Get laughs at the wedding using short, funny toasts like jokes about married life or memorable stories. Keep your speech light and respectful by avoiding roast-like humor and not telling embarrassing ...

It’s that special day, and for many of us it only happens once in a lifetime. Not birth or death—it’s your wedding day! Thanks to social media, there’s even more pressure to make sure your performance ...

Length is critical. Ten minutes during the festivities can feel like forever. And a ten-second “Cheers to the happy couple,” probably doesn’t feel like enough. Shaun Gray, a popular event planner in ...

Being asked to give a wedding toast is a great honor. “The bride and groom are counting on those special people to add warmth and humor to the wedding celebration by making a thoughtful, ...

Spring is nigh. That means graduations and lots of weddings. As a wedding guest veteran, I execute a move that is admired by other pros. Just before the toasts begin, I find a way to rise from the ...

The bad wedding speech is a movie trope for a reason: It’s easy to love someone very much and yet hard to express that concisely, in a way that is relevant to a wide audience, and without getting ...

Picture this: The big day is coming up and you’re starting to think about favors, floral arrangements, and dress codes. However, there’s one fundamental detail that you may be putting off until the ...

You turn to your beloved to recite the vows you wrote yourself and knew by heart and…you go blank. Or it’s your turn to toast the happy couple and…you forget what you were going to say. Or you say ...

Wedding toasts are a tradition that many guests and wedding participants look forward to. An opportunity for maids of honor and best men to express their feelings about the bride and groom, wedding ...

What’s a wedding without a heartfelt toast? In Ireland, toasts are filled with encouraging and hopeful dialogue to the newlyweds on their new journey in life together. These Irish toasts and, indeed ...