Vows

sarah8smack · March 2013

Hi Everyone! I have been drafting my vows and wanted to get everyone's thoughts on them. My fiance and I decided we would do 9 "I promise..." statements and then end with "Thank you for marrying me."Let me know what you guys think! I promise to comfort you during football season when the Redskins lose, and try not to mention that the Giants are a better team. I promise to always listen to what you have to say and try to understand you, even when I don’t agree. I promise to try at least one bite of any recipe you create, no matter how nervous it makes me. I promise to continue loving you for the rest of my life because you are the most honest, funny, patient, and caring man I have ever met. I promise to always be your video game partner and try not to kill you when I accidentally shoot my rocket launcher. I promise to always put socks on before complaining that I’m cold. I promise to work at our love and always make you a priority in my life. I promise to scratch your back any time you ask, and cuddle with you as often as possible. But most of all, I promise to love you, trust you, and respect you under any circumstances; happy or sad, easy or difficult, through the darkest and brightest times in our life. I am the luckiest person in the world today. Thank you for marrying me.

AddieCake · March 2013

I am not a fan of making "funny" wedding vows. I think if you did those for each other privately, that would be fun, but for your ceremony vows, those should be more serious.

Sierra524 · March 2013

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_vows-9?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:10Discussion:5c87d846-b02b-4a07-be77-2b2df9b6d8e9Post:4259631a-9a56-4034-a470-fefad3010bc8">Re: Vows</a>:
[QUOTE]I am not a fan of making "funny" wedding vows. I think if you did those for each other privately, that would be fun, but for your ceremony vows, those should be more serious.
Posted by AddieL73[/QUOTE]

Ditto this. I think that you could write him a cute little note saying all those funny things, but the vows should be more serious.

staar987 · March 2013

If you want to go on the funny side (NMS) I think you need to shorten some of them. Some feel forced. Chances are, your guests know that your FI isn't a fantastic cook or that you aren't an adventurous eater (those sound like the 2 options from your cooking one) or that he likes the Redskins and you like the Giants. They don't need it so obvious, it can be subtle. This is how I would change it which takes out a lot of the really obvious humor.

I promise to comfort you during football season when the Redskins lose.

I promise to always listen to what you have to say and try to understand you.

I promise to try at least one bite of any recipe you create.

I promise to continue loving you for the rest of my life.

I promise to always be your video game partner and try not to kill you on accident.

I promise to always put socks on before complaining that I'm cold.

I promise to work at our love and always make you a priority in my life.

I promise to scratch your back any time you ask and cuddle with you as often as possible.

But most of all, I promise to love you, trust you, and respect you under any circumstances; happy or sad, easy or difficult, through the darkest and brightest times in our life.

I am the luckiest person in the world today. Thank you for marrying me.

Jen4948 · March 2013

I'm not a fan of "cute" or "funny" when it comes to wedding ceremonies.

Also, is it okay with your officiant?

QueerFemme · March 2013

I'm with Addie. I think you can include some humor, but the vow part should be serious.

mlg78 · March 2013

I like staar's edits from your original post.

I also second the question of is your officiant okay with this? Our officiant has already said (because I asked...)...we can write our own wedding vows but we have to promise each other the same thing. We haven't sat down to figure out what we want to say but I totally understand what he means by that. He took it back to the days when men would have to promise to obey their men but men wouldn't have to promise the same thing. It makes sense... So, run it by your officiant.

sarah8smack · March 2013

Thanks for the advice everyone. We have asked a friend of ours to officiate the ceremony (so I am basically writing the ceremony script completely). My fiance and I are not religous at all and we were both thinking a more light-hearted approach to our vows might be nice. We just went to a friends wedding where they did this and we thought it was realy nice.

Peavy · March 2013

These are not wedding vows, and I think using them at a solemn and dignified ceremony would cheapen the ceremony. If you want to express these thoughts, then do them at the reception.

OwningAHome1981 · March 2013

I agree with PP's. The vows should be more serious- I'd nix the football, video game, socks & recipes ones. The other vows are lovely but a wedding ceremony isn't the place for the "funny" type of vows.

And... the Jets are the best NFL team

pends123 · March 2013

I disagree, I really loved them! I thought they were lighthearted, yet sincere. Very beautiful

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