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Just Said Yes September 2018

Ways to incorporate our own vows?

Mary, on November 21, 2017 at 10:41 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 8
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My FH is Armenian and we will be getting married in an Armenian Church with a traditional ceremony. This ceremony doesn't allow for our own vows as it's a religious ceremony with a "by the book" process. I'm a little sad we won't get to write our own vows as I've always looked forward to that. I like that it's personal to us and expresses our feelings in our own words. I'm trying to come up with different ideas for how to do our own vows. I'm considering maybe reading them to each other during our "first look" pics? Or maybe figuring out a cute way to give them to each other to read as letters while we are both getting ready? We could do during the reception, but I think we'd both rather not be on the spot like that. I'd love to hear cute ideas for this!

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Latest activity by Rebecca, on November 21, 2017 at 2:03 PM
  • Future Louie
    Super August 2019
    Future Louie ·
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    You could, like you mentioned, have you read them to each other/read the other's in private on the day. You could do it the night before or the day before if you and FH have some time alone if you don't mind having it not photographed.

    We'll most likely do a traditional ceremony since neither of us want to recite vows in front of our family and friends but I'd love to do something privately with him either during a first look if we go that route, or maybe the moment before we part ways for the day.

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    Write each other letters that you can read on the morning of the day, getting ready. Videographers almost always capture this. Or you could read them in the 'alone time' right after the ceremony and before the reception.

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  • WHO? Mrs. Jones
    VIP December 2016
    WHO? Mrs. Jones ·
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    Perhaps after the traditional ceremony you two could plan for 5 or 10 minutes to exchange the vows you've written for one another in private?

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  • Amanda
    Savvy February 2018
    Amanda ·
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    My FH and I are planning writing letters with our vows to be read while we get ready.

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  • Dana
    Expert August 2018
    Dana ·
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    I'm really extra so mine will be playing over the song right before I'm walking down the aisle in the songs intro.

    I've also seen people read their vows from one another before the wedding starts and it's in their wedding video

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  • Kelly King
    Kelly King ·
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    Love the letters idea!

    If you are crafty, you could also make little vow books to give each other. I recently did this pair for a styled shoot request - inside pages are blank so you can have them calligraphed with your vows, or hand write them to each other.


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    Just Said Yes October 2017
    Shell ·
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    Ask your officiant if they can add in an opportunity for you to make a personal statement to each other in addition to (rather that instead of) the traditional vows. If they let you add this in, it would typically be before the traditional vows. Alternatively, writing letters to each other to read before the ceremony is also very nice and sweet, and your photographer can get pictures of you writing and reading them.

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  • Rebecca
    Devoted March 2018
    Rebecca ·
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    I vote first look! we are doing more heartfelt "vows" to each other then and more crowd friendly vows for the ceremony. that way we be as mushy as we want lol

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