| Best Man - Tips for giving the wedding toast: 1. Keep the toast 3-5 minutes long and maintain eye contact with the bride and groom as you deliver it. 2. Stand Up straight! Hold up your glass! DON'T STAND WITH HAND(S) IN YOUR POCKET(S)! YOU'LL LOOK CLUELESS IF YOU DO! Before you begin the wedding toast, announce your relationship to the bride and groom. Everyone may not know. 3. Use personal anecdotes; how the bride and groom met is always popular. Don’t give a long string of characteristics. Rather choose a few adjectives, hitting the high points, i.e., she's lovely, vivacious and kind. 4. Use tasteful humor and don't do “in” jokes that only a few will get. You want to include everyone, And stay PG-rated. There may be children there, and also it’s your responsibility to make sure on this occasion you offend absolutely no one. The Bride & Groom will be upset if you offend their Guests. 5. End on a serious note. Finish the wedding toast with a wish, a blessing, cheers! Or congratulations. “To the bride and groom” always works. 6. Practice your wedding toast a lot before hand. It’s not a good time to “wing it” 7. Make sure all the glasses are full before you begin. 8. Do NOT mention past girlfriends, past marriage, or past relationships. That’s what the stag(bachelor) party is for. 9. And don’t end with something negative which may slip into your mind if you aren't prepared like,“ And I hope theirs doesn’t end in divorce like mine did.” 10. It is ok for you to read from a piece of paper. This shows you cared enough to write it down so you don't forget anything you wanted to say. |
| Here are examples of what is acceptable for toasting the Bride & Groom! May the most you wish for be the least you get. May you both live as long as you want, And never want as long as you live. Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married. To the two secrets to a long-lasting happy marriage: Here's to good sense of humor--and a short memory! May your troubles be less And your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness Come through your door. My Greatest wish for the two of you is that through the years your love for each other will so deepen and grow, that years from now you will look back on this day, your wedding day, as the day you loved each other the least. May the roof above you never fall in, and may you both never fall out. May we all be invited to your golden wedding celebrations. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Here's to marriage, that happy estate that resembles a pair of scissors: So joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who comes between them. To keep a marriage brimming with love in the loving cup- When you are wrong, admit it and when you are right, shut up! Funny Wedding Toasts from the Best Man You know, the trouble with being the best man at a wedding is that you never get to actually prove it. To the two secrets to a long-lasting happy marriage: Here's to good sense of humor - and a short memory! Never go to bed angry... Always stay up and argue. Always remember the three magic words: "You're right dear." To the Groom, Early in your marriage you will find it difficult to get the last word in any discussion. With time, though, you will learn how to always get the last two words in every discussion. Just make sure the words are "Yes dear." Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings. |
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