Traditional Toasts for the Bride and Groom
These basic and simple toasts may be exactly what you were hoping to find. If you decide to adopt one of these traditional toasts as your own, be sure to deliver it in a dignified way with as much sincerity as possible.
All the possible traditional toasts and the order in which they are made, are listed below:
Toast to the bride:
Made by the best man, or a friend or relative.
Toast to the bride and groom:
In recent years, this has all but replaced the toast to the bride.
The groom's response:
This should include a few words to his bride, thanks to whoever made the first toast, thanks to both sets of parents and a toast to the bridesmaids.
The best man's response:
The best man thanks the groom on behalf of the bridesmaids. (Occasionally the bride will follow the groom's response with some words of her own. It then falls to the best man to thank the bridesmaids.)
Others:
A few words from an usher or particularly close friend.
Toast by the father of the bride:
On behalf of his wife and himself, he can thank everyone for attending and indicate that the festivities may now begin.
Traditional toasts to the bride
Ladies and gentleman, please stand with me as we join in the traditional toast to the bride: health, happiness and all the best life has to offer. To _____.
It has been my pleasure to know _______ (the bride) all her life, and no one is more delighted than I to see her marry ______ (the groom). Ladies and gentlemen, please join with me in a toast to the bride: here’s to your happiness, today and always.
_______, there was never a bride more beautiful and radiant than you are today. Best wishes for a joyous married life, full of good health and happiness.
Traditional toasts to the Bride and Groom
Ladies and gentlemen, please stand with me as we raise our glasses in a toast to the bride and groom. ______ and _______, we wish you a lifetime of health and happiness.
I feel honored to have been asked to give the traditional toast to the bride and groom on this momentous occasion: ______ and _______, may your lives be filled with joy, good health and a lifetime of happiness.
______and ________, I toast you. May your joys be many and your troubles be few, with only success and good health following you.
To the happy couple: May your future be filled with wine and roses.
May all your days be as happy as the ones before. _______ and _______, I toast you.
Please stand and join min in this traditional toast to the bride and groom: May the most you ever wish for be the least you ever receive.