anyone exchange letters with their fs on big Day?

We are. But we are also doing vows.. I'm just curious, why do you not exchange vows?

View Quoted Comment My FH is Greek Orthodox, vows are not apart of the traditional ceremony...
Pretty bummed, FMIL is pretty adimit it can not be apart of the ceremony, she suggested during them as part of the reception but I wasnt interested.
Thinking maybe we can do the letter or read them to each other at our first look? 🤔

We are doing letters! I don’t love public speaking and also am usually emotional about everything so I didn’t want to do personal vows. I’m writing FH a letter and giving him a bottle of whiskey . I’m having his best man come down to where we are getting ready to grab it and deliver it to him.

We have debated writing our own vows vs traditional vows. I think we have come to a compromise of writing personal vows that we will exchange in the form of a letter the morning of the wedding and having traditional vows in the ceremony. But we will have the MOH and BM pass the letters for us since we are not doing a first look.

My husband and I exchanged letters and gifts to each other on the day of. It was great! We both poured our hearts out to each other...we wouldn’t have been as “real” as we were if we said what we said to each other in our letters, aloud in front of an audience.

We’re doing our own vows actually but still plan to write letters to eachother. I thought it would be a nice way to get us pumped up before seeing eachother. There’s just something abt love letters that makes you feel good on the inside.

My husband and I exchanged letters the morning of our wedding and also did a first look. I loved being able to read that letter privately and not in front of all of our guests. The only downfall I had with the letters was that my husband cried reading the letter, but not during our first look or me walking down the aisle. He said he got it out of the way with the letter. If I re-did my wedding, I would still exchange letters. It was very heartfelt and special. It's also a great keepsake from the day.