wedding dress gown songwedding cake invitation vow etiquette flowers

 

Chapter 18
"The Vows"
Telling each other the truth from the heart..

The vows you exchange are your promises to each other and a description of your love for each other.

Although the Wedwiz is happy to show the traditional vows, we wholeheartedly encourage writing vows yourselves. Your relationship is as unique as yourselves, and this is the time to express that.

Traditional Vows
Whatever type of wedding you’re planning, be it a secular ceremony or a religious one, or more modern where you are reciting your own vows, you may want to take a look at some of the traditional vows. Especially if you are writing your own vows, print out the wedding vow pages and use them to help you write your own..

I , Robert, take thee, Jennifer, as my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.. This is my vow.

I, Robert, take you, Jennifer, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad time, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
 

Custom Vows
These are samples of vows that might be said between the bride and groom. You may print them and highlight the parts that hit home to you as you may want to incorporate them into your own personal vows.

A day together begins a lifetime together. And so here today we find ourselves taking the biggest step of all, and yet it is this step that comes so easily and so naturally. We know this is meant to be. Jennifer, I ask you to share this life with me, for good or ill. Be my partner, and I will be yours.

In this book of my life, today I close one chapter and open another. With you, Robert, I commit here and now to share all that I may be and all that I may become. From this day forward, may each page bear the word of love.

Jennifer, I begin my life with you today knowing that we have developed a trust and a commitment that is strong enough to stand the test of time. We have already been through many tests and there is nothing now that we cannot achieve together. No matter what may come, I pledge to stand by you, from this day forward.

Jennifer, before we met I was walking through life as if in a daze. I didn’t know what life was. I didn’t know what happiness was, and I passed others by as they passed me by. It was empty. But you saw something in me that others didn’t and you showed me what life could be like. I thank God I met you, I thank God for your persistence and wisdom. I thank God for you. Please take this ring and let me give my life to you, for I know I can never go back to that life I lived before.

Love has given us wings, and our flight together begins here today. Jennifer, wherever the these wings may carry you, I will stay by your side as your husband. Take this ring as a token of my love.

The first half of my life has been as a man  alone. Today, I leave that life behind and by your side. Today I cross the threshold and enter into a new and lasting commitment to you. To us. Jennifer, from this day forward I give myself to you as your husband.

I have only one way, and that is with you. If the secret of happiness is to enjoy the passage of time, then let us share our time on this earth together. Let us share the secret of life.

Jennifer, the words I say to you now are ones I have waited my whole life to say. I say these words in love and in confidence. You are my other half. Destiny has brought me to you and from this day forward we will venture forth in this life together. Take this ring as a sign of my faith and my commitment to our love, and share this joy with me today.

Yesterday I was one half; today I am whole. Yesterday I was unsure; today I am certain. Yesterday I was lost; today you are found. Tomorrow is ours together. Take this ring as you have taken my very soul and wear it as we follow this road wherever it may lead us… together. Side by side.

I, Robert, take you, Jennifer, to be my wife. It is with my very soul that I now promise you:
I will be faithful to you;
I will open my heart to you in only honesty;
I will respect, trust, and care for you
I will stay by your side through thick and thin;
I will grow with you as we learn to better understand ourselves and the world.
I will stay by your side through best and the worst of what is to come as long as we live.

You give me inner strength to fight the battles of this world, to carry on throughout the days without fear or regret. Because of you, I am already a success. You have accepted me as I am and it is with you that I am most myself. Standing here before you today, I know I am already a winner. And so I thank you and pledge my life to you, from this day forward.

In the beginning I was afraid of this love, as I have been afraid of many things in my life. It was your wisdom and determination that broke through and saved me. Yes you saved me, and showed me how to love. I owe my happiness to you. I want you to know that I truly love you and will stand by your through any hardship. To others, this ring is just a ring, made of gold, bought at a store. To me it represents my very life and soul. I place it on your finger as a symbol of my devotion to you, from this day forward.

Jennifer, before we met, so many dreams seemed so impossible. Now I know that together, we will become everything we ever dreamed to be, and we will achieve everything we had ever hoped. I thank you for being the person you are, and for giving me the freedom to be the person I am. Let us continue as we have, without judging or trying to change each other, but with the same mutual understanding that has made this relationship one that, I know, will last the rest of our lives.

To marry the person you admire, trust and truly love is the greatest joy I have ever known. I see in you the strength, the character and the sincerity to be the growing partner, the person with whom I can finally share my life with. I offer you all the days before me, no matter what may come our way. I take you as my husband. Take this ring as the symbol of my commitment to this relationship, my commitment to you.

Snow falls, but in time it melts; the sun shines, but in time night falls. As time passes and life on this earth goes through never ending cycles, the only true meaning is in the permanence and joy of a love like ours. So Jennifer, join me in this life, and let us pass summer and winter, night and day together, for the rest of our lives.

Words cannot define this moment. For love is something to feel and know, not something to define. Today is the day that give you this ring, silently, as the fullest expression of my love for you. Here, before these honored guests, I commit to share my life with you as your husband.

Robert, I know now that miracles exist on happen in this world. Our miracle lies in direction of our lives and the way our paths have joined together against all odds. This love of ours has taught me that the path to happiness is not to avoid changes, but to navigate them successfully. Let us commit to the miracle of our live together, and to making each day work… together.

I used to run away of falling in love, of giving my heart away. I didn’t believe I could trust a woman to love me, to give to me all that I wanted to give to her. Jennifer, when I met you, you have made a believer out of me. You have renewed my life and my soul; today I join my life with yours.

Jennifer, I stand before you and vow to be your loving partner for the remainder of our lives.

Time will pass, there will be hills; there will be valley. No matter what we may encounter together, I vow that this love will be my only love. From this day forth I make my home in your heart..

Each person’s life is full of many hills and valleys, as it should be. For only if you have been down in the lowest valley, can you fully appreciate what it is to stand on the highest hilltop. Today Robert, I stand with you on the highest hilltop there could ever be. I want you to know that I will remain by your side throughout hills and valleys alike, from this day forward, as your wife.

A new beginning, a new day, a new life. I ask for nothing more from this good life than that I may live out its days with you. Let us pledge to each other, before this assembly, to receive each day as the valuable gift it is, and to always face the dawn together.

As surely, Robert, as God above has given me life, I join my life with yours. Take this ring as a symbol of my love. Let us live move forward lives together from this day forward.

Robert, you are the one with whom I can share all that I am. Wherever you go, I will go; whatever trials you face in this life, I too will face. In happiness or sadness, come wealth or poverty, I take you as my husband, and offer myself to you and you alone.

My dear Robert, with my own free and unconstrained soul, I give to you all I am. I give to you all I will become. Take this ring, and with it my vow of patience, faith and undying love.

Where before there has been cold, you have brought warmth; where before there was darkness, you have brought light. Before this assembled company I pledge to be your husband, and I vow here and now to cherish for all of my days the love we celebrate on this day.

Our love has taught me to give without any hint selfishness. Robert, I know we have built a love that stand the test of time, because we have both learned think and act as “ we” first and “I” second. From this day forward, let our marriage be a symbol of what love means to all we meet.

Jennifer, on this, our wedding day, I give my commitment to you as a partner, lover, companion, and, most importantly, friend. The journey will be easy at times, and at times it will be rough, but the important thing is that we make the journey.

Jennifer, they say that a man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life’s mountaintop experiences. For only in losing himself does he find himself. I am glad that I have lost myself in you, for it was there that I found my true self. I can never go back to the person I was. Take this ring and let us continue to grow and experience this life together.

Tomorrow will be the first day I wake up as your husband. And thus I enter into a new phase of life. I do so with joy and with certainty, for I know I am finally on a road of happiness . And so I pledge before this honored gathering of friends and family always to honor and respect our love. Jennifer, let us be as one. Let us go down this road together.

Just as two flames, together give one light, the light of our love joins together to light our way from this day forward. Jennifer, I offer you this ring as a sign of life, and myself as your husband. Let us walk together always, and let us always walk in that light.

Today Robert, I give you this: The promise to take you as my only love, to forever stand by your side, to listen when you speak, to comfort you when you are sad, and to join your laughter with my own. Take this ring, be my husband, and let us begin this journey together.

I have learned from you that love comes easily. Just as spring comes, and the grass grows by itself so does love come and grow in harmony with nature. On this day, we celebrate our love, among nature and among our family and friends. Robert, today I commit to share my life with you. As we mature in this life, may we always act in full respect of the natural growth and development of our love.

A ceremony is for but one day; a marriage is for a lifetime. Today, I join my life with yours for as long as I shall live on this earth, forsaking all others. Jennifer, I promise to stand by you, to be there when you need me, from this day forward, as your loving and faithful husband.

In this book of my life, today I close one chapter and open another. With you, Robert, I commit here and now to share all that I may be and all that I may become. From this day forward, may each page bear the word of love.

Robert, I pledge to join my life with yours before all here today. In their presence I vow to be true to you, to respect you, and to grow with you through the years.

As we begin our life together today, I pledge to respect your unique talents and abilities, to lend strength to your dreams and ambitions and to stand by your side and never in your way. Let us continue to learn and grow together.

Robert, I now believe in destiny. For there can be no better match for me in this world than you, and it is a miracle that I have found you in a world of people. You are strong in areas that I am weak and you are wise in all areas that I am not. Together we a whole and I feel strength and confidence in this life. Together, there is nothing we cannot achieve, no barrier we cannot cross.

Jennifer, It’s so hard to put into words the love that I have for you. When we first met, I knew you could be that one person, that single person, that could change my life. So many others wanted you, and I’m so very grateful that you saw I was sincere. I want you to know that, standing here before you today, I know I am the luckiest man alive. You truly are wonderful and I look forward to sharing the rest of our days together.


Your own vows are better?
The good you do comes back to you...
Please share with us your own wedding vows
We need, appreciate and value your feedback!

  Name:
  City:
State:
  Email: (for our records only)

privacy statement
Subject:
 
   
  Tell Us!:
   

 

 
   

© copyright 2002-2003 Idea Express Media. No part of this publication or the information herein may be copied, distributed, re-sold, paraphrased or re-published without written consent by the copyright holder.