Writing your own Wedding Vows
Some ideas to help you get started...
- Begin by talking about something you love about your partner, or something they have contributed to their lives. This is a great spot to include an anecdote or story that brings this moment to life.
- Next, include some promises. Ones that you will look to guide your marriage. These can be serious: “I promise to stand by your side, and bring out the best in you, in all adventures.” Or a little sillier: “I promise to laugh at your jokes (most of the time).” Your vows can be a beautiful balance of seriousness and humour.
- How do you envisage your future? What do you look forward to sharing in your marriage? What are your goals, your aspirations, the qualities you want to embody as a couple?
- This outline, combined with the other suggestions, can create really beautiful, personal vows, without a lot of extra work!
- What are the three greatest things about the person you are about to marry?
- When did you know that you were in love/know that this was the person that you wanted to marry?
- What does marriage mean to you?
- What will change about your relationship once you are married/What will stay the same?
- What is your most favorite memory of your partner?
- What are the most important things in a relationship, in your opinion?
- What would you like the whole world to know about your partner and why you love them?
- What would you like to promise your partner?
Don’t forget to include the legal statement “I AB take you CD” to be my husband/wife
