I'm in a wedding in a couple of weeks and will be giving a toast. I have never given a toast before. I'm thinking about using this quote but wanted opinions - is it too silly for a wedding toast? I'm not a serious person but I worry that like a curmudgeon-y old relative will think I'm being flippant.
So I'll start "I met the couple blah blah blah. Their relationship is great because X Y and Z" and then say:
"You’d
think that I’d be great at writing speeches, being a trial lawyer and all, but
I think a character on one of my favorite TV shows said it better than I ever
could: “Marriage is a contract. But it’s so much more than that. Marriage is
love. It’s commitment, it’s joy, it’s understanding, it’s patience, it’s anger,
it’s reconciliation. It’s everything. It’s like oatmeal. It sustains you.
So
with that, I’d like to propose a toast. May your marriage be full of love,
commitment, joy, understanding, patience, anger and reconciliation, and most of
all, may it sustain you. To [Bride and Groom]”
What do you think?