Toast To The Bride

Giving a Funny Toast to the Bride

The first bit of advice I want to give is that if you aren’t good at telling jokes and making people laugh then don’t try to give a funny wedding speech. Few things are more embarrassing than watching someone try to be funny when they aren’t.

That being said here are some important factors to take into account when you want to create a funny toast to the bride. First of all, consider the audience. You probably won’t know most of the people at the wedding but you will know the wedding couple and some of their friends and family. Are they people who will appreciate a bit of humor? If the reception is taking place in a church and the mood is rather somber or spiritual as opposed to playful then you probably want to skip the jokes. Will the humor work for people of all ages, beliefs and political persuasions?

The overall goal of wedding speeches is to flatter the bride and groom and to thank and congratulate everyone involved. If you joke doesn’t somehow tie into that message, or especially if the joke is mean spirited or critical then skip it. Retelling a funny situation that happened before the wedding or remembering a funny thing that happened to the bride or groom in the past can be a good funny bit to add, as long as it doesn’t make fun of anyone or won’t be taken wrong. When in doubt, don’t.

Your speech should have a flow and a point to it. You are trying to illustrate the find character of the wedding couple and their friends and family, not make fun of them. General stories about subjects such as the pitfalls of married life can be good sources of humor as long as they are tasteful and don’t in any way make fun of the proceedings.

Also remember that you are not the star. Never give a speech that make you seem more important than the bride and groom.