Bride & Groom Wedding Toast.. help!

Wait... the bride and groom have to toast??? i was not prepared for that...

It was my understanding that during the reception, after the BM & MOH have toasted the B&G, the B&G are to toast their wedding party, guests, families, each other, etc...

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Did anyone who has already gotten married do this (or not do this??)

Didn't do it... We put thank you's and such on the program.

We are going to say thank you to everyone during the toasts... neither of us are into speaking in front of large groups but I figure it's the least we could do considering how far they are traveling. It's just going to be something simple like--- "I want to thank all of you for being here today. We've had an amazing time so far, and we hope you enjoy your evening as much as we are."

We're doing more of a toast at the rehearsal dinner, and will just say a quick thank you type thing after the other toasts at the reception.

I've been to weddings where people did and didn't do it. I think it's up to you. I'm considering doing it since our wedding is small and intimate, only 50-60, and half those people are coming from out of town. I kind of feel like how can we not address everybody and say something! Need to talk to FH about this. I've never really been much for public speaking lol but hey it's family and close friends...

We're not doing a rehersal dinner or programs so I feel like we do need to stand up and say thank you but I'm trying to keep it as short & sweet as possible... should I identify & thank individuals for their contributions or make it more general... I'm at a loss...

Our wedding party will get their gifts & other family members will be getting card with an IOU type of deal for a thank you picture after the wedding...

We'll say a quick thank you, but not a long speech. My main reason is to acknowledge that both my and FS's parents have been together for more than 30 years, which doesn't happen often anymore!

I think a simple "thank you so much for everyone who helped make this day possible..yadda yadda" will do.

We did stand up and thank everyone for coming and sharing our day with us. It wasn't anything too long but we thanked everyone for coming, our parents, wedding party etc

I was at a wedding over the weekend where the B&G each took turns thanking everyone for attending and their folks and then said a few loving words about one another.

We are just doing a quick thank you for sharing our speical day kind of thing

Thought i would give a professional point of view! In the past - it has been traditional for the bride and groom to thank their guests for coming. moving forward to today - its not always done anymore. i would say that 50% of the weddings we entertain at have the bride and groom actually say anything. there really is no right or wrong anymore. (hopefully that puts a few of you at ease!)

when the bride and groom do choose to say a few words they usually inculde things like: cute story from how they met or how he proposed, thank family members that were very active in supporting their wedding day both emotionally and financially, thank guests that traveled far to be there, welcome the two families and share an expression of unity between both sides .... (and stuff like that!)

anyways - hope this helps just a little!

Andy Sussman, Managing Director, TSG Weddings

Boston Wedding DJs & Lighting

http://www.tsgweddings.com

I'm not sure what we'll say, but I'm sure we will say a short thank you to everyone who came and supported us and helped out.

Read this cute little toast in a wedding book and thought I'd share it:

The goal of marriage is to give the best years of your like to the spouse who "makes" them the best years of your life.

Best years of your LIFE

ugh... I have fat fingers again. Sorry.

I love that quote & may just have to use it!! Thanks for your opinions & ideas

We did ours a a thank you to our BP, Parents and guests and everyone that helped out the wedding together, we didn't toast each other though...ANd I did all the talking, DH just stood there with me! LOL

Ours went something like this:

First of all we want to thank everyone who came to share our spceial day with us. It means alot to us and some of you had to travel quite a ways to be here, we really appreciate it. I'll make this as tearless and painless as possible.

Thanked my parents

Thanks his parents

Thanked my aunt for the organizing and preppeing of food, and all her helpers, my cousins for the ceremony music, my sister for the reading

Thanked my MOH

my BM

his best man

his groomsman

My rb's

my fg's

my guest book watchers

{in closing I added} We’re very sorry if we forgot to thank anyone, so we’ll say this: Thank you too all our family &friends, old and new, for everything you’ve done to help with our wedding and we are grateful for you and thrilled that you were

Able to make it.

We did ours a little different I guess. We were introduced, did our 1st dance immediately, then thanked everyone for coming and acknowledged our families support, then sat for dinner, had a slide show, then had the rest of the toasts.