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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Wedding Vows - Traditional or Modern?

Lynnie, on April 9, 2018 at 11:10 Posted in Wedding ceremony 0 22

What about your vows?

Are you going with the tried and true traditional "in sickness and in health" vows? Or are you modernizing your wedding ceremony by writing your own vows?


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22 Comments

Latest activity by Jennifer, on July 24, 2018 at 03:40
  • Jennifer
    Frequent user February 2024 Ontario
    Jennifer ·
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    We can't come to an agreement. I want to say my own but he's nervous talking in front of people, and he's dyslexic so reading something even if he writes it for himself will be hard for him. He says I'm such a good speaker and writer mine will be so good it will make him sound even worse, which is kinda sweet but I think he's wrong, I think he would do great. I guess I don't know what we'll do yet.
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  • Jessie
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    A mix of both because we are saying in sickness and in health part but we are also writing our own vows.

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  • Sarah
    Frequent user December 2018 Alberta
    Sarah ·
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    We are saying the traditional vows. We will be writing each other a letter to read the morning of
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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    I have not decided this yet, there are so many pros and cons to both.

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  • Brittany
    British Columbia
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    I really, really, reeeeally wanted the write-your-own, make everyone laugh/cry, etc vows, but my groom is very nervous about speaking in public, and he already is nervous about repeat after me, so self-written vows are a no-go for us.

    However, we will be trying to personalize our repeat-after-me's as much as we can. It's not a religious ceremony, so we can make it whatever we want it to be.

    Also, we have agreed to do hand-written 'love note' style vows for before the ceremony. I was given 2 vow booklets, so I want us to write something from the heart to give each other.

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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina
    Lynnie ·
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    Kind of in-between for us! They were a little more modern, but we didn't write our own!

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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
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    I wanted to do a version of traditional vows so that I wouldn't have to do any public speaking but my husband wanted us to write our own so we did. I am actually glad that we did in the end.

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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    I want to do modern but FH doesn't, so traditional it is.

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  • Michelle
    Super September 2018 Alberta
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    Traditional, a little less stress that way haha

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  • Alexandra
    VIP November 2019 British Columbia
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    Traditional. Neither of us want to worry about writing our own.
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  • Ashley
    Frequent user October 2021 Manitoba
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    More modern we found vows online we really like and will be using those.
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  • Jen
    VIP June 2018 Ontario
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    We are incorporating both to make it more about us but still have the traditional elements added.

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  • Becky
    VIP September 2019 Ontario
    Becky ·
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    I guess its more modern to do the vows. Either way you say the sickness in health? We will be doing the vows as well as all the traditional aspects of how the ceremony goes in a church

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  • Amanda
    Super August 2018 Alberta
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    This one is still up in the air... apparently... originally, FH wanted to do our own vows (so I got on board and I started writing). Now he’s saying he doesn’t know if he wants to write our own anymore... so, I guess we will see... O.O
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  • Courtney
    Super July 2018 Ontario
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    We are doing personalized vows as it was really important to me.

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  • Holly
    VIP June 2019 Ontario
    Holly ·
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    Modern! I don't like traditional vows. I LOVE when couples write their own, it's so much more meaningful and romantic. It always makes me cry and that is why I almost didn't want to do it but I'm just going to suck it up and write them even though I'll cry for sure.
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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Traditional vows for us.

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  • Chloe
    Super May 2018 Ontario
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    Modern! We decided to write our own vows 😊
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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Modern; We'll be working with the officiant to help us create our own vows. We're quite excited about this part!

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    There will be a combination of both once we talk to officiants


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  • Jennifer
    Super August 2018 Alberta
    Jennifer ·
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    We still have to meet with our officiant to go over the ceremony. I think we’ll stick to something more traditional and try to personalize it a bit.
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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    For the church we have to do the traditional vows that are provided by the church! However I hope to make our own personal/modern vows during the reception speeches! At least in the reception too I feel we can make them emotional but also funny and fun with the party crowd happening!

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