Check out Bruce Feiler’s latest NYTimes piece on the art of the wedding toast by clicking on the link below.
MY friend was distressed. His brother was getting married this summer, and he knew he would be expected to give a toast. Not just any toast, but one that would be funny, heartfelt and memorable.
But there was a problem. My friend had a complicated relationship with his brother. He didn’t much care for his future sister-in-law and he wasn’t comfortable speaking in public. Desperate, he turned to me one night over dinner. “Help!”
June means the arrival of summer wedding season. For many, this is a time of anticipation, filled with the promise of joyful dancing, flowery bouquets and Champagne trysts with old college flames. But for an equal number of people it’s a time of dread, weighed down by pouffy dresses, ill-timed rain showers and cringe after cringe spawned from lame toasts.
So how do you avoid embarrassing yourself at a loved one’s wedding or, worse, humiliating the bride and bridegroom? Here are some helpful hints for what not to say in a wedding toast, with a few a tips on what to say.
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