Writing Your Own Wedding Vows | InsideWeddings.com
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You have options when it comes to creating your wedding vows. While
we frequently hear either traditional or conventional vows, you are
legally free to write the vow that best suits you and your fiancé. While
traditional and conventional vows have a charm all of their own, you
may want to try combining the two.
Very traditional vows are usually read first as a question and then
as a repeat. “(Bride/Groom), wilt thou have this woman/man to be thy
wedded wife/husband, to live together after God’s ordinance in the holy
estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her/him in sickness and in health;
and forsaking all others, keep only on to her/him, so long as ye shall
live?” Now repeat after me: “I, (Bride/Groom) take thee, (Bride/Groom)
to be my wedded wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day
forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in
health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to
God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I plight me my troth.”
Conventional vows are typically read and followed with the
affirmation, I do. “(Bride/Groom), do you take (Bride/Groom) to be your
husband/wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or
for worse, in sickness and in health, so long as you both shall live?”
Should you choose to blend the two, you might come up with
“(Bride/Groom), Do you take (Bride/Groom) as your wife/husband? To have
and to hold from this day forward. To love, honor, and cherish her/him
above all others. To teach her/him and learn from her/him. Do you
promise to do your best to understand her/him as she/he is, loving what
you know of her/him and trusting what changes the future will bring? To
always speak the truth to her/him. To communicate and share your true
thoughts and feelings. To grow older with her/him and be faithful to
her/him. To comfort and encourage her/him in laughter and in tears. And
to be her husband/wife and best friend from this day forward?”...........
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