Vow
examples
Option A
I, ________, take you, ________, to be my husband/wife/partner, my partner in life, and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honour you,
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
Whatever may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep.
Option B
________ do you take ________ to be your husband/wife/partner? Do you promise to love, honour, cherish and protect him/her/them, forsaking all others and holding only to him/her forevermore? Response: I Do
Option C
I, ________, take you, ________, to be my husband/wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honour you all the days of my life.
Option D
Will you, ________, have ________ to be your husband/wife/partner? Will you love him/her/them, comfort and keep him/her/them, and forsaking all others remain true to him/her/them as long as you both shall live?
Wedded couple (together or individually): I/we will.
Option E
Will you have this woman/man/person to be your wife/husband/partner, to live together in holy marriage? Will you love her/him/them, comfort her/him/them, honour, and keep her/him/them in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her/him/them as long as you both shall live?”
Wedded couple: “I do.”
Option F
________, will you take ________ as your wife/husband/partner, will you pledge to share your life openly with her/him/them, to speak the truth to her/him/them, in love? Will you promise to honour and tenderly care for her/him/them, to encourage her/him/them fulfillment as an individual through all the changes in your lives?
Wedded couple: I do.
Option G
I, ________, take you, ________, to be my 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 cherish always.
Option H
I ________, take thee ________, to be my husband/wife/partner.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer or for poorer,
and I promise my love to you forevermore.