Wedding Vow

[Erwin]

For you and your loved ones...

Best,

E

Buddhist

A homily used in Buddhist weddings:

"In the future, happy occasions will come as surely as the morning. Difficult times will come as surely as the night. When things go joyously, meditate according to the Buddhist tradition. When things go badly, meditate. Meditation in the manner of the Compassionate Buddha will guide your life. To say the words 'love and compassion' is easy. But to accept that love and compassion are built upon patience and perseverance is not easy."

Catholic (1)

"I, _______, take you, ________, for my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part."

Catholic (2)

"I, _______, take you, ________, to be my husband/wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life."

b]Carpatho-Russian Orthodox[/b]
 
Although most Eastern Orthodox wedding ceremonies have silently spoken vows, this sect of the Eastern Orthodox Church allows brides and groom to speak their vows aloud.

"I, ______, take you, ______, as my wedded wife/husband and I promise to love, honor and respect; to be faithful to you, and not to forsake you until death do us part. So help me God, one in the Holy Trinity, and all the Saints."  

Civil Ceremony Vows

Here is an example of a standard civil ceremony phrasing of vows. There are several variations.

"_______, I take you to be my lawfully wedded husband/wife. Before these witnesses I vow to love you and care for you as long as we both shall live. I take you with all your faults and your strengths as I offer myself to you with my faults and strengths. I will help you when you need help, and I will turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life."

[LEGAL]

Wedding Vow     

"I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life...  until death do us part"

Olga.

[Erwin]

Wedding Vow     

"I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life...  until death do us part"

Olga.

You are very good, Olga...just like my lovely wife!

All the best to you and your loved one!

E

[Mir]

Groom: I, John, choose you, Karen, to be my wife. In front of our friends and family gathered here I promise to love and cherish you throughout the good times and bad times. I promise to try to remember to put down the toilet seat and to replace the toilet roll when it finishes. I promise to remember this day with love and roses. I will love you always.

Bride: I, Karen, choose you, John, to by my husband. In front of our friends and family, I promise to love and cherish you through every obstacle that may come into our path. I promise to learn how to change a tire and how to refill the screen wash when it runs out. I will comfort you when your team loses and drink beer with you when they win. I will love you always.

Groom: I, Mark, take you Jane, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold and to be financially responsible for from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

Bride: I, Jane, take you Mark, to be my lawfully wedded husband... for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, for when you buy all those expensive toys...

[catzenmouse]

West Virginia Wedding Vows (or Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, or whereever you're not from)

 Preacher: Does ya?
 Groom:     Ah, yup.

 Preacher: Does ya too?
 Bride:      <spit tabaccy juice> Yup.

 Preacher: You is done. Where's the moonshine?

[Erwin]

Groom: I, John, choose you, Karen, to be my wife. In front of our friends and family gathered here I promise to love and cherish you throughout the good times and bad times. I promise to try to remember to put down the toilet seat and to replace the toilet roll when it finishes. I promise to remember this day with love and roses. I will love you always.

Bride: I, Karen, choose you, John, to by my husband. In front of our friends and family, I promise to love and cherish you through every obstacle that may come into our path. I promise to learn how to change a tire and how to refill the screen wash when it runs out. I will comfort you when your team loses and drink beer with you when they win. I will love you always.

Groom: I, Mark, take you Jane, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold and to be financially responsible for from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

Bride: I, Jane, take you Mark, to be my lawfully wedded husband... for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, for when you buy all those expensive toys...

Mir,

You just can't resist that, can you? 

E

[Jazzyclassy]

Vows are nothing in comparison with real treatment

Vows can only be words ...empty words

So I will prefer in my wedding to just say Yes and for him too of course to say Yes

and all the other things we will tell each other tete-a -tete

I am afraid of this high brow phrases especially on public, what if its all a lie? and after like 2 years people would change their attitude towards each other..   love sometimes can be very cruel and not stable......unfortunately

I hope  I will love my boy forever:)! though

[Turboguy]

I have to agree with you Jazzy.  I think those of us who are all divorced all got up there and agreed, "till death do us part"   I don't think it was supposed to mean the death of the feelings

[Wayne B]

I failed once after 13yrs....of marriage but, I have two beautiful children and I am good friends with their mother and her husband! Thank God, we are able to be friends! After many years of being single and having plenty of 'Think Time' about my faults and the few good things about me. I am now armed with more knowledge of what my part 'is' to a successful marriage and hopfully in the near future I can begin to use what I have learned with Anna!      ' A marriage is a work in progress, for life'

[I/O]

FWIW, the oldest literature we have access to, contains these words of advice on such subjects.  Let your yes be yes and your no be no, anything additional is vanity.

I/O

[dwfunk]

Wedding Vow     

"I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life...  until death do us part"

Olga.

(refer back to the original picture posted with the quote)   

Whoa!  Dude!  Look at those daggers!!!!!   And not the one in the guys hand!!



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David & Natalia
Republic of Texas/Moscow, Russia
УЛ. КОНЕНКОВА
16th World Spacemodeling Championships

[dwfunk]

I hope  I will love my boy forever:)! though

Love is a Choice.


Sometimes "choosing" to love someone is what it takes to get through a rough time.



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David & Natalia
Republic of Texas/Moscow, Russia
УЛ. КОНЕНКОВА
16th World Spacemodeling Championships

[WmGO]

I have heard of American men inserting weight limitations in the vows like "until you get more than 20 pounds overweight...."   

Of course, the woman could add something like "until you lose all of your hair". 

Note: serious people should ignore the above.....

[viking]

In my wedding vows we took out the 'until death do us part" and put in "as long as we both shall love". Realistically, when there is no more love, there is no more marriage.

[Erwin]

In my wedding vows we took out the 'until death do us part" and put in "as long as we both shall love". Realistically, when there is no more love, there is no more marriage.

Viking,

What is "love" to you?

What is "love" to your spouse?

When will there be no more "love"???

E

[jb]

In our wedding vows, I not only got the,  "Til Death Do Us Part" in there, I also got the old fashioned Orthodox priest to include in her vow the, "Love, Honor, and OBEY" phrase.  I've got the poor woman locked in, before God, for the duration.   

[Erwin]

In our wedding vows, I not only got the,  "Til Death Do Us Part" in there, I also got the old fashioned Orthodox priest to include in her vow the, "Love, Honor, and OBEY" phrase.  I've got the poor woman locked in, before God, for the duration.   

JB,

The Orthodox priest included the word "Til Death Do Us Part".......Love, Honor, Respect and ADHERE" in my wife's vow... :angel: :kissing:
Best,

E

[viking]

Erwin

I guess each of us has our own version of love. It could be sharing, caring, wanting to be with someone, respect, communication, trust, and the list goes on. Basically, for me at least, if the individuals feel that they can no longer justify being together, that the connection between them has too many open spaces, then they need to decide if their marriage is more whats written on a piece of paper or not.