Sunday, January 26, 2014

Writing Your Own Wedding Vows | InsideWeddings.com

Writing Your Own Wedding Vows | InsideWeddings.com

Originally Published on Inside Weddings 

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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