Introduction To Wedding Toasts - Easy Wedding Toasts & Wedding Speech Templates

Introduction To Wedding Toasts - Easy Wedding Toasts & Wedding Speech Templates: "Yet even that simple toast of congratulations and best wishes has become more like a 2-5 minute speech, including other things such as stories from the Groom's past and thanks to the wedding attendants, guests, and parents for helping to make the day a success."

Ain't that the truth!

You ask your brother to do a simple task. "Would you propose the toast TO ABSENT FRIENDS please?"
Before you know it, he has a script. He's mentioning every relative from the past hundred years. He's mentioning people you haven't seen since grade school.

IMO, you need to be definite about the TIME he has. One minute, bro. No longer.

Even so, allow for 2-3-4 minutes of his ramblings.
The time he takes is in direct proportion to his skills as a raconteur or story teller.

But, hey, who cares. So long as he's interesting and everyone is enjoying his wedding toast.
It's actually a wedding speech in its own right.

If you want to know whether it's going over well, sneak a peek at the mother-in-law's face. And the bride's face. And the father of the bride's face.

If they're smiling, let him ramble on. Hey, ask him to be MC.

Maybe your own brother is a member of Toastmasters International. He could even have an award from TI. And you forgot. Or didn't know. Such a pleasant surprise.

Enjoy.