The Wedding Reception Toast - Raising Your Glass to Happiness and Health

September 12th, 2005 • Filed Under

Wedding toasts can be touchingly sentimental, or hilariously funny. It depends on who you trust to do them, and sometimes you wonder afterwards if you should have!

In the traditional format, the wedding reception would start off with a few words from the master of ceremonies. He would then introduce the Best Man, who would offer a toast to the bride. However in recent years, the wedding toast from the Best man has expanded to encompass the Bride and Groom as a couple. The more sincere toasts will divide the compliments between both, but the insincere and humorous focus usually ends up on the Groom.

The Groom was then on the hot seat, and was required to respond to the Best Man’s Toast, and proceed to complimenting his bride, thanking her parents, and his own, as well as the guests for coming to the ceremony and wedding reception.

Because the men have basically held the floor up until now, it has become commonplace for the Maid of Honor to toast the bride, usually her friend or relative, toast the two of them as a couple, and then take a few shots at the Groom while she’s speaking.

In the old days, the bride was not required to say anything, since it was her day, but they very often add their own words to the Groom’s thanks, and offer a wedding toast to both sets of parents as well as their guests.

People who aren’t used to speaking in public, even if it is in front of family and friends, can find a ton of free resources and sites on the Internet, that will help them write a witty, entertaining, and sentimental wedding toast, no matter which role they’re in, so the happy couple can be left with words to remember.

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