Best Man Marries His Best friend’s Wife After Speech At Their Wedding
A woman left her husband and married his best man after he declared his love for her in his congratulatory speech at her wedding.
Desiree White, 32, of Illinois, married her ex-husband in 2010, with Bryant White, a mutual friend, serving as best man.
Bryant and Desiree had been friends since high school, and the three of them had created a bond as a trio.
During Desiree’s wedding reception, however, Bryant declared in front of the newlyweds and wedding guests that he “had always loved her” while making the best man speech.
While his closest friend and her new spouse sat next to him, Bryant claimed during his speech that he knew “she had to be his” from the moment he met her.
Desiree ignored Bryant’s declaration and resumed her wedding festivities.
However, she divorced her spouse only a year later. Bryant comforted her with a kiss and told her of his affections for her.
Desiree and Bryant married in 2012, and they have four sons together.
Despite having to deal with a “pretty enormous mess,” the mother of four said she has never been happier.
Desiree said:
“Bryant and I met each other in class at high school. I had a boyfriend at the time and because of that, I really wasn’t going to talk to other people.
“We were just friends and one day when I brought a photo of my boyfriend. He said ‘oh my god, I know him – he’s in my lunch period’.
“I had been talking about Bryant to my boyfriend saying I loved this kid in my class who was so funny.
“After that, I suggested we hang out. From then on, we all became friends.
“Bryant and my ex-husband became best friends and because they were guys, they did a lot together. They did everything together.”
The three students became best friends and Desiree claims she even set Bryant up on dates as he had been unlucky in love.
She claims she never had any feelings for him while with her first husband.
Bryant drank too many drinks on her wedding day, according to Desiree, and was drunk when he declared his love for her.
Desiree said:
“I set Bryant up so many times. I’ve been on double dates with him and I always tell people I wouldn’t have ever dated the person he was then.
“He had a lot of growing up to do. I didn’t really look at him in that way.
“I got married. On the day, Bryant was really drunk.
“On the wedding day, I walked into the living room, right when I was done getting ready with my wedding dress on and my hair done. Bryant came into my parent’s house and froze and stared at me.
“I said ‘hey, what’s up?’. He said I looked beautiful. I’d never had a moment of him looking at me like that.
“I thought he was being nice because it was my wedding day.
“We went to the wedding and he was really drunk. I told him he still needed to do his best man’s speech.
“When he went up to do it, he said, ‘I remember the first moment I saw Desiree, I loved her. I fell in love with her. I knew she had to be mine. I thought she was the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in my life’.
“He said ‘she’s the best person I’ve ever met. I’ve never met anyone like her. Then I found out she already had a boyfriend and I thought I needed to find out a way to get her, but then I met her ex and we became friends’.
“He then just said ‘love you both – congratulations’.
“It ended there. I remember when he first started my ears were ringing. I’m really introvert. I was in front of all these people and I didn’t know what was happening.
“I don’t think I thought anything of it. I was in my own head. Everyone was kind of laughing and then it got quiet.”