Ceremony Questions

ninaelizabeth3 · September 2012

We're not having a religious ceremony and we're getting married by a friend of our families, who is a judge.

If you're not having a religious ceremony, what readings/poems/whatnot are you doing?

mlperkins12 · September 2012

We are having a religious ceremony, but we are having a non-religious reading. Our dogs are a big part of our life, so we are having the poem, "Falling in love is like owning a dog" by Taylor Mali read by one of our friends.

KittennDave · September 2012

We're not doing a religious ceremony, but we're fortunate enough to have a pastor who understands that, so it's like a nondenominational. We're doing 3 readings (and then using a poem as sort of a before-dinner-reflection).

(Not sure we've finalized the order yet)
To Love is Not to Possess
James Kavanaugh
From The Irrational Season
By Madeleine L'Engle
Tin Wedding Whistle
By Ogden Nash

(Before dinner)
From A House of Stone
By Carmen Bugan

ktelizabeth86 · September 2012

My Uncle is doing our ceremony. I asked him to write a little insert with whatever he wanted to say about marriage, etc. He did a great job.

My Mom is going to do a short reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin. I've never read the book or seen the movie, but I found the quote online and really liked it.

ccarrion77 · September 2012

We're not doing a religious ceremony, our reading is "marriage joins two people in the circle of its love" by Edmond O'Neill

nitecheese · September 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_ceremony-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:8eff3ea8-ff83-4adb-949a-8fade11efa7bPost:e990e29f-929f-4b81-912c-80f0a4f5fc55">Re: Ceremony Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]We are having a religious ceremony, but we are having a non-religious reading. Our dogs are a big part of our life, so we are having the poem, "Falling in love is like owning a dog" by Taylor Mali read by one of our friends.
Posted by mlperkins12[/QUOTE]

Eeeeeee! We are doing this too. I love Taylor Mali (have taught his stuff for years). My cousin is reading it for us, which is fitting, because she's a huge dog lover too.

We're also doing "Blessing for a Marriage" by James Dillet Freeman. Robert Fulgham's Union is already written into our ceremony.

jenny&will2014 · September 2012

WOW I am being really weird/out of the ordinary! We are not having a religious ceremony and we are having zero readings.....is this a bad thing?!

Ividian · September 2012

I'm not having anybody else do readings. The JP will says whatever he's going to say about marriage, then he's going to talk about our box, and then we're getting vowed :P

ninaelizabeth3 · September 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2012-weddings_ceremony-questions?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:56b9bcef-1e34-456e-81f5-cfaa107456b2Discussion:8eff3ea8-ff83-4adb-949a-8fade11efa7bPost:5a601bd9-72fb-4843-aace-c04910036958">Re: Ceremony Questions</a>:
[QUOTE]WOW I am being really weird/out of the ordinary! We are not having a religious ceremony and we are having zero readings.....is this a bad thing?!
Posted by jenny&will2014[/QUOTE]

My FI asked me yesterday what readings we wanted/were doing. I'm like ummm.... none? haha, which is why I asked. I just figured say hi, marry us and be on our way, but he wants to do at least one so obviously I'm not going to say no. haha

So in short, no you're not really weird/out of the ordinary.

ninaelizabeth3 · September 2012

Thanks so much everyone! I just read "How falling in love is like owning a dog" and ohmy... I love it! We have two little furry ones, whom life revolves around, so this is perfect for us!

I hope FI loves it too!

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