Vows

[lifey888]

Are you writing your own vows or reciting traditional vows?

 

[Pandora II]

We''ve written our own by combining the anglican ceremony with various others and taking the god bits out.

I wanted something formal ish and something personal to us.

I had a minor bust-up on the phone with the registrar the other day who now says she or one of the other registrars have to do the whole service - we wanted a friend to do the service and the registrar do the legal bit.

Then she says that it''s not as good if you have your own ceremony as they have to read them out whereas if they do their own they know it off by heart. I got her to email theirs over to me.

I wasn''t very fussed. If people don''t know me I don''t really want them pontificating on my and FI''s relationship, and I really don''t want some ceremony that they have already used for 10 other couples that week. I want words that mean something to us - so they will just have to read them out and that is that!

 

[akw94]

We''re sort of doing a combo. Initially, I thought I wanted to write my own but my FI wasn''t all that up for it. He would''ve done it but as I thought about it, I realized I liked the idea but didn''t want to have to memorize and think up the perfect thing to say. So I started researching and decided to write our vows (using bits and pieces from websites I found) and have our officiant recite them. That way we''ve personalized it but it''ll be the same thing for both of us and not just the traditional and all we have to do is repeat after the officiant.

 

[labbielove]

we are going to use traditional vows, but we''re having a catholic ceremony so there''s not too much leeway.
although fi is going to either read or have someone read a poem or non-biblical reading of some sort at some point after our vows.

i like the ''traditional'' vows, short sweet and to the point- we could have the option of reciting them to each other "I Labbie take you Fi....etc." or just have the deacon recite them to us and answer I Do.

we are going to recite them, and i hope i don''t bawl.

 

[robbie3982]

We''re using traditional vows. FI and I are very private people when it comes to talking about our relationship and neither of us feels comfortable saying such personal things in front of other people.

 

[RoseAngel04]

Our vows will be traditional....I love the traditional vows....very sweet.

 

[snlee]

My husband and I are not religious. We said non-traditional wedding vows. Here are some examples.