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Vow Samples

I ---------take you----------to be my lawful wife ( husband ). It is with much love, and great happiness, that I stand with you today to be married. In doing so, I join my life with yours, encompassing all sorrows and joys, all hardships and triumphs.


I ---------take you----------to be my beloved for the rest of my life. As I stand by you today it is with the knowledge that our lives together will realise the promises that were
made today, and it is to this future that I humbly submit.


I ---------take you----------to be my friend, my lover and my wife ( husband). I choose you above all others to share my life with me in marriage. I love you for yourself, and I want you to become all that you can be. I will love and respect you all the days of my life. I make this pledge today in the presence of my family and friends.


I ---------take you----------as my wife ( husband ). I love you and want you to share my life with me in marriage. I promise to always be there for you and to accept you as you are. I shall honour this pledge as long as I live.


I ---------take you--------to be my lawful wife ( husband ). I will try to be a loving wife ( husband ). I promise to respect you as an individual. I want to love you through good fortune and adversity while we both shall live.


I ---------take you----------as my wife ( husband). I pledge to share my life openly with you, to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honour and tenderly care for you, to cherish and encourage your own as an individual for the rest of my life.


I ---------take you----------to be my wife ( husband). In doing so I affirm my love for you, as I invite you to share my life. I promise always to speak the truth to you; love you and care for you. These are my commitments to you, made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope and eternally made new.


In declaring my love for you today I ----------- take you----------- to be my wife ( husband ). As we begin our married life, I make this commitment to share my life with you. I will always be there as your partner, lover, friend and buddy as we embrace the experiences of life together. ------------, I know my love for you will continue to grow, and that we will enjoy our lifetime together. 


-----------I want to be with you always just as you are. I choose you above all others, to share my life with me in marriage. I love you for yourself, and I want you to become all that you can be. I promise to honour this pledge as long as I live.


I ------- wish you ------- to be my devoted wife ( husband ) as I will be your devoted husband ( wife ): from today and forever more, through all the highs and lows that life has to offer, while we both shall live.


------------- I promise to always respect your needs and to try to understand your feelings. I will be unselfish and trusting and will strive for a happy life together.


I call upon the person here present to witness that I…take you…as my wife/husband. To have and to hold from this day forward. For better, for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, all the days of my life. You are my trusted friend and I love you the way you are. I am proud to call you my wife/husband.


I call upon the person here present to witness that I…take you…as my wife/husband. To laugh with you in joy, to hold your hand in sorrow, to grow with you in love, to live with you in peace and hope, as long as we both shall live.


I offer everything I am, everything I have, and everything I hope to be. I entrust myself completely to you today and forever. I promise you my heart, my hopes and my dreams. Most of all I promise to be your loving wife/husband and always your best friend.


----------, I choose you above all others, to share my live with me in marriage. I promise to love and cherish you always, forever increasing over the passage of time. I promise to stand by you in all things and provide for your warmth, tenderness, understanding and protection. I promise to nurture a home environment filled with love, light and laughter. I promise to speak to you lovingly, with an open heart and to always honour the divine within you, your heart, your body and your spirit. I promise to fully appreciate your presence in my life and to accept you fully as you are. I promise to support and encourage you in the fulfillment of your hopes, your dreams, your life purpose, your highest good. This is my pledge and my commitment to you and our life together as husband and wife for all the days we shall live.


I affirm my love for you -------as I invite you to share my life. I promise always to respect your needs and individuality. I will endeavour through kindness, unselfishness and trust to achieve a warm rich life we will now share.


I ---------take you----------to be my wife ( husband). I will be faithful to you in thought, word and deed. I will respect you as an individual and be true to you through good times and hard. to these things I give my word.


I ------------promise to be good to you------------ in good times and bad, in sickness and in health. I promise to be patient and understanding. I promise to listen to you and support you at all times. I will love you and honour you, all the days of my life.


I ---------take you----------to be my lawful wife ( husband ). I will try to be a loving wife ( husband ). I promise to respect you as an individual. I intend to develop as a person in partnership with you. I want to love you through good fortune and adversity, while we both shall live.


I ------------ take you ----------- to be my lawful wife ( husband ) In doing so I vow to do my utmost to make our lives together a true partnership. I commit to being motivated in our marriage and I will observe and act on your needs. I vow to care for your well being and show my love in all I do throughout our lives together. I will endeavour to comfort you and enrich you with my love. I will show you I can be an equal partner and with my support build a stable foundation for our lives together.


I, ______, take you, ______, from this day forward and into the long forever, to be my beloved, my sweetheart, my darling, my wife/husband. I promise always to love you, to honour you, to adore you, to give thanks for the gift of your presence. You are the one I admire; you are the one I adore. You are the one I choose to go on with forever, from now until the end of my life.


In the name of God, I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband. To have and to hold, from this day onward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.


I…take thee, … to be my lawful wedded wife/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 hold and to be faithful together until death do us part.


Try workshopping these lines:

I love that you do....

And that you are....

I love .... about you.

My favourite part of you is your......

I feel .... when you .....

Everyone thinks that you are..... and I think that you are .......

You make me laugh when you.....

I love when we .... together.

I love you because ....

Since I met you I have become more....

And I've learned to.......

Plus you've made me feel so....

You've prevented me from ........

You've helped me see that......

I promise that I will always try to be....

I commit to being.... for you

I will always do my very best to support your ..........

I promise to do 'a particular job' for you as I know that you hate it

When you ....... I will be there.

I will do my best to help you achieve your goal of......

I know that you love your 'hobby/job/project/passion' and I will commit to helping you with that by......

I promise never to.....

I want us to always......

To me, marriage is ....... and I promise to be that for you.

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