Wedding Toasts

July 26, 2008 · Filed Under Wedding  Bookmark and Share

Wedding Toasts are a very interesting concept. The wedding day is quite likely the most important day in the life of the couple. If there is a formal ceremony, there are several other people involved - parents, bridesmaids, the best man, relatives, and guests. The wedding day is the occasion for them to make a toast to each other. Given below are quotations that you can use in wedding toasts.

Before you begin to write your speech or toast, jot down some thoughts about the couple’s relationship, how they met, how you know them, their personalities, or general thoughts about marriage (as long as they’re good thoughts). Once you have some of these thoughts down on paper, it usually becomes easier to craft a heartfelt speech or wedding toast.

Wedding Toast to the Bride and Groom

Congratulations on the termination of your isolation and may I express an appreciation of your determination to end the desperation and frustration which has caused you so much consternation in giving you the inspiration to make a combination to bring an accumulation to the population.

Being the best man at a wedding is a time honored tradition, but we all know the most stressful part is the prospect of giving the best man wedding toast to the couple at the wedding reception. The couple should decide on the order of the toasts well before the wedding, and let each person know when he or she will speak. It’s a good idea to write down the order and give it to the best man or the bandleader; he can serve as toastmaster, ushering speakers to the microphone and discreetly signaling them if the toast goes on too long. No one should feel forced to give a toast. If the best man is very uncomfortable speaking before a large audience, the maid of honor or the bride’s father can step in for him.

Write the toast:This is your chance to honor the couple, so don’t wait until the night before the wedding to think of what you’re going to say. Even if you want to be spontaneous, it’s good to have a toast written in case your mind goes blank. The toast should be short, sweet, and personal. A humorous quote or story can add a nice touch, just keep it tasteful. Anecdotes that involve nakedness, drunkenness, or ex-significant others of the couple could make the moment very awkward for yourself, the couple, and the guests!

Ideal wedding toast for a friend or relative’s special day can be one of life’s most stressful experiences. Funny, poignant and memorable, the perfect wedding toast should make everyone laugh, then cry. But it’s not like you get a whole lot of practice - the most popular of us will deliver two, maybe three wedding toasts in our lives. So how can you expect to write and deliver the toast that will put the perfect exclamation point on the wedding day’

May you swear, steal, and lie.
Swear by all that’s good and true.
Steal away your cares and sorrows.
And lie in the arms of the one you.