Wedding Vows

Would it be possible to see the vows he's using? It would be easier to see how things go with the flow!

The sample vows are as follows...

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Today is a celebration. A celebration of love, of commitment, of friendship, of family, and of two people who are in it for forever.

You don't have to have a ceremony to have a marriage. And when you think about it, the whole thing is kind of weird, right? You're standing out here, looking fancy, holding flowers, and being stared at by pretty much everyone who has meant anything to you in the past. So why do we do it? The marriage ceremony has been an important feature across nearly every culture, religion, generation, and society. We have thousands of important moments that happen throughout our lives, but this one is regarded as one so critical, we acknowledge its special status by sharing it with others. Why this moment?

Because despite all of our differences, love is what we all share. It's the great unifier — our one universal truth. That no matter who we are, where we've come from, what we believe, we know this one thing: love is what we're doing right.

All of us here today have our own love stories. Some are short, others long. Some are yet unwritten, while others are just getting to the good part. There are chapters in all of our stories that are sad or disappointing — and others that are exciting and full of adventure.

I would like now to quote one of our greatest love stories of all time:

From The Princess Bride:

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches. There has not been a morning when you did not flutter behind my waking eyelids. I have not known a night when your visage did not accompany me to sleep. I have not known a moment in years when the sight of you did not send my heart careening against my rib cage…

I said “as you wish” from the beginning… I loved you from the start.

And that brings them here. A time to pause, look back, and smile at all the moments that brought them here. And a time to look ahead at all the moments that are still to come.

I'm here — we're all here — because we want those moments for you. We're here to hope with you, to support you, to be proud of you, and to remind you that love isn't happily ever after, love is the experience of writing your story. It's not one moment — not even this moment. It's every moment going forward.

You fell in love by chance, but you're here today because you're making a choice. You both are choosing each other. You've chosen to be with someone who enhances you, who makes you think, makes you smile, and makes every day brighter.

You're about to make promises to each other that you intend to keep. You're going to vow to take care of each other, to stand up for one another, and find happiness in the other. There's a simple premise to each of these promises: you're vowing to be there. You're teaming up and saying to the other, "Every experience I am going to have, I want you to be a part of."

<The rings please>

Shane place the ring on Amanda’s finger and

Will you, Shane, keep Amanda as your favorite person — to laugh with her, go on adventures with her, support her through life's tough moments, be proud of her, grow old with her, and find new reasons to love her every day?

Amanda place the ring on Shane’s finger and

Will you, Amanda, keep Shane as your favorite person — to laugh with him, go on adventures with him, support him through life's tough moments, be proud of him, grow old with him, and find new reasons to love him every day?

Will you, Amanda and Shane, be each other's partners from this day forward? Will you bring out the best in one another, share your happiest moments together, and love each other absolutely — for the rest of this lifetime and for whatever may come next?

PARTNERS 1 and 2: We will.

Amanda and Shane, you have just sealed your relationship by the giving and receiving of rings and you have committed to share the rest of your lives with each other.

You’ve both chosen to wear rings as a reminder of these promises. People often say wedding bands are a perfect circle, with no beginning and no end. But these rings did have a beginning. The stones were formed a long time ago deep with the earth. Eventually, a series of lucky events caused them to rise to the surface, where someone dug them up. Metal was then liquefied in a furnace at a thousand degrees — molded, cooled, and painstakingly polished. Something beautiful was made from raw elements.

Love is like that. It comes from humble beginnings, and through a combination of serendipity and effort, imperfect beings shape it into something extraordinary. It’s the process of making something beautiful where there was once nothing at all. As you look at these rings over the years, I hope you remember that. You’ve created something invaluable, and just as I know you’ll protect these rings, I’m confident you’ll protect the commitments you’ve made to one other today.

And now by the power vested in me by the laws of the beautiful state of Indiana, I pronounce you Husband and Wife!
You May Kiss!

It is my honor to be the first to say and present to all of you, Shane and Amanda Linville.

Wow I really like those vows to begin with. They’re a lot different than the almost “stuffy” vows I’ve heard at weddings.
Is it cool if I borrow these to show to FH?

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Hey Lex! I'm not the original poster, but these vows are actually originally from this blog post: https://lovepartyblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/full-ceremony/

I stumbled across them the other day and really liked them for the same reason you mentioned - she's given permission for anyone to use them!

View Quoted Comment Absolutely!

I want my fiance and I to write our own vows, because i want to put them in a jar, during the ceremony and after we say I do. Burn them and put the ashes back in the bottle. But im not sure how to go about writing my our vows.