Writing our Vows

We wrote our own vows. I had a lot of what I wanted to say playing around in my head, so when I sat down to actually write them it didn't take that long. I would say an hour, maybe two tops and that counts revisions. I don't know how long it took my H, but I think it was similar. We both write creatively as a hobby, so ours may have taken less than the average person who doesn't write that often. My H is super sentimental, so I wasn't worried about what he wrote. If you are nervous, a trick I've heard is both give your vows to a mutual friend or family member who you trust won't share anything about them and have them read it. Then the friend can give feedback on how they align. Feedback like one of you wrote a lot more than the other, or one of you went with funny while the other did more sentimental and then you can adjust accordingly. Saying our own vows was my favorite part of the wedding. I loved that we said something from the heart as opposed to a standard script. It's one of the reasons we opted to hire a videographer and it's my favorite part of the wedding video.

I had no idea where to even begin. I googled it how to write our own vows and started just writing with the tips and advice that I read about. It only took me like an hour. I've gone back through and changed a few things a couple times. I know my FH hasn't even started his and our wedding is less than a month away lol.