How to Write a Funny Wedding Toast

Weddings can be a wonderful occasion, filled with warm memories of friends and family. If you have the opportunity to give a wedding toast, it is your chance to shine in front of the guests and honor the bride and groom. If you know the couple well and they have a good sense of humor, you may want to choose a funny wedding toast to liven things up.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Internet connection
• Computer
• Books on wedding toasts

1. Decide if a funny wedding toast is right for the occasion. Talk with the bride and groom and get a feel for their sense of humor, if you don't already know them very well. Find out if the couple and their guests would appreciate a funny wedding toast.

2. Learn some details about the bride and groom. Even if you use a toast that you find in a book or on the Internet, you will want to tailor the toast to the newly married couple. Ask friends and family of the couple to get details so your funny wedding toast can be a surprise.

3. Search the Internet and books for ideas for your funny wedding toast. There are plenty of books and Web sites devoted to making a wedding toast. Some books and Web sites will aid you in writing your own toast while others have prewritten toasts for you to read.

4. Write or choose a couple of different toasts and decide between them. Having a couple of different toasts will help if you begin to have second thoughts about what you have written. Once they are written you could combine the best ideas from the different toasts to make one great toast.

5. Choose a toast that is tasteful as well as funny. Weddings are special occasions for the newlyweds and their guests and your wedding toast should not offend any of the attendees.

6. Recite the funny wedding toast in front of other people before the wedding reception to make sure the toast will make people laugh. Ask their opinions to see if you could make the toast funnier or more personalized.

Tips & Warnings

• Personalized toasts tend to be more memorable and better received than the toasts you find in books and on the Internet. The wedding couple will appreciate the extra work, even if you don't think your toast is as funny as the one you read.
• Talk specifically about the good times ahead. Try not to refer to either the bride or the groom in a negative light.
• Be sentimental as well as funny when choosing your wedding toast. If you can make people laugh as well as shed tears of joy, you will be a hit.
• Don't embarrass anyone when choosing your funny wedding toast. Don't talk about the stripper at the bachelor party or that crazy spring break. Bringing up memories like these could cause problems for the newlywed couple.
• Don't choose a funny wedding toast just to make people laugh as hard as possible. Remember, the wedding reception is not a comedy club for you to hone your stand-up skills.