Asking MOH or Best Man to give a toast?

It is the expectation at most weddings here to have the maid of honor give a toast and the best man give a toast

I see nothing wrong with asking.

If they say no, respect that but you can definitely ask imo. My moh said she'd be honored to and was waiting for me to ask so I think many wait to be asked

No, that doesn't count. It's probably on their minds already anyway.

We are asking the best man NOT to toast. He's FH's brother, but he's so negative about everything and tends to say things that would really piss people off. I left it as an open option to my Maid of Honor, though. She politely declined because she doesn't like public speaking.

In other words, ask if they would like to or not. Most are happy to do so

We're skipping toasts all together!

Only our best man gave a toast (well my dad did too). I'd leave it up to them.

Mine has been planning her toast since the day I got engaged.

I'm asking for short toasts. No long speeches.

Traditionally the best man and the MoH give toasts. If they've read up online about what happens at weddings, they very well might be expecting to give speeches already. It might help to bring it up on your end so they know what's what, however.

We asked the best man to give a toast. I adore my maid of honor but she's an absolute hot mess and there's no way a microphone was getting put into her hand.

My MOH expected that I'd ask her to give a toast, but she's super nervous about it so I have basically left it up to her. She has a few months to decide and if she doesn't want to, no biggie... but I hope she does.

Thanks all! You give great advice!

My mom said that when my parents, aunts and uncles etc were all getting married (20-30 years ago), only the best man gave a speech. That has clearly? changed, but my cousin gave a short toast at my shower and I could tell that she was relieved that she didn't need to do one for the wedding as well. Make sure both parties are comfortable, because some people get extremely nervous speaking in front of large crowds!