Wedding Toast Speeches

Holy matrimony requires much talking. For such a sacred occasion, a lot of words get said. The minister or official officiating the ceremony probably talks the most. He is sort of an M.C., a master of ceremonies that dictates when others can talk. Traditionally, he even tells the bride and groom what to say. However, once the ceremony has concluded, the tongues are unleashed, and then the stories come out and the words flow freely, especially when we look at the wedding toast speeches. The wedding toast speeches are made by a variety of individuals. Traditionally the best man and the maid of honor give the wedding toast speeches. Thus we deem them the best man speech and the maid of honor speech. These two speeches usually share funny anecdotes about the bride and groom along with the well-wishes of the speech bearer for the happy couple’s life together. Furthermore, these speeches are more mandatory than just traditional. Very rarely to do we attend a wedding where the best man and the maid of honor do not give these wedding toast speeches. On occasion, the reception toasts will also include other wedding party members and even family members. The father of the bride will give a father of the bride toast to his new son-in-law and daughter. This is not the serious kind of speech that he most likely gave the groom when he asked the father-of-the-bride for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Instead, this is typically a welcoming speech, where he literally brings the groom into the bride’s family. Tradition dictates that instead of the bride and groom now belonging to the groom’s family, the groom moves away from his family and becomes a part of the bride’s. Do you know the saying? Most mothers have sons have heard the traditional saying, “A daughter is a daughter for life. A son is a son, until he takes a wife.” The father-of-the-bride toast indicates this clearly as he welcomes the groom into their family. Finally, the groom’s toast exists in the realm of wedding toast speeches. What can the groom really say, though? Typically the groom will thank everyone for coming. He will toast his new bride, declaring her beauty and his gratefulness for landing such a catch. And he will make her cry. The wedding toast speeches are an important part of the wedding ceremony. They’re the free words of sincere wedding attendees. Without them the wedding would be much different.