This is our rough draft for our ceremony script. We're trying to keep it short, but now I think it may be too short. What are your thoughts? What are we missing?
Good afternoon, as we get ready to begin, remember that there are 7.7 billion people in the world and most of them are not here at this wedding. How special does that make you? Out of the billions of people living on the planet earth Doug and Liz have asked you to join them as they enter into the amazing institution of marriage. So, the least you can do is put your phone on silent ok? [Insert picture comment]
[Wedding Party Processional]
Please be seated.
[Song]
Ladies and gents, we’re here today because Doug and Liz have said to one another, “Honey, I love you so much I’ve just gotta get the government involved!” In all seriousness, finding “the one” out of all the people in the entire world should be impossible! But Doug and Liz found each other! What are the chances!? I don’t know - I didn’t do the math - but it seems pretty unlikely. Yet, here they are, in front of their friends and family making the impossible seem not only possible, but inevitable.
Was it destiny? Happenstance? Total dumb luck? Who cares? The important thing is it’s happening! Doug and Liz are getting married. Today! Right now! No, really. Right now!
To Doug:
Do you, Douglas, take Elizabeth to be “the one”? The one you not only give love, respect and compassion to, but also allow yourself to receive the same from?
Doug: I do.
To Liz:
Do you, Elizabeth, take Doug to be “the one”? The one you not only give love, respect and compassion to, but also allow yourself to receive the same from?
Liz: I do.
May I please have the two rings?
This is a ring, and this is a ring. 1 + 1 = 2 right? But these two individual rings are a grand symbol of the final numbers we’re considering on this very special day. 2 separate rings create the very special bond of the husband and wife, a married couple. So, in this case 1 + 1 = an even greater 1… I’m pretty sure that’s how wedding math works.
Looking at the two of you, I can see clearly; my impossible math works. 1 + 1 truly does equal an even greater one; that of an officially married couple. And so, I am extremely honored to officially pronounce you legally wed.
That’s it. You did it, you’re married! You may now, for all the world to see, kiss.
There will be good days and there will be bad. I wish you so many more good than bad. But on days both good and bad I want you to remember how lucky you both are to have beaten the odds and found one another. Let that make the bad days less bad and the good days that much sweeter.
[Recessional]
[Insert directional instructions]