Wedding Vows
Examples of wedding vows
Below is a small sample of vows are clients have used:
Traditional Vows
| P | (Groom’s Name) and (Bride’s Name) if it is your intention to share with each other your joys and sorrows and all that the years will bring, with your promises, then bind yourselves to each other as husband and wife. |
| B&G | I (Groom, Bride) take you (Bride, Groom) to be my (wife/Husband) To have and to hold from this day forward For better, for worse For richer, for poorer In sickness and in health In love and to cherish For all the days of my life. |
| P | (Spoken to those gathered) Will you, family and friends speak well of marriage and encourage (Groom’s Name) and (Bride’s Name) to work out their difference. If so answer, we will. |
Variation of traditional vows
| P | _____ and ________ if it is your intention to share with each other your joys and sorrows and all that the years will bring, with your promises, then bind yourselves to each other as husband and wife. |
| B&G | I _______ take you _______, To be my wife/husband and equal, My lover and my best friend I am choosing to share with you All of life’s blessings; The joys and the sorrows The successes and disappointments. ______ I will love you and cherish you always. |
Non-Traditional Vows
| B&G | Dearest ____________, I do now choose you and take you To be my wife (husband/partner/mate) To witness and assist in my becoming, To hold me, as your beloved, in your heart, I give you my love, the steadfastness You are my lover, my teacher, my model |
