A wedding toast is a special responsibility: the newlyweds, parents and friends are listening, and the videographer is often recording. The good news is that you do not need a grand speech — sincere words, a short story about the couple and a wish for their life together work best. Here are wedding toasts from parents, the best man, maid of honour and friends, short toasts in your own words, funny toasts and tips for a toast people will remember.
The traditional order of toasts helps the host and the guests
Toasts from parents
Children, today you have started a family of your own. We remember your first steps, and now we are watching your first step together into married life. Take care of each other, be patient and never go to bed angry. To the newlyweds!
Darling daughter, you have always been our pride, and today you are the happiest bride too. To our new son-in-law: welcome to the family — we are trusting you with our most precious treasure. May your home always be full. Cheers!
Son, daughter, we wish you a love that only grows deeper with the years and a home you always want to come back to. To you both!
Toasts from the best man, maid of honour and friends
I have known the groom for over ten years, and I can honestly say I have never seen him this happy. Thank you for making my friend the happiest man in this room. To the newlyweds!
When my friend first told me about him, her eyes were shining. Today they shine even brighter. May it always be so. To love!
Friends, raise your glasses to a couple who prove that true love exists. May your story be long and every page of it happy!
Short wedding toasts
To a love that has become a family today!
May your home always be full of warmth, laughter and love. To the newlyweds!
To two people who found each other. Cheers!
May your marriage be strong and your feelings as fresh as they are today. To you!
Funny wedding toasts
Marriage means sharing everything fifty-fifty: the joys, the worries and the last slice of cake. So here’s to always having enough cake for two!
Patience to the groom, understanding to the bride and a great sense of humour to both — married life needs it. Cheers!
How to give a wedding toast
Prepare in advance but don’t read from a sheet — bullet points are enough. Keep it to 1–2 minutes. Speak to both newlyweds, not just the one you know. Share one warm story, with no exes and no awkward details. Finish by inviting everyone to raise their glasses: “To the newlyweds!” Juice works too — it’s the words that count.
Wedding toasts in verse
Let’s raise our glasses high To the bride and to the groom: May your love reach to the sky And your home be filled with bloom!
May love keep you warm each day, May your home be free from care, May good fortune light your way And happiness be always there!
Flowers and a gift with your toast
A nice addition to your toast is a gift the couple will use together: a pair of flower-decorated glasses becomes a symbol of their first toast as a married couple. For the bride or the couple’s mothers, choose flowers in light shades — white roses suit any wedding décor.
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
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