Adaptable vows

Where the couple have a child together who is too young to take participate in a family vow, consider mentioning him/her in your wedding vows.

Vow Nº 10

My love, you have already given me the two greatest gifts of my life: your love, and our beautiful child.

Today, it is my honour to become your wife/husband. I promise to continue building our family together, celebrating our joy, comforting one another in hard times, and strengthening our family’s future. I vow to love and cherish you for all the days of my life.

Vows for a Couple from a Long Relationship: Nº 11

Dear (Name),

today I pledge to you what has already been yours for so long — my eternal love.

As we have always done, I promise to walk hand-in-hand with you through life’s journeys.

No matter what lies in our path, it will be our path, together.

In the joys and troubles that lie ahead of us, I will be faithful and loving to you.

This is my solemn vow.

PERSONALISED VOWS

Sometimes couples want to have personalized wedding vows, but worry about stumbling over their words or forgetting important parts. You can do a traditional response-style wedding vow, but personalise what the officiant says.

Nº 12

I, [Name], promise to give [Name] my deepest love and my truest thoughts. As we create a home together, I will do all I can to make it a place of joy and comfort, being your faithful champion, partner and best friend?

HUMOUROUS VOWS

Sporting Vow: Nº 13

I (Name), take you, (Name) to be my lawfully wedded (husband/wife) and chief tennis doubles partner, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, for when we win and the very very rare occasion when we lose. I promise to love, honour, and cherish you, to return your serves and do my best not to foot fault. This I vow to you.

Sporting Vow: Nº 14

I (Name), take you (Name), to be my beloved wife. I promise to love you and be your faithful partner, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, when the (name of team) are winning, and when they are losing, in sickness, and in health, and in (name of team) induced sickness. I will be true and loyal, and cherish you for all the days of our lives.

Retail Therapy Vow: Nº 15

I, (Name), take you, (Name), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, for even poorer when I’ve been shopping a lot, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

ROMANTIC VOWS

With Kindness, Unselfishness, and Trust: Nº 16

I (Name) affirm my love to you, (Name) as I invite you to share my life. You are the most beautiful, smart, and generous person I have ever known, and I promise always to respect you and love you. With kindness, unselfishness and trust, I will work by your side to create a wonderful life together. I take you (name) to be my lawful (wife/husband), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health for as long as we both shall live.

The Best Person I Can Be: Nº 17

(Name), from the moment I first saw you, I knew you were the one with whom I wanted to share my life. Your beauty, heart, and mind inspire me to be the best person I can be. I promise to love you for eternity, respecting you, honouring you, being faithful to you, and sharing my life with you. This is my solemn vow.

To Grow Along with You: Nº 18

(Name), today I become your (husband/wife) and you become my (wife/husband). I will strive to give you the best of myself, while accepting you the way you are. I promise to respect you as a whole person with your own interests, desires, and needs, and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you in to my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change, keeping our relationship alive and exciting. And finally, I promise to love you in good times and any bad, with all I have to give and all that I am, in the only way I know how – completely and forever.

Love You Without Reservation: Nº 19

(Name), today I take you for my (wife/husband). I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve all of your goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind, and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

Best Friend: Nº 20

(Name), today I take you to be my (husband/wife). Together we will create a home, becoming a part of one another. I vow to help create a life that we can cherish, inspiring your love for me and mine for you. I vow to be honest, caring and truthful, to love you as you are and not as I want you to be, and to grow old by your side as your love and best friend.