Wedding Toasts from the Maid of Honor

Hello Ladies! Being chosen as the Maid of Honor is an awesome responsibility. One of the key elements of being Maid of Honor is the toast you will be asked to offer at the reception. Make sure to review our Wedding Toasting Presentation Tips.

Here are a few topics and ideas to help make this look easy and effortless - like you offer toasts every day! We salute your decision to grab the microphone and present an inspiring toast.

Elements your Maid of Honor toast should include: 

• Express how happy you are to be at the wedding and thank the bride and groom for inviting everyone to be a part of their special day. 
• Share a personal touch such as a favorite memory, joke, or special secret that will be emotionally significant to everyone.
• Describe how you and the bride met and how long you have known each other. 
• Share a funny story about growing up together. 
• Most “appropriate” embarrassing moment you shared with the bride. 
• Share a funny habit of the bride that the groom will have to live with. 
• Offer a spiritual statement (if the bride and groom are spiritual people). 
• Note how beautiful the bride and groom look together. 
• Offer loving words of advice to both the bride and groom. Wishes you have for the newlyweds such as happiness, success and lots of babies!

Maid of Honor Toasts:

• Infatuation is when you think he’s as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Connors. Love is when you realize that he’s as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger, and nothing like Robert Redford—but you’ll take him anyway. —Judith Viorst
• Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get—only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything.—Katherine Hepburn 
• Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.—Rose Franken