Length is critical. Ten minutes during the festivities can feel like forever. And a ten-second “Cheers to the happy couple,” probably doesn’t feel like enough. Shaun Gray, a popular event planner in ...

Wedding-day jitters don't just happen to the couple. If you’ve been asked to give a wedding toast, you may feel just as nervous as the duo tying the knot—after all, your speech is a big deal, too, and ...

A groomsman had the bride and groom in hysterics after defying convention with a wedding speech that flipped a well-worn trope on its head. Chris Thompson from Winnipeg, Canada, knows a thing or two ...

A maid of honor had the bride and groom in stitches after delivering what one viewer online described as "literally the best wedding speech I've ever heard." Good wedding speeches require preparation ...

The nightmare wedding toast has been immortalized in books, film and for some, in real life. It often doesn't start out that way — you intended to be to be funny or poignant, but the words went awry; ...

In a palatial venue in Miami some years ago, surrounded by lush palms and creeping vines, I sat down to watch the father of the bride deliver his toast. It began uneventfully, with the usual welcomes ...