Wedding Vows are an intrinsic part of the Wedding or Civil Ceremony and these are spoken during the ceremony to signify the vows and promises that the couple take during their marriage.
All About Wedding Vows
The Hungry Plaice • April 16, 2021
Where Do You Start To Write Your Wedding Vows?
These days people like to create their own types of vows to make them more personal to themselves and their partner so where do you need to start when you decide to write your vows?
The Registrar or Religious Figure who you have chosen to marry you will be able to give you some guidance on this and are likely to give you these written vows so that you can choose between them, they may have some ideas for vows you could write or choose and they might have some guidelines on what they expect you to say or not to say.
As a starting point be aware that there are two elements to your vows, firstly what must be spoken legally and secondly what personal vows you will allowed to add.
Legal Wording For Vows
In England & Wales there is wording that must be spoken in order to create the legal binding wedding these are the “Legal Declarations” and “Contracting Words” and there are some choices between exactly what can be said, these words are fairly well known so should not come as a surprise to anyone.
At this point I would suggest you don’t get anxious about all this because the person marrying you will ask you to repeat the words so you won’t need to learn these off by heart on a day where you are likely to be super nervous!
Legal Declarations
There are three different types of Legal Declarations to choose from these are the Traditional, the Modern or the Simplified versions.
Traditional
“I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I (your name) may not be joined in matrimony to (your partner's full name)”
Modern
“I declare that I know of no legal reason why I (your name) may not be joined in marriage to (your partner's name)”
Simplified
“The Registrar asks: "Are you (your full name) free, lawfully, to marry (your partner's full name)" You reply "I am"
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Contracting Words
Next comes the Contracting Words of the legal wording for the ceremony;
Traditional
“I call upon these persons, here present, to witness that I (your full name) do take thee (your partner's full name) to be my lawful wedded wife/husband”
Modern
“I (your full name), take you (your partner's full name) to be my wedded wife/husband”
Simplified
“I (your full name) take thee (your partner's full name) to be my wedded wife/husband”
Promises Vows Whilst Exchanging Rings
After the legal part of the Wedding Vows have been made the couple are then able to make promises to each other whilst also exchanging rings.
There may be some limitations on what can be said depending on the type of ceremony and the registrar or religious person taking the ceremony so it is best to check what would be allowed, there are some examples of the promises that could be said this being the most common ones;
“for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part”.
“I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love for you.”
Here are some other examples of what could be said….
“I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage, and as a symbol of our love. I promise to care for you, to respect and cherish you, throughout our lives together”
“I promise that I will respect you as an individual, support you through difficult times, rejoice with you through happy times, be loyal to you always and, above all, love you as my wife/husband and friend”
“I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and affection, wear it with happiness and pride – now and always”
Writing your Own Promises
If you cannot find anything that you would choose to say or you would your ceremony to be a bit more personalised you could try and put some words of your own together to show your partner how you feel, this could be by using quotes, lyrics from a favourite song, personal sayings between yourselves or something you write completely on your own.
People can choose to talk about their own experiences and life with their partner, about important life events and stories or things that have made them laugh.
Whatever you choose, make your words count and ensure they come from the heart!
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