Writing your own

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Did you or are you going to write your own vows?

I think that they are so much more nicer when it comes from the heart. I understand everybody wanted traditional vows for the traditional wedding, but I like when a bride and groom stand up in front of their family and profess their love for each other with their own words.

When I finally get married, I am hoping I can presaude my boyfriend to write his own. His vows to me would probably be funny..lol

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I love it when the bride and groom write their own vows.  It seems much more personal.

When I was married we didn't even think about writing our own vows.  It was more the norm to just go with the traditional.

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It would really be more meaningful and more personal if the bride and groom can incorporate their own vows to the traditional vows.

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We obviously had to say the official wordings for our official marriage - but our romantic wedding with friends and family on the beach, we read a poem to one another because it said how we really felt and allowed us to commit to that in front of those we love.

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Marriage vows are promises a couple makes to each other during a wedding ceremony.
Civil ceremonies often allow couples to choose their own marriage vows, although many civil marriage vows are adapted from the traditional vows.
Vows can also be written by the couple, or poetry, lyrics or vows from a mixture of religious traditions used. However couples marrying in a house of worship or within a religious tradition are often constrained to use the standard vows of that tradition's ceremony