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Macy
Beginner October 2019

Vows

Macy, on June 25, 2019 at 8:19 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 9
Did you write your own vows or did you do traditional vows? If you did traditional, do you wish you had written your own? I want something that I can save forever but I’m also terrible with expressing into worlds how I feel. Any thoughts??

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Latest activity by Jasmine, on August 6, 2019 at 1:30 PM
  • CourtneyBrittain
    Master August 2019
    CourtneyBrittain ·
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    My fiancé and I are working on our vows, but said if we are confident in our written vows by 7/20 we will just do traditional vows and put what we had been working on in a letter to each other. This way, we have ample time to work on our vows, and we aren’t stressed to finish. Our wedding is 8/8, so that gives us 3 weeks to let our officiant (who is a family friend) know what’s up.
    Also, I have been writing my vows in the Notes app on my phone. Whenever I think of anything I want to add, I just write it in there. Over time, I go back and edit it here and there.
    Don’t put too much stress on yourselves! My sister and her husband wrote each other letters that they read aloud then did traditional vows. There are many ways you can make your ceremony memorable, though I think my ceremony will be memorable no matter what because I’m marrying the man of my dreams ❤️
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  • Mrs. H
    Master September 2019
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    I would first find an officiant and see if they offer any sort of guide to help you write your vowels. Ours offers a template that kind of guides us through the process, but still allows room for the personalization and heartfelt sentiments. That might be a little more helpful for you if you struggle to write

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
    Danielle ·
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    We decided to do traditional, because neither of us wanted the pressure of writing / saying our own. However, I didn't realize just how many variations of traditional vows there are. I thought there was just one, lol. My pastor told me to check out an article on the Knot that lists all of the traditional vows and their corresponding religions. I did, and ended up combining two of them to make "our vows." Here is the article, and this is what I chose:

    https://www.theknot.com/content/traditional-wedding-vows-from-various-religions


    "I take you, ____, to be my wife/husband from this day forward, to join with you and share all that is to come, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, as long as we both shall live."

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  • Katie
    Devoted August 2019
    Katie ·
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    Our officiant had templates for the whole ceremony, including vows. So we're going to start there and alter them to make them our own. There are also tons of vows out there on the internet, to do the same type of thing.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    I wrote my own.
    I'm a sucker for romance and just wanted him to hear out what I felt and vow.
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  • Jess
    Super September 2019
    Jess ·
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    My FH and I are doing traditional vows and I wouldn't have it any other way! Same as you I am very bad at expressing my feelings especially in front of people so I knew that traditional was the way to go for us! I am even happier with my choice now that we have met with our officiant and created our wedding ceremony script!

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  • Sherry
    Master September 2019
    Sherry ·
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    We are writing our own. I found this great article from Shutterfly that has been really helpful.

    https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/how-to-write-wedding-vows/

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    Savvy June 2019
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    We wrote our own. I found a lot of help online, which helped get my creative juices flowing. I’m glad we wrote our own.
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  • J
    Beginner September 2019
    Jasmine ·
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    My fiance and I are leaning toward the simple traditional vows (when each of us repeats after the wedding officiant), we aren't creative enough in that realm if we are to write our own vows lol. Smiley laugh. We would rather keep it short and sweet so that the guests can move on to the photos and the food. Smiley smile

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