Vows Question

I didn't say that part

It’s really up to you, I’ve seen people include the traditional vows with personal vows and I’ve seen people completely write their own.

Its whatever you want to do. We did both traditonal and our own

Officiant: Do you Tyler, take Stephanie as your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise

to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health; and forsaking all

others, to be faithful to her as long as you both shall live?

Tyler: “I do” Officiant: Do you Stephanie, take Tyler as your lawfully wedded husband? Do you

promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health; and

forsaking all overs, to be faithful to him as long as you both shall live?

Stephanie: “I do” Officiant: Having heard that it is your intention to be married to each other, I now ask

that you declare your marriage vows.

* tyler reads vows*

*steph reads vows*

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This is exactly what I was wondering. Thank you! How long were your written vows? I don't want to keep people up there forever but I definitely want us to each say some personal things.

That part is technically part of the vows, since the vows are your promises to each other. You can choose to do those separately and add your own or just do your own. I took some of the pieces of the traditional and wove them into my personal vows.

View Quoted Comment Mine were about 2.5 minutes when I read them out loud and his were probably 1.5 minutes when he read his. We tried to keep a similar layout so we would be on the same page. We decided on 3 paragraphs. First would be an intro. Second paragraph we would write about each other, like what we love about each other. And 3rd would write our promises/vows

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Awesome thank you!!

We are writing our own vows, and will recite them to each other. We won't do the normal "sickness and in health" but our officiant will say something short like "do you promise to love and cherish your husband everyday" and I'll say "I do".

After we say the vows we wrote to each other the officiant will say "Now Shannon, with your vows to Michaela in mind, do you promise to give her the best of yourself? To trust and respect her as her own person and to realize that her interests, desires and needs are no less important than your own? Do you promise to Share with her your time and attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination to your relationship? Do you promise to keep yourself open to her, encourage her dreams and help shoulder the challenges? To grow alongside her and be willing to face change in order to keep your relationship alive and exciting? Do you promise to be her equal in all things and to love her in the good times and the bad- completely and forever? If so, respond “I do.”"
Because I really wanted us to have some kind of vows that were the same but I do t care for the traditional ones.

And then well also say this - "Shannon, please take Michaela’s hand and repeat after me: With this ring I give you my heart…. From this day forward, you shall not walk alone…. May my heart be your shelter…and my arms be your home." While putting on the rings.

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I love this!