I wrote one set of vows, then totally ditched them and came up with something different. FI and I are very non traditional, and we wanted to go into our vows with the mindset that this is probably the only time we can get up in front of loved ones and say how we really feel about each other. I don't mind that they are long because the cermony itself will be pretty short. My only concern with them is that they might come off as too speech like. Any feedback is appreciated!
Joel, I’ll never forget the day we first met, looking back on it now we were both so clueless and unaware of what our future would hold. I don’t know what to believe: was it fate, chance or a divine accident that caused our paths to cross? It may always be a mystery, but I do know that I feel blessed and forever grateful to have you in my life, and to be standing here today to join our lives together forever.
I know I’ve been in love before, but I’ve never been in love like this. I love you when it’s easy and when it’s hard. When you’re being difficult, and when I’m being difficult.
I love that you have full blown conversations with our dog like she’s a person. I love that you’ll not only sit and watch the Golden Girls with me, but that you also genuinely laugh. I love that you always kiss me before you leave for work, even if I’m still asleep. I love that you’re up for anything I throw at you, no matter how crazy it is.
But more importantly, I love your passion, creativity and talent. Your constant kindness in a world that can be so hard. I love your sense of adventure. Your willingness to put others before yourself. I love that you look at the same world I do, yet show me things I don’t see. Because of you I see life in a different light, it seems like the sun shines more brightly and the sky is that more blue.
You are funny and goofy and wonderful and amazing and you make every day a story worth telling. Because of that, I Jenn, take you Joel as my husband, my partner in crime and my best friend. I promise to trust and respect you, listen with compassion and understanding, and encourage and support all of your goals and dreams. I want to share everything life has to offer with you, the good times and the bad. I promise to stand next to you when life seems easy and when it seems hard, when our love is simple and when it is an effort.
I look forward to growing and evolving with you, seeing the man and father you will become, and falling in love with you more each day than I did the last. I give you my heart and my soul, from this day forward and as long as we both shall live.
