Repeat-After-Me Vow Options

TRADITIONAL A

I, _______, take you, ______, to be my wedded (wife/husband/partner),
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish,
till death do us part. (alternative: for as long as we both shall live).

TRADITIONAL B

I, _______, take you, ______, to be my wedded (wife/husband/partner),
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.

NONRELIGIOUS C

I, _______, take you, ______, to be my wedded (wife/husband/partner),
I will cherish our friendship,
and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honor you.
I will love you faithfully through the best and the worst,
through the difficult and the easy.
Whatever comes our way, I will be there always.
As I have given you my hand to hold,
so I give you my life to keep.

NONRELIGIOUS D

I, _______, take you, ______, to be my wedded (wife/husband/partner),
To share all that I am and all that I have,
I promise to be your best friend and companion.
To help you fulfill your dreams, and grow alongside you
As we journey through life together.

NONRELIGIOUS E

I promise to accept you the way you are.
I fell in love with your qualities,
your quirks and your outlook on life.
I promise to respect you as a 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 join with you
and to share all that is to come,
to give and to receive,
to speak and to listen.
With kindness, honesty and trust,
I will work by your side
to create a wonderful life together.

NONRELIGIOUS F

_________, as your husband/wife/partner,
I promise to care for you,
trust your love,
be responsive to your needs,
communicate my feelings,
And allow you to be none other than yourself.
I say these things because I love you
and want to live out the days of my life with you.

NONRELIGIOUS G

________, I take you to be my husband/wife/partner;
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.

NONRELIGIOUS H

I, _______, take you, ______, to be my wedded (wife/husband/partner),
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.

NONRELIGIOUS I

______, I take you to be my wife/husband/partner:
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.

NONRELIGIOUS J

From this day onward,
I choose you ______ to be my wife/husband/partner.
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.

NONRELIGIOUS K

You are my companion in life and my one true love.
I will treasure our friendship
And trust and honor you,
I will laugh and cry with you.
I will celebrate our successes
Be by your side 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

NONRELIGIOUS L

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 takes 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.

NONRELIGIOUS M

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.

NONRELIGIOUS N

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.

NONRELIGIOUS O

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.

NONRELIGIOUS P

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.

NONRELIGIOUS Q

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 individual 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 a human.
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.

NONRELIGIOUS R

As we go through life together,
I will be your lover and companion,
your ally in conflict,
your greatest fan,
your comrade in adventure,
your student and your teacher,
your consolation in disappointment,
your accomplice in mischief,
and most of all,
your best friend for eternity.
I vow to share life and all that I am with you always.

NONRELIGIOUS S

I ____ take you _____,
treasure of my heart and dearest companion,
to be my wife/husband/partner,
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.

NONRELIGIOUS T

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.

TRADITIONAL A

In the presence of God and this community of friends,
I, ______, take you, ______, to be my husband/wife/partner;
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.

TRADITIONAL B

I, _______, take you, _______, to be my wife/husband/partner,
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.

RELIGIOUS VOWS A

_______, I thank God for bringing you into my life.
I choose This day as my (husband/wife/partner), my love,
and my best friend.
I commit myself to you faithfully for eternity.
I promise you my unconditional love,
I give you my unwavering trust,
and I share with you all the days of my life.

RELIGIOUS VOWS C

I take you, ______,
to be my companion and lover
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.

RELIGIOUS VOWS D

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.

RELIGIOUS VOWS E

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 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.
And thank God for bringing you to me.
I love you!

RELIGIOUS VOWS F (with children)

I love you _______________, and I love (children) _______________ [as my very own]. 
Today, as we become (husband/wife/partners in life), 
we also will become a family and begin a new life together. 
I promise to be a faithful (husband/wife/partner) 
and loving (father/mother/parent), 
and I will be there for you and for the children always. 
No matter what circumstances life may bring, with God’s help, 
we will face them together as a family. 
I commit myself to each of you from this day forward and forevermore.

These are intended as a sort of mix and match, build your own vows template. Copy and Paste into the submission box below.

Until today, the day I married you, that was the best day of my life.

All that I have, all that I am, all that I will ever be, is yours and because of my love you for.

I see these vows not as promises but as privileges: I get to laugh with you and cry with you; care for you and share with you. And most importantly, love you every single day.

You make my joys greater, my sorrows more bearable, and my spirit known. I promise you nothing less than the rest of my life. This is what I mean when I tell you I love you every day.

You’re my best friend, confidant, lover, and partner. Together we have created a safe haven in our marriage from the chaos of the rest of the world, and in you, I have found comfort, joy, and peace.

Your beauty, heart, and mind inspire me to be the best person I can be. I promise to love you for eternity, respecting you, honoring you, being faithful to you, and sharing my life with you. This is my solemn vow.

You have been my best friend, mentor, confidant, lover, and greatest challenge. But most importantly, you are the love of my life. You make me happier than I could ever have imagined and feel more love than I ever thought possible.

You know me better than anyone else in this world, and somehow still you manage to love me. You are my best friend and one true love. There is still a part of me today that cannot believe that I’m the lucky one who is married to you.

[Name], I bring myself to you this day to recommit my life to you. You can trust my love, for it’s real. I promise to be a faithful mate, and to unfailingly share and support your hopes, dreams, and goals. I vow to be there for you always.

I love you more than words can say. I know you can feel it every day! And the best thing about it is that I feel all your love in return each and every day. 25 years ago, we started our forever story…thank you for choosing me to write it with.

I promise always to be there when you need me, to fill your days with sunshine, to comfort and encourage you, and help you reach your goals. You are my best friend and one true love. I promise to love you for all my life with all my heart.

Because of you, I laugh, I smile, I dare to dream. Each day, I look forward to sharing my life with you, caring for you, nurturing you, being there for you. I promise today, as I did on our wedding day, to love and cherish you through whatever life brings us.

I [Name] affirm my love to you, [Name]. 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 continue to work by your side to our life together wonderful.

I love you without knowing how, or when or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride. Loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know. Home is wherever you are. I love you not for what you are but what I am when I’m with you.

I love you. Very simple. Very truly. You are the epitome of everything I have ever looked for in another human being. There isn’t another soul on this planet who has ever made me half the person I am when I’m with you. I am forever changed because of who you are and what you’ve meant to me.

With you, I have learned to take it slow. When we met, all I knew was that I couldn’t wait to spend my life with you. Only time would allow me to see your true colors. You’re generous, loving, kind, and patient. It’s been 25 amazing years with you by my side. I can’t wait to see what the next 25 reveals.

I love you, [Name]. You are my best friend. Today I recommit myself to you and our marriage. I promise to be there when you need me, to fill your days with sunshine, to comfort you and encourage you, to help you reach your goals, to be your best friend ever and to love you all my life with all my heart.

From the moment our paths crossed, you’ve surprised me, distracted me, captivated me, and challenged me in ways that no one else ever has. I’ve fallen in love with your again and again over the years, countless times, without reservation, and I still can’t believe that each and every day I get to call you my wife/husband.

When there has been cold, you have brought warmth; where there was darkness, you have brought light. Our miracle lies in the path we have chosen together. I entered into this marriage knowing that the true magic of love was following a path together, hand in hand. Today, let us recommit to the miracle of our marriage. I love you.

Together, we laugh at our jokes. And together, I will always be there for you, respecting your thoughts and talking with you. Making you laugh when you’re feeling down. Enjoying our life at its best and worst. Loving you all day from morning till night. Together at heart, no matter how far apart. These things you know to be true now, and all our days after.

There are three words that are stronger than I love you. 25 years ago, I stood in front of you to say ‘I choose you.’ Today, I stand in front of you to remind you that each and every day I choose you over all others. I choose you to share happiness with. I choose you to care for. I choose you to have a family with. I choose you to grow with. I choose you to love forever.

You are my inspiration and my soul’s fire. You are the magic of my days. You help me laugh, and you teach me to love. You provide a safe place for me, unlike I’ve ever known. You free me to sing my own song. You are more of an amazement to me, each day I rediscover you. You are my greatest love. Of this we are certain. You are lodged in my heart. The small key is lost. You must stay there forever.

I love you, with everything I have. Each and every day I am so proud to call you my husband/wife. Words will never be enough to show the love I have for you. When I’m with you, my heart beats so fast. I feel like it may explode if I let myself feel just how much I love you. The extent of your beauty is overwhelming, both inside and out. I could not possibly live without you. I promise to always be there for you and our family, and never let you down. I look forward to each and every day of growing old with you. You are my best friend, and my soulmate, I have loved you since the day I met you, and I will continue to do so until forever.

Ladies & Gentlemen, PARTNER and PARTNER have demonstrated in your presence today, their belief in their love, and their desire to live together In marriage. If you also believe in their love and you wish to add your blessing to their marriage today, please respond now by saying, we do.” If so, say, “We do.”

Officiant Wording

Now that you’ve declared your intentions, you two will exchange vows which are promises that you intend to keep through your life together. _____ & ______ have chosen to write their own vows because it is their words, their intentions and their vision that must shape and define their marriage.

If you are ready, ______, you may begin.

Need tips for writing your vows?

One idea is to include one or two promises within your vows that focus on the kids.

Examples:

• I love you NAME, and I love CHILDREN’S NAMES as my very own. Today, as we become (husband/wife/partners in life), we also will become a family and begin a new life together. I promise to be a faithful (husband/wife/partner) and loving (father/mother/parent), and I will be there for you and for the children always. No matter what circumstances life may bring, we will face them together as a family. I commit myself to each of you from this day forward and forevermore.

• I promise to raise, support, and love CHILD(REN) NAME as my own.

• I promise to not only show you unconditional love but to also show that to your/our children.

• I promise to always be there for CHILD(REN) NAME in any way they may need. They can come to me for advice, support, and especially for exceptionally bad Dad Jokes.

You can go a little deeper or more personal by sharing a small story.

• When I first heard you talk about your child(ren)/daughter/son/name, I saw the love in your eyes and the gratitude in your heart. Then I met them and quickly saw how easy it would be for me to feel the same for them. I want you to know that from this day forward, I too, will forever feel more loved and profound gratitude because they are part of my life.

BONUS IDEA

Just like you are exchanging rings, it is a beautiful reminder of your commitment to your children to give them a gift. Think bracelet, necklace, watch. During the ceremony, your officiant may say:

Because you are so important to your parents (language will vary), they’ve brought special gifts for each of you. Parents, you may present your gifts. Wear these as a reminder that they love you so much and are so happy to be a family.