Vows
Exchange of Vows (writing your own)
GROOM, as you look into BRIDE’s eyes, please say your vows.
BRIDE, as you look into GROOM’s eyes, please say your vows.
Exchange of Vows 1
GROOM, repeat after me:
I, GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife
To share all that I am and all that I have,
For all time to come.
And I promise to do all in my power to keep my love as deep and as strong as it is today.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM to be my husband
To share all that I am and all that I have,
For all time to come.
And I promise to do all in my power to keep my love as deep and as strong as it is today.
Exchange of Vows 2
GROOM, repeat after me:
I GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife:
Your love is my anchor.
Your trust is my strength
I will give you all my love from now until eternity ends
You make my life complete.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM to be my husband:
Your love is my anchor.
Your trust is my strength
I will give you all my love from now until eternity ends
You make my life complete.
Exchange of Vows 3
GROOM, repeat after me:
BRIDE, as your husband,
I promise to care for you,
trust your love,
be responsive to your needs,
communicate my feelings,
and behave in a way that shows my love and respect.
I say these things because I love you
and want to live out the days of my life with you.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM, as your wife,
I promise to care for you,
trust your love,
be responsive to your needs,
communicate my feelings,
and behave in a way that shows my love and respect.
I say these things because I love you
and want to live out the days of my life with you.
Exchange of Vows 4
GROOM, repeat after me:
BRIDE, I take you to be my wife;
To share with you the laughter;
To kiss away the tears;
And to give you all the love in my heart,
As long as we both shall live.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM, I take you to be my husband;
To share with you the laughter;
To kiss away the tears;
And to give you all the love in my heart,
As long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 5
GROOM, repeat after me:
I, GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife
To love you when you drive me crazy.
To respect you when we disagree.
To support you if bad times come our way.
And to always remember how grateful I am
To have you by my side.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM to be my husband
To love you when you drive me crazy.
To respect you when we disagree.
To support you if bad times come our way.
And to always remember how grateful I am
To have you by my side.
Exchange of Vows 6
GROOM, repeat after me:
BRIDE, I take you to be my wife:
To love you with all my heart;
To share with you all my soul;
To grow with you through all my days;
As long as we both shall live.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM, I take you to be my husband:
To love you with all my heart;
To share with you all my soul;
To grow with you through all my days;
As long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 7
GROOM, repeat after me:
From this day onward, I choose you BRIDE to be my wife.
To live together and laugh together;
To work by your side and dream in your arms;
To fill your heart and feed your soul;
To always seek out the best in you;
To play with you whenever I can, as we grow old;
Always loving you with all my heart,
until the end of our forever.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
From this day onward, I choose you GROOM to be my husband.
To live together and laugh together;
To work by your side and dream in your arms;
To fill your heart and feed your soul;
To always seek out the best in you;
To play with you whenever I can, as we grow old;
Always loving you with all my heart,
until the end of our forever.
Exchange of Vows 8
GROOM, repeat after me:
I choose you BRIDE to be my wife.
I have emptied my heart of all others.
It is only filled with you.
You’re my best friend and my only love
And I’ll cherish you for the rest of my life.
BRIDE, please repeat after me:
I choose you, GROOM to be my husband.
I have emptied my heart of all others.
It is only filled with you.
You’re my best friend and my only love
And I’ll cherish you for the rest of my life.
Exchange of Vows 9
GROOM, repeat after me:
With God as my foundation and as the guardian of our Holy Union,
From this day on, I commit to you,
To be your husband,
To co-create a life in partnership with you,
Loving you in Holy Matrimony all the rest of our days.
And I commit to you, to the best of my ability,
To stand by your side,
To play and laugh with you as often as I can,
To be honest with you,
To comfort you when you are troubled,
To support you in all that you dream,
To forgive myself and you when needed,
To appreciate you and learn from you,
To pursue my potential as a gift to our Holy Union,
To hold the highest good of our family as my priority,
To do whatever it takes to maintain a happy and balanced marriage,
To live a long and healthy life, smelling the roses along the way,
Still loving each other sweetly and gladly,
Until our days on earth shall come to their completion.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
With God as my foundation and as the guardian of our Holy Union,
From this day on, I commit to you,
To be your wife,
To co-create a life in partnership with you,
Loving you in Holy Matrimony all the rest of our days.
And I commit to you, to the best of my ability,
To stand by your side,
To play and laugh with you as often as I can,
To be honest with you,
To comfort you when you are troubled,
To support you in all that you dream,
To forgive myself and you when needed,
To appreciate you and learn from you,
To pursue my potential as a gift to our Holy Union,
To hold the highest good of our family as my priority,
To do whatever it takes to maintain a happy and balanced marriage,
To live a long and healthy life, smelling the roses along the way,
Still loving each other sweetly and gladly,
Until our days on earth shall come to their completion.
Exchange of Vows 10
GROOM, repeat after me:
Gentle soul, it is with wonder and joy that I take you to be my cherished wife.
To join with you and to share with you all that is to come,
To give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond,
To continue finding the delight we have discovered in each other’s company.
In all our life together I promise to be loyal,
to cherish you with my whole being,
and to see you always through the eyes of love.
I hold you tenderly in my heart,
and I entrust myself to your heart,
on this our sacred wedding day,
and for all the days to be.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
Gentle soul, it is with wonder and joy that I take you to be my cherished husband.
To join with you and to share with you all that is to come,
To give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond,
To continue finding the delight we have discovered in each other’s company.
In all our life together I promise to be loyal,
to cherish you with my whole being,
and to see you always through the eyes of love.
I hold you tenderly in my heart,
and I entrust myself to your heart,
on this our sacred wedding day,
and for all the days to be.
Exchange of Vows 11
GROOM, repeat after me:
You are a precious gift to me
my lifeline,
my soul mate,
my hope and my joy.
I cherish you with my mind, body and soul.
How blessed I am
to be able to say that you are mine,
to be able to love you
and live with you for the rest of my days.
I vow to be a good husband to you,
always putting you first in my life,
always there to comfort you
in your sorrow
and rejoice with you in your victories.
May our hearts and souls
become one as we unite this day.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
You are a precious gift to me
my lifeline,
my soul mate,
my hope and my joy.
I cherish you with my mind, body and soul.
How blessed I am
to be able to say that you are mine,
to be able to love you
and live with you for the rest of my days.
I vow to be a good wife to you,
always putting you first in my life,
always there to comfort you
in your sorrow
and rejoice with you in your victories.
May our hearts and souls
become one as we unite this day.
Exchange of Vows 12
When I was little,
I always imagined whom I would fall in love with,
And whom I would marry.
What qualities that person would have,
And what that person would be like.
I asked God to send me this dream of a person.
But God never did.
He sent me who He had dreamed of for me;
Someone of great beauty inside and out.
Someone of great Intelligence.
Someone who would love me like no other.
He sent me someone of GREATER quality than I had asked.
And I’m so thankful.
For He sent me you.
I love you.
Exchange of Vows 13
GROOM, repeat after me:
I, GROOM take you BRIDE to be my wife
you are my companion in life and my one true love.
I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust and honour you, I will laugh and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst
through the difficult and the easy
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hands to hold
So I give you my life to keep
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE take you GROOM to be my husband
you are my companion in life and my one true love.
I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust and honour you, I will laugh and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst
through the difficult and the easy
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hands to hold
So I give you my life to keep
Exchange of Vows 14
GROOM, repeat after me:
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you,
and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
when life seems easy
and when it seems hard,
and when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you,
and to always hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you,
and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
when life seems easy
and when it seems hard,
and when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you,
and to always hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
Exchange of Vows 15
I vow to love you
and care for you
as long as we both shall live.
I take you,
with all of your faults and strengths,
as I offer myself to you
with my faults and strengths.
I will help you when you need help,
and will turn to you when I need help.
I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
Exchange of Vows 16
No matter what life brings,
I take you as my friend and love,
beside me and apart from me,
in laughter and tears,
and in conflict and peace.
I ask that you be no other than yourself,
as I love what I know of you
and trust what I do not.
I cherish you,
for being all that you are,
all that you are not,
and all that you can be.
Know that I am here for you,
and that your pain will be mine,
and your joy mine as well.
Exchange of Vows 17
From this day forward,
I make a promise,
whatever happens,
you shall not walk alone.
I’ll stand by your side,
and sleep in your arms,
I’ll be the joy in your heart,
and your closest confidant.
May you feel deeply loved,
for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days and our darkest nights,
I take you into my heart.
Exchange of Vows 18
I commit my life to our friendship and love in marriage.
I promise to comfort you,
to encourage you,
and to support you.
I promise to express my thoughts and emotions to you
and to listen to you in times of joy and in times of sorrow.
I love you,
and you are my closest friend.
I vow to share life
and all that I am with you always.
Exchange of Vows 19
Today, I join my life to yours.
From this day on,
I will be your companion.
You are my dearest love
and my best friend.
I look forward to our separate and shared successes.
I welcome the challenge of any obstacles we encounter,
for I know that whatever we face,
we face it together.
Because your happiness is vital to me,
I will help you to grow as an individual.
Because you deserve no less than my best,
I will also strive to be more fully myself.
I pledge that I will listen to you when you speak,
encourage you in times of doubt,
comfort you in times of sorrow,
and be your refuge of strength in times of uncertainty.
I will be faithful to you all days of my life,
caring sincerely and thoughtfully for you always,
and will cherish and adore you every moment of my life.
This is my solemn vow.
Exchange of Vows 20
As we go through life together,
I will be your lover, companion, and friend,
your ally in conflict and mischief,
your greatest fan and your toughest adversary,
your comrade in adventure,
your student and your teacher,
your consolation in disappointment,
your accomplice in mischief,
your strength in your need and vulnerable to you in my own,
and most of all,
your associate in the search for enlightenment.
When I go to the place in me that is Love.
And you go into that place in you that is Love.
There we are One.
Exchange of Vows 21
I promise to love and care for you,
through times of joy and times of sorrow,
to rejoice when you are happy,
and grieve when you suffer.
I will try to share your interests and hopes for the future.
Everyday, I pledge to try to understand you,
even when I do not agree with you.
I shall do all in my power to help you be your true self,
the person God calls you to be.
In all this, I ask God’s help,
now and in the days to come.
Exchange of Vows 22
From this day forward,
I make a promise:
what ever happens,
you shall not walk alone.
I’ll stand by your side,
and sleep in your arms,
I’ll be the joy in your heart,
and the food for your soul,
May you feel deeply loved
for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days
and our darkest nights,
I take you, into my heart.
May God bless us,
with a great light,
around our hearts,
and around our home.
I see your beauty,
your innocence and light.
May it shine.
May the world see how beautiful you are
as I see how beautiful you are,
but may there be a special light
that only I can see.
I give you my heart.
May we feel this joy forever.
Thank you God.
Amen
Exchange of Vows 23
From this day on
I choose you to be my beloved soul mate,
to live with you and laugh with you;
to stand by your side and sleep in your arms;
to be joy to your heart and food to your soul;
to bring out the best in you always;
to be the best I can be, just for you;
to celebrate with you in the good times;
to struggle with you in the bad;
to solace you when you are down-hearted;
to wipe your tears with my hands;
to care for you with my entire being;
to share with you everything that I have;
as we treat each other with tenderness, compassion and love.
Exchange of Vows 24
I, Groom,
take thee, Bride,
for my lawful wedded wife,
to have and to hold,
from this day forward,
for better,
for worse,
for richer,
for poorer,
in sickness and in health
as long as we both shall live.
I, Bride,
take thee, Groom,
for my lawful wedded husband,
to have and to hold,
from this day forward,
for better,
for worse,
for richer,
for poorer,
in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 25
I GROOM, take you BRIDE, to be my wife.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
I BRIDE, take you GROOM, to be my husband.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.
Exchange of Vows 26
In the Name of God, I, GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or for worse,
for richer or for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish,
until we are parted by death.
This is my solemn vow.
In the Name of God, I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM, to be my 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,
to love and to cherish,
until we are parted by death.
This is my solemn vow.
Exchange of Vows 27
____, you are consecrated to me now as my wife/husband this day forward, to love and to cherish, to have and to hold, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to share together as long as we both shall love.
Exchange of Vows 28
I, ____ – choose you, ____ – above all others – to share my life. I pledge to share my life openly with you – to speak the truth in love – and to accept your truth – as you share with me. I will be your companion and friend in life. I will give you respect – understanding – and the freedom to grow – in your learning and fulfillment. I promise to offer you freely from my heart,
my trust,
my devotion,
my tenderness,
and my love.
Exchange of Vows 29
I ____ take you _____, treasure of my heart and dearest companion, to be my wife/husband, lover and friend, to journey through life with, beyond the road’s end. I will love, comfort and honor you, through good times and bad, all of my days.
Exchange of Vows 30
I ____ take you _____ to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish; and I promise to be faithful to you until we are parted by death.
Exchange of Vows 31
I take you ____ this day as my husband/wife, and I promise to walk by your side forever, as your best friend, your lover, and your soul mate.
Exchange of Vows 32
I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband. I chose to marry you this day and I want to grow old with you. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life. This is my solemn vow.
Exchange of Vows 33
I, ____ take you ______ to be my wife/husband
I will cherish our friendship/
And love you today, tomorrow and forever/
I will trust you and honour you/
I will love you faithfully/
through the best and the worst/
What may come I will always be there/
I come into this union/
Letting go of my deepest fears/
And embracing all my faith/
And if I doubt/
I will remember this time/
And why we came together this day/
As I have given you my hands to hold/
So I give you my life to keep
>Exchange of Vows 34
As I have come of my own free will, I promise to love and respect you, laugh with you, share my life openly and honestly with you, support you in times of sadness, and share your joy in times of triumph. I also promise to honour and cherish you all the days of our lives.
Exchange of Vows 35
I, ___, take you, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife. I will love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I promise to trust you, laugh with you, and share my life openly and honestly with you. I will support you in times of sadness, and share your joy in times of triumph. I promise to love, comfort, and honor you all the days of my life.
Exchange of Vows 36
______, I promise to always love you, treasure you, and adore you. I will celebrate the joys of life with you and I will offer you courage and strength through all endeavors. I promise to do everything in my power to keep our love as vibrant as it is today. For as long as I shall live, I will be honored to be your wife/husband.
Exchange of Vows 37
________, you are my companion in life and my one true love. I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust and honor you, I will laugh and cry with you. With unfailing love I will stand by you through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. As I have given you my hand to hold, so I give you my life to keep.
Exchange of Vows 38
I, _____, take you, ____, to be my wife/husband, to love and to cherish you, to honor and to comfort you, to stand by you in sorrow or in joy, in hardship or in ease, to be both your lover and your closest friend.
Exchange of Vows 39
These vows come from my heart. I pledge to love you forever; to be open, honest, and faithful to you. I promise to be your best friend – to laugh, cry, sing and dance with you; to nurture your spiritual growth and to support your dreams; to allow you freedom and room for personal growth to become the person you are yet to be. I promise to help create a home filled with reverence for learning, loving, generosity, and serenity; to bring gentleness to the relationship. I promise to listen – and honour your words and feelings; to work through the conflicts and to resolve our problems. I promise to comfort and to challenge you and to nurture your sexual being and to be your romantic lover.
Exchange of Vows 40
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you, and to comfort you in
times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in
bad, when life seems easy and when it
seems hard, when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you, and to always
hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
Exchange of Vows 41
I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize that your interests, desires and needs are no less important than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
I promise to love you in good times and bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how, completely and forever.
Exchange of Vows 42
I take you as my partner, my friend and my love.
My hopes and dreams will now be intermingled with yours.
I will seek to balance my needs with those of our community and family.
I will openly draw from our combined experience and feelings in our search for truth and meaning.
I will strive for harmony through compromise and understanding.
I will be forgiving, but not complacent.
From this day forward, I take shared responsibility for our marriage, family, community and myself,
regardless of our successes or failures.
I promise to be faithful and true to you in mind, body, and spirit; to cherish you and respect you;
and to be a source of comfort and encouragement, free and bound by our love, as long as we shall live.
Exchange of Vows 43
I marry you because everything reminds me of you.
I marry you because I like you best.
I marry you because in holding you I am held.
I marry you because I enjoy you.
I marry you because we can grow, not together, but very nearby.
I marry you because you are my favorite person to goof off with.
I marry you because when you smile, I forget where I am, and it takes me longer each tome to remember again.
I marry you because you are strong enough to be weak.
I marry you because I need to be cared for but, more importantly, I need to care.
I marry you because you make me laugh heartily and often, reminding me not to take myself or my life overly serious.
I marry you because you know me better than I know myself.
Exchange of Vows 44
I take you, ______,
To be my husband/wife from this day forward,
To join with you
And share all that is to come
And I promise to be faithful to you
Until death parts us.
Exchange of Vows 45
In the presence of God and this community of friends,
I, ______, take you, ______, to be my husband/wife;
To have and to hold from this day forward,
In joy and in sorrow,
In plenty and in want,
In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish,
As long as we both shall live.
This is my solemn vow/promise.
Exchange of Vows 46
______, I take you to be my partner in life and in love.
When we are together, life is warm, safe, satisfying and passionate.
When we are apart, I carry you in my heart.
On this day, I affirm the relationship that we have enjoyed,
Looking to the future to deepen and strengthen it.
I promise to love you wholly and completely,
Without restraint, in sickness and in health,
In plenty and in poverty,
In this life and beyond.
I do not seek to change you in any way,
But I respect you as God has given you to me.
This is my solemn promise.
Exchange of Vows 47
I take you, ______,
To be my companion and mate
From this day forward
To join with you and share all that is to come,
And with the help of God
I promise to be faithful to you
As long as we are given life together.
Exchange of Vows 48
In the name of God, I _____, take you, _____, to be my companion;
And I solemnly promise
Here with our witnesses and before God:
To stand beside you and with you always;
In times of celebration and times of sadness;
In times of pleasure and times of anger;
In times of pain and times of health.
I will live with you and love you
As long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 49
______, you are my family,
you are my home
I am alive with you
You help me face fears and
I am encouraged with you;
I experience forgiveness with you and
I grow with you.
I am faithful to my highest self with you
And that allows me to be faithful to you.
I love you with all my being,
And my dream is to grow old with you.
Exchange of Vows 50
______, My beloved and my friend,
I solemnly promise before God
And our dearest friends as my witness,
That I will be faithful to you and honest with you;
I will love you and care for you,
I will share my life with you;
I will forgive you as we have been forgiven;
And with you I will try to fully understand our lives, our selves, and God
until death parts us.
Exchange of Vows 51
I, GROOM, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife
and partner in life and love,
now and always.
I promise always to be your home,
to give you my love
fully, faithfully, honestly,
never holding back.
I promise always to do, think and say
all that will nourish our bond,
so that it may grow throughout our lives together
and shine as a light of warmth,
fidelity,
devotion,
respect
and most of all, love.
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM, to be my husband
and partner in life and love,
now and always.
I promise always to be your home,
to give you my love
fully, faithfully, honestly,
never holding back.
I promise always to do, think and say all that will nourish our bond, so that it may grow throughout our lives together and shine as a light of warmth,
fidelity,
devotion,
respect
and most of all, love.
Guest Participation of Vows 52
And now, BRIDE and GROOM have a wedding gift to give all of you gathered here today. As they speak their vows to one another, they’d like to give you the chance to experience the same affirmation of love. Because love is alive, it blossoms when shared with others.
They ask you to think of anyone to whom you’d like to say, “I love you.” Whether a spouse, sibling, child, parent or friend. Close your eyes and see the place within. Create a picture of that person in your minds’ eye and speak to that picture. Grasp that person’s hand as BRIDE and GROOM each grasp theirs and silently repeat after me:
(BRIDE and GROOM repeat out loud to each other simultaneously)
I love you and respect you.
I appreciate the gift of your love.
Knowing you has enriched my life beyond measure.
You make my life complete.
Now say good-bye to that person and wish them well, while we celebrate with BRIDE and GROOM and bless their good fortune.