by Ursula Stein

The internet is crawling with websites for sample wedding toasts. Just Google sample wedding toast and it is likely that you will find millions of sites, advertisements and sponsored links. People preparing for the wedding speech always ask me if it is impersonal to use an example wedding toast.

In a nutshell, no, it is not and here are the reasons:

Am I the only one looking for these? The fact that you have found millions of sites on sample wedding toasts indicates that you are not alone in your quest for help. Practically everyone I know (including myself) has reached out for help when it comes to making a wedding toast. Of course not everyone likes to admit that! Additionally, it is not like you are simply going to change the names on the example wedding toast and insert your own names!

Why are these useful? As in any good play, book or speech, there is a certain format and structure that needs to be adhered to. It doesn’t really matter if you are in the capacity of Bride, Groom, Best Man or Father of Bride, there are certain people to be thanked and specific toasts to be made. Example toasts assist you with such structure and help you draft your toast to be similarly professional!

Do I look for funny speeches? You can and there are some good wedding joke sites. Make sure that your jokes or stories are clean and also of interest to all of the audience. “In-jokes” never work well at weddings because what may be funny to a handful of people may not be funny to the whole audience.

what is the optimal number of wedding toasts to download? Obviously, it is up to you to decide at what stage you have seen enough! The reasons you are researching is that you need to look at format, structure and probably generate some ideas for your toast.

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