June 2012 Weddings

XP: Critique my vows

I tried to keep it short, but it ended up a little long anyway. Also, it's a lot of personal jokes, so it probably won't make a lot of sense. But let me know your opinions!
"The thing I have always loved most about our relationship is our adventures; the ones we set out to have, and the ones we have by accident. Today, as we begin our new adventure as husband and wife, I promise I will do everything I can to make this our greatest adventure yet. I promise to respect our individual hobbies and support you in the pursuit of your own interests, as long as you don't make me go golfing with you at 5am on a Saturday, when it's 110 degrees. I promise to always care for you in health, and through your many, many sicknesses. I promise to love you for less poor or poorer, or maybe even for richer if we win the lottery. I promise to always make sure your cuddle bucket is full, and that you are kept warm through the frigid 80 degree nights.  I will try to use the phrase "you are right" more often, and "you always" or "you never" less. I promise to be the best mother I can to our children, and raise them so they have your kindness, your strength, your passion, your intelligence, and hopefully my sense of humor. Almost four years ago, after many stolen glances across the lobby of the Dub and the halls of SBS West, a chance meeting in south campus led to an invitation to my apartment because you said you were afraid of getting struck by lightening during a fall thunderstorm. Today, and for the rest of my life, I promise to always stand by you, hold your hand, and do my best to protect you from any storm that comes our way."
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Re: XP: Critique my vows

  • I love these vows; you made promises and kept them personal. I timed them and they really aren't that long. Allow time for some blubbering but I have to say I think they're very nice.
    Vacation White Knot
  • I really like a lot of this, I adore when couples throw in personal jokes and little things like that to make it more fitting to them. The one about the lottery cracked me up. The ending part though doesn't seem to really fit with the rest, about how you met? Vows don't seem like the right place for that story.
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  • I see how you are connecting your first time meeting story with weathering the "storms" in your marriage...but I think you could leave out the story and just have the last line in there...because you both will know that you are refering to the storms from that day you met.

    I really really like them!! Very personal and some great promises in there!
    A+K
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    "Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."
    --St. Catherine of Siena
  • I love them, for the most part.  The one bit that strikes me as odd is "through your many, many sicknesses."  Intonation is hard to discern online, of course, but the way I interpret it (without knowing you, obvoiusly) is as though you're either accusing him of playing sick all the time, or at the very least making a point that he's never well.

    If this is a throwback to a particular point or theme in your relationship that people will get and understand, then I say it's fine.  This is just how it comes across to me, with other parts of your vows being so clearly humorous and sardonic.
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  • Awesome, and my post now seems to have broken the thread.
    Mrs. Abbe Peanut Butter || Planning Bio
    June 2012 February Signature: Favorite picture of you & FI
  • Yeah mine took a walk too; oops.
    Vacation White Knot
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