Toasting Etiquette

[RebeccaW]

this is for anyone that might have been confussed about the toasting traditions, i know i sure was. i was sure who was suppose to make the first toast. i thought it was suppose to be the brides father. but i guess i was wrong.


Toasting etiquette:



Toasts are offered once all the guests have been served drinks, whether with a meal, or, if no meal is served, with the wedding cake.
The toasting beverage is poured in this order:
1. The bride.
2. The groom.
3. The maid or matron of honor.
4. All the other guests at the head table, with the best man being the last to receive his beverage.
The best man usually offers the first toast, followed by the fathers, the groom, the bride, family friends, relatives, maid or matron of honor, the mothers and anyone else who would like to.
Wedding toasts are usually made to the bride or groom individually, the bride and groom as a couple, the bridesmaids, the bride’s parents and the guests.
If you’re the one being toasted, never raise your glass or drink from it during the toast itself. It is safe to take a sip, however, once everyone else has done so.
Always stand when offering a toast.

[CindySue]

Well thank you very much!!!! I had that all wrong........but now i know!!!! Thanks again!

[RebeccaW]

your welcome

[CarlosHoney]

Thanks!! Good to know!

[WebLady]

Great post :D Thanks for sharing!

The best man usually offers the first toast, followed by the fathers, the groom, the bride, family friends, relatives, maid or matron of honor, the mothers and anyone else who would like to.

I have seen the toast thing get out of hand at a few weddings ... IMO, it should only be the BM, MOH, Fathers (or both parents) and the couple to each other and/or to the parents. Too many and too long winded toasts can get boring.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Great post :D Thanks for sharing!



I have seen the toast thing get out of hand at a few weddings ... IMO, it should only be the BM, MOH, Fathers (or both parents) and the couple to each other and/or to the parents. Too many and too long winded toasts can get boring.

Here here!! At my cousin's wedding the MOH got up to make her speech! She first warned us that she sucks at making speeches!! "Sucks" wasn't even the right word for the monstrosity she called a speech!! I don't think she ever learned to read or write fully! Her sentences were choppy and poorly put together. Her speech jumped from topic to topic and then back again!! Make sure when you ask a person to give a speech that they have some clue as to how to do public speaking...or at least know some key points to making a speech!! After the MOH at my cuz's wedding went on for twenty minutes (when a normal person would have only taken about five reading the same material!!) I nixed a lot of speeches and people giving them at our wedding!! SO keep it light and keep it short, that way your guests aren't bored by the time its all done!! (IMHO)