wed
May all your troubles be as light as bubbles or the feathers that make up their bed
To keep a marriage running with love in the loving cup
When you are wrong admit it
When you are right shut up
To Nathan and Debbie x
A good pair of legs, pretty skirt and great speech. Well done!
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