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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Keep or Cancel: Traditional Wedding Vows?

Lynnie, on July 16, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Wedding Ceremony 201

Do you still get emotional when you hear the traditional promises of "in sickness and in health"? Or are you all-in on modernizing the old wedding vows and making them more personal to your relationship? Do you want to keep or cancel the traditional wedding vows? Photo by The Pros Weddings -...

Do you still get emotional when you hear the traditional promises of "in sickness and in health"? Or are you all-in on modernizing the old wedding vows and making them more personal to your relationship?

Do you want to keep or cancel the traditional wedding vows?


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  • Miosotys
    Dedicated January 2020
    Miosotys ·
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    Cancel - we are ditching almost all traditions. We want to make this about us and personalized as possible.
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  • Mary
    Expert July 2019
    Mary ·
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    My FIL officiated, so the vows were slightly personalized for our "I do"s. The two of us are too shy to do custom vows!
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  • G
    Beginner December 2019
    Geena ·
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    Keep. I will be so filled with emotion I can’t imagind having to read my vows as well. Probably won’t be heard.
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  • Samantha
    VIP October 2020
    Samantha ·
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    Cancel! FH requested we do custom vows.
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  • Jennifer
    VIP October 2021
    Jennifer ·
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    Traditional for most part, but with a spot for our won bows & the Handfasting .
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  • Jennifer
    VIP October 2021
    Jennifer ·
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    Own Vows* not won bows stupid autocorrect!
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  • Kelli
    Dedicated September 2021
    Kelli ·
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    I never liked traditional vows. It's a celebration of your love, so not everyone should have the same vows.
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  • Paulette
    Expert April 2021
    Paulette ·
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    I think we will do both. Our pastor will somehow fit it in the ceremony. He's very creative

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  • Annette
    Dedicated October 2019
    Annette ·
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    I think a good mixture of old and new vows make for good.
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  • Alexandra
    Savvy September 2019
    Alexandra ·
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    Cancel, We are going to write our own and make sure they are personalized to us and the team we have become. We want our vows to reflect who we are and the traditional ones definitely do not fit.

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  • Sara
    Expert October 2019
    Sara ·
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    Keep. I thought about doing our own but I rather tell him in private instead of in front of everyone. We are pretty private.
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  • K
    Dedicated February 2020
    Kimberly ·
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    Cancel! We are writing our own vows because it's more personal than the typical reading.
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  • Mrsbdg
    Champion August 2017
    Mrsbdg ·
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    Cancel. I’m not a fan of the language used in traditional wedding vows. We personalized our vows!
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  • Jessica
    Beginner September 2019
    Jessica ·
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    I expected traditional vows and was always planning on them. I got my rough draft from my officiant and she put a modern spin on them and I love them so much
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  • hopingwaiting
    Savvy May 2020
    hopingwaiting ·
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    Keep/Cancel. We will put our own spin on it, but I DEFO want to repeat whatever I'm told. I am going to be A MESS and if I have to remember something I came up with...oh man, that's out. I would blubber the whole thing. But it would be cute to watch probably but man oh man I am prepared to be cryyyying!

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  • Sierra
    Dedicated December 2019
    Sierra ·
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    We're writing our own vows, but then we're doing the "do you....sick and in health...as long as you both shall live?" for our "I do" moments. Kind of mixing it all together, organized chaos if you will Smiley laugh

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  • Aubrey
    Savvy October 2020
    Aubrey ·
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    Keep, my fiance wants to keep traditional vows but I think we will write letters to eachother before the wedding

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  • Lauren
    Savvy October 2020
    Lauren ·
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    Cancel, we are writing our own vows, but may still use some of the traditional parts, but we want to make them more special!
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  • MrsV1027
    Master October 2018
    MrsV1027 ·
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    Keep. We didn't want to write our own.

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  • Lauren
    Savvy October 2020
    Lauren ·
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    Keep with a twist. We’re saying our own vows, but still keeping the “in sickness and in health” and all that jazz.
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