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We would like to start off by saying a huge thank you to the parents of Anna and Tim, for organising this and also their lovely speeches! Of course, we would like to thank Anna and Tim, for honouring us with the role of best men. Thank you to the bridesmaids for out numbering and out dressing us. And of course thank you to all of you for being here!
It's been great to be here these past few days. We love it. Viva La France!
We are very happy this day came and we have prepared some words.
Before we even start, I would like to tell you that during Tim's stag do in Lithuania, Tim approaches us after we've had many drinks, at our weakest point in the night and shows us a draft version of the best man speech. That's right, Tim tried to write his own best man speech. He wrote about how he's such a great guy and he avoided all the embarrassing stories. You'll be glad to know we didn't take any influence! He said "OK, try and write some good stuff about me, at least". This was a challenge, after many days of research, we had a few good things to say about him.
Without further ado, let's start the best man speeches!
ANTHONY
I’ll do this speech in French and English.
Bonjour. That’s the French part over, so here we go with the rest.
I know Tim’s terrified of the best man speeches…good(!)
It’s still quite surreal how grown up this all is for Tim, I’m sure Anna is grateful to him for taking the time out of his Zoopla browsing and age of empires to be here today.
It’s actually crazy how far Tim has come.
I remember him moving into the house across the road from me, into the house my best friend at the time had moved on from.
I saw this random kid turning up and being like “you’ll never replace my best mate, I don’t care who you are!”
…looks like the joke was on me, dunno how he did it.
Gone from being locked out of his own house seemingly every other week to the man you see before you today - crazy.
It only feels like not too long ago that we were doing dumbbell curls on a literal curb (leg day wasn’t a thing back then) and trying to become world class at call of duty - as all the cool kids do, obviously.
He’s more or less my annoying but undeniably loveable brother, and I’m so proud to see him at this stage of his life - I know you two will look after each other and I wish you all the best in this my new chapter. Love you both, congratulations once again.
That’ll be £50 please Tim.
EHSAN
LAVESH
Bonjour everyone, my name is Lavesh and I met Tim in high school.
Tim, where do I start...loyal, courageous, caring, sincere, honest....these are just some of the things I've taught you over the years.
I want to talk about a theory I have. Some of you will have heard of Murphy's Law. It states that:
If something can go wrong, it probably will
We've all seen it in practice. We try hard for something, and we eventually fail.
For nearly 2 decades of knowing Tim, I have observed that he is governed by a different law. Let's call it Tim's Law. Now, Tim's Law states that:
If something can go right, it probably will (for Tim)
With seemingly very little effort, he somehow makes things work out well!
Now, if you look at individual events in Tim's life, you could assume Murphy's Law applies.
For example, Tim taking a gap year, with big plans. These plans started and finished with him stacking milk in a supermarket.
I have some examples throughout my time I've known Tim.
I met Tim at secondary school (high school). I think he initially befriended me as a strategy to eat whatever food I had, whether that was my lunch, or the fries I'd get after school. All conversations would ultimately lead to him eventually asking me for food and I'd be kind enough to share it with him. Fast forward a year, and Tim was braver. He'd been hitting the gym. He was bigger and more hungry. Now he would steal my entire lunch, and he was ready to use his Ju Jitsu skills if I tried to get my lunch back. I was defenceless. Over time, I tried many tactics, but somehow Tim would always get my lunch. Even when I used to hide my lunch in the most obscure places (even outside of school!), somehow he'd always find it. Every single day. Tim's Law in practice.
Another example was during our Technology classes in A-levels. Tim would spend the entire time on the computer looking at property adverts. He'd point to the pictures "Look, they haven't made the best use of the space." or "If I owned this, I'd landscape this garden. So much wasted potential". He would also look at car adverts. He'd say "Hmm £50k for this car. Achievable once we graduate". And click on another car and repeat. When it came to the end of the year, Tim was lost with how to do the coursework. I helped him. By that, I mean I basically did the work for him. He just needed a pass, so I didn't deliver a masterpiece. Yet, somehow at the end of term, he ended up with a higher mark than me! Our teacher even said "Lavesh, if you want to learn how to do this properly, you should have gone to Tim". Much to Tim's joy. Another example of Tim's Law.
My favourite (and best) example of Tim's Law is the reason we are all here today. Some of you may know that Tim met Anna at cheer leading society at university. For Tim, this started as a lighthearted attempt to meet girls. But yet, this blossomed into the beautiful relationship we see today. For me, that's the best example of Tim's Law.
Tim, you are like a brother to me, and I could not be more proud of the man you are today. I mean that.
Anna, you are a wonderful human being, and I am so glad Tim met you. You are one of the most caring and attentive people I've ever met. You're also extremely patient, and that helps with Tim.
What I love the most about your relationship is that you both love seeing the world through each others eyes.
I hope you're both so happy today!
Tim you get to leave with a warm, caring, and loving wife
Anna, you lucky too. You get to leave here with a nice dress, and some flowers, and a handy man.
To Anna and Tim!
MAURITS
I met Tim on the first day of University in London almost 12 years ago.. We just accepted our fate that we would be friends from the first moment and have formed a close friend group since. All of whom are here today as well
We did almost everything together, sat together in lectures, ate McDonalds Deli of the Day or Sainsbury’s meal deals together and just generally became best friends. One thing that took a bit longer for Tim to do though was go out with us to the student clubs. Tim was a bit shy and often used the excuse that he still had to go home to Mill Hill. However, he finally did decide to come out one night with us that changed his life! Suddenly he had found his inner calling and soon would be banging on my door every night with a couple of cider bottles in hand demanding that we go out
The best part of these nights though would be when Tim would notice us sobering up a bit too much and pull out his mother’s debit card. “Drinks on Aneta” he would shout and the night would continue!
Fast forwarding a few years, I went on an exchange to Australia so we spent a year apart. When I came back one of the first things Tim told me was that he wanted to take up cheerleading… That I found a little bit unusual. But Tim said: “Listen, listen, listen. Imagine all the girls I will meet there!” To be honest I was a little sceptical, Tim had had big plans before: starting a carpentry youtube channel, buying and renovating houses, taking a gap year to get a 6 pack. But I was proven wrong! Within a few weeks he introduced me to Anna in the student club on a night out. And that was the start of something beautiful!
You could tell Tim was falling deeply for Anna. Gone were the stained wife beaters and grey tracksuit bottoms. In came the brightly colour polos and chinos. Tim was trying to impress Anna and becoming cultured! He couldn’t stay away from her either. The weekly trips to Paris continued despite the entire world being on lockdown during Covid. Still not sure how he managed that one!
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