Wedding Toast Advice Needed

[Kroy]

Hey OT, my friend put me up on a pedestal and now I'm in a situation where I need to give a wedding toast in a couple days. Gotta make it like 2 mins. I've done some minor research on google and most toasts are just a couple of congratulatory verses; guessing I should add some type of story to pad the time a bit. I've only been to one wedding recently and have never given a wedding toast before. I feel out of my element. Help would be greatly appreciated.


here's something pretty to look at

this is not my friend

[Express]

dont prepare. just blackout.

[Tondtar]

Watch "Four Weddings and A Funeral" ..You'll know what to say excatly after that.

[M3Bahn]

Just be very sincere and speak from the heart, works like a charm and you will get lots praise after.

[Kroy]

Originally Posted by express705

dont prepare. just blackout.

dude... i wish..

Originally Posted by Tondtar

Watch "Four Weddings and A Funeral" ..You'll know what to say excatly after that.

never seen that movie before. but doubt i'll watch it in the next couple days.

Originally Posted by M3Bahn

Just be very sincere and speak from the heart, works like a charm and you will get lots praise after.

i'm drawing a blank man... i'm somewhat close to the bride and don't know the groom. she's like a little sister to me and looks up to me so i don't want to fall off my pedestal. just not really sure wtf i should talk about. what kind of stories i should tell. i've only met the groom a handful of times; no more than 2 handfuls; talked to less than a handful.

asides from the fact that i pretty much knew they'd get married since like 5 years ago, i don't have anything heartwarming to say. it's not like the groom is a bad guy but i don't know him, thus the difficult situation of coming up with material to write about.

[Blake]

just tell the wife that you wish you had the chance to fuck her before she got married, but now she's going to be tainted because of high probability of babies, drop the mic, throw up some deuces, and sit down. i guarantee you'll have the most memorable toast.

[Kroy]

Originally Posted by Blake

just tell the wife that you wish you had the chance to fuck her before she got married, but now she's going to be tainted because of high probability of babies, drop the mic, throw up some deuces, and sit down. i guarantee you'll have the most memorable toast.

[Draven]

My tips as someone who has never given a best man speech, and will never give a best man speech, but I am an accomplished public speaker:

Don't try to joke. Funny things being said during a toast almost never work unless you're an experienced public speaker, or the story is inherently funny.

Rehearse it. Record yourself giving the speech, practice delivery and timing. Once your comfortable, say it in front of an impartial audience, and don't take their critique personally.

Don't go too long. A good speech should go about 3 minutes, give or take. It should be personal to the groom, it should highlight his love for his new bride, and it should imply that you'll support them throughout their lives together.

Finally, tell the new bride and groom that when their sex life gets boring, you call first dibs on the wife when they become swingers.

Good luck!

[Patrick303]

Originally Posted by Draven

My tips as someone who has never given a best man speech, and will never give a best man speech, but I am an accomplished public speaker:

Don't try to joke. Funny things being said during a toast almost never work unless you're an experienced public speaker, or the story is inherently funny.

Rehearse it. Record yourself giving the speech, practice delivery and timing. Once your comfortable, say it in front of an impartial audience, and don't take their critique personally.

Don't go too long. A good speech should go about 3 minutes, give or take. It should be personal to the groom, it should highlight his love for his new bride, and it should imply that you'll support them throughout their lives together.

Finally, tell the new bride and groom that when their sex life gets boring, you call first dibs on the wife when they become swingers.

Good luck!

I agree. Don't try overly hard to be funny. Especially if it's a story that not all the guests know. It will fail miserably. Instead try to focus on a certain trait your friend has and use it.

For instance, at my best friend's wedding I started by saying "I hope you know you married the most stubborn person I know. Once he sets his mind to something, there's no use fighting with him." Then change it to be a good thing. I followed that with "Now he's set his mind to loving you, so there's no use fighting it." Or something like that. :P

Rehearse it so you don't trip over yourself when speaking. And keep it short so everyone doesn't trail off and stop listening. Good luck!

[Kroy]

Thanks for the responses so far guys. Basically need to bang this out by tomorrow. Feels like I'm back in school with a paper due lol. Maybe I'll relate back and tell a story from our school days (pretty much how I know her) but I can't think of anything too memorable/funny.

Originally Posted by Draven

My tips as someone who has never given a best man speech, and will never give a best man speech, but I am an accomplished public speaker:

Don't try to joke. Funny things being said during a toast almost never work unless you're an experienced public speaker, or the story is inherently funny.

Rehearse it. Record yourself giving the speech, practice delivery and timing. Once your comfortable, say it in front of an impartial audience, and don't take their critique personally.

Don't go too long. A good speech should go about 3 minutes, give or take. It should be personal to the groom, it should highlight his love for his new bride, and it should imply that you'll support them throughout their lives together.

Finally, tell the new bride and groom that when their sex life gets boring, you call first dibs on the wife when they become swingers.

Good luck!

Not really afraid of public speaking. Which is why she wants me to do the toast. Also because I'm the only one on her side that will speak. My trouble is coming up with material to write about.

I only really want to make the toast 1-3 mins. Said 2 mins in my OP.

I don't know the groom well.

I'm a groomsman.

Work + Family visiting. Won't really have time/opportunity practice it in front of anyone. It's a very hectic week this week even without her wedding. I'm literally getting 4-5 hours of sleep every night this week.

Originally Posted by Patrick719

I agree. Don't try overly hard to be funny. Especially if it's a story that not all the guests know. It will fail miserably. Instead try to focus on a certain trait your friend has and use it.

For instance, at my best friend's wedding I started by saying "I hope you know you married the most stubborn person I know. Once he sets his mind to something, there's no use fighting with him." Then change it to be a good thing. I followed that with "Now he's set his mind to loving you, so there's no use fighting it." Or something like that. :P

Rehearse it so you don't trip over yourself when speaking. And keep it short so everyone doesn't trail off and stop listening. Good luck!

Damn, I want to steal that but doesn't fit with her character trait AFAIK. I was thinking on focusing on character trait too. On top of my head first thing I think about is that she's a very hard working person; so far can't think of a good way to use that as a base for my speech or story. Just mentally feels like I'm falling short if I go this route. Think I'm having such a hard time coming up with something to say because I want it to come from the heart and have substance.

[infinitekidM2C]

can't give you any advice but want to see the results...hell im nervous...

[mact3333]

I had to do it once too...I am nervous for you...

Just get the girls name correct...I know someone who said the previous girls name during the the toast...not good.

[panicos81]

[boymonkey]

Mention things like ex's, wild parties, previous marriages, bi-curiousness, booze, drugs, or anything else that may fascinate the audience.

[ES_TRADER]

Just say congratulations to the newly wed and end it FFS. Then get loaded and gtfo. Call it a day

[E90SoFlo]

Start it off that she looks amazing

tell her you love her like a sister

you support them through there journey

and wish them the best honeymoon possible

throw up the bubbly and sit back down.

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by E90SoFlo

Start it off that she looks amazing

tell her you love her like a sister

you support them through there journey

and wish them the best honeymoon possible

throw up the bubbly and sit back down.

i like it..I might say "she's like a sister to me" instead of "love her like a sister"..a bit awkward

also throw in how you guise met and maybe a couple adventures...

[Kroy]

Originally Posted by E90SoFlo

Start it off that she looks amazing

tell her you love her like a sister

you support them through there journey

and wish them the best honeymoon possible

throw up the bubbly and sit back down.

thank you. your post offered me a little inspiration. very helpful.

Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

i like it..I might say "she's like a sister to me" instead of "love her like a sister"..a bit awkward

also throw in how you guise met and maybe a couple adventures...

good point on sister.

can't really think of any adventure stories to tell, or at least an appropriate one for the occasion.

[Express]

get drunk as fuck and then its appropriate.

[wuzupfoo]

Same boat my younger bro is getting married next week. Still havent put pen to paper..

gl bro... feel your pain..

[popngear]

I recently delivered a speech for one of my best friend's as a groomsman. I opened with
"Wow Denise, I’ve gotta say that you look smoking hot. And Steve, well you chose a nice venue."

If you've got good comedic timing and delivery, things like this work. Like someone mentioned before, alternating a serious/genuine sounding compliment with some light humour is a very effective way at keeping a good tempo.

ie.

You've always been like a sister to me. My parents agree, they even chose you over me as their favourite.

or

You've always been like a sister to me and I hope you think of me like a brother. And John(groom's name of course), to be specific, I'm the overprotective of his little sister type of brother, in case you were wondering.

You can do the "i'm watching you" gesture with your fingers afterwards.

Anyways, perhaps those are shit but maybe they'll give you some ideas.

And yes, I am new here. Go BMW.

[BigDog]

lick the groom and tell him he looks delicious