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| Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #130393] |
Tue, 08 June 2004 11:45  |
 lawn phoenicopterus
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This is the place for vows.
[Updated on: Tue, 24 April 2007 10:09]
If 'elitist' just means 'not the dumbest motherfucker in the room,' I'll be an elitist!
--Get Your War On
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| Re: Where is the vow repository?? [message #130504] |
Tue, 08 June 2004 13:53  |
ecodiva
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another place to look is in people's individual wedding recaps -- lots of ladies publish their ceremony and vows there. good luck! and best wishes, too!
02.05.2005 (it's not a secret anymore!)
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| Re: Where is the vow repository?? [message #130710] |
Tue, 08 June 2004 19:29 |
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I was actually thinking of this the other day, that we don't have any place that all the vows go. Maybe you could change the name of this thread and we'll all put them here??
I will find ours, but I'm not on my home computer so it might take awhile.
(I had them memorized but now I don't trust my memory!)
--whatnot, not logged in
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #130853] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 08:51 |
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[Updated on: Tue, 24 April 2007 10:09]
If 'elitist' just means 'not the dumbest motherfucker in the room,' I'll be an elitist!
--Get Your War On
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #130897] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 10:00 |
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #131123] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 14:26 |
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I pulled these two out of the readings thread. I know there are more out there, just haven't found them again yet.
Thessaly’s Vows
I, J., do take you, E.,
To be the wife of my days / the companion of my house /
The friend of my life / and the mother of our children /
We shall bear together / whatever trouble and sorrow / life may lay upon us /
And we shall share together / whatever good and joyful things / life may bring us /
With these words / and all the words of my heart / I marry you / and bind my life to yours.
Katchi’s Vows
My vow to the Beast:
With this ring, I give you my promise
to be by your side forevermore.
I promise to love, to honor, and to listen
as you tell me of your thoughts, your hopes, your fears.
I promise to dream the dream of the artist within you
To love you deeply and truly
Because it is your heart that moves me
Your head that challenges me
Your humor that delights me
Your hands I wish to hold
until the end of my days.
You are life’s most precious gift to me
and I promise to always give thanks
when I look up at the stars.
The Beast's vow to me:
With this ring, I give you my promise
That from this day forward
We shall be as one.
May my arms be your shelter
May we walk together through all things
May you feel deeply loved, for indeed you are.
I promise to help you be who you want to be.
With this ring, I give you my heart
I have no greater gift to give
I promise I shall do my best
I shall always try to be worthy of your love and respect
And I am honored to call you my wife.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #131247] |
Wed, 09 June 2004 17:20 |
Sheela
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Here's Sheela's "Vows for Folk Who Don't Much Like to Talk While Getting Married" -- your Officiant does most of the yapping:
Will you cause each other pain?
Us: I May
Is that your intention?
Us: No
Will you share each other's pain and seek to ease it?
Us: Yes
And so the binding is made.
Will you share each others’ laughter and joy in life?
Us: Yes
Will you both look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?
Us: I will
And so the binding is made.
Will you burden each other?
Us: I may
Is that your intention?
Us: No
Will you share each others’ burdens so that your spirits may grow in this union?
Us: Yes
And so the binding is made.
Will you encourage each other’s dreams and aspirations?
Us: Yes
Will you dream together to create new realities and hopes, for yourselves and for the good of the world?
Us: We will
And so the binding is made.
Will you cause each other anger?
Us: I may
Is that your intention?
Us: No
Will you use the heat of anger to temper the strength of this union?
Us: We will
And so the binding is made.
Will you treat your partner with respect and kindness?
Us: I will
Will you seek never to break that respect, or to bring dishonor to your union?
Us: I will
And so the binding is made.
These things you have promised to each other, before this company and all the Spirits (or God, or whatever). May you ever be mindful and strive to keep the vows you have spoken.
So above pedestrian attachments like love.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #131713] |
Thu, 10 June 2004 15:28 |
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Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring today and always.
I pledge to you my faithful love, my steadfast devotion, and my most tender care.
I choose you to be my partner and continual companion, to share with you all the joys and sorrows that will come.
I will honor you, uphold you, and cherish you above all others for the rest of my life.
Pretty straightforward, but heartfelt! Short was key for us, especially since our ketubah goes on and on ad naseum. There's only so much lifelong commitment a wedding crowd can listen to. 
R.I. Red, once upon a time.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #134410] |
Wed, 16 June 2004 20:31 |
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Our vows were pretty simple and traditional:
I Hurricane take you Mr. Hurricane to be my husband. I promise to be faithful and true, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health. I promise to love, honor and cherish you til death do us part.
(note the absence of the word "obey"  )
And our ring exchange:
With this ring, I thee wed, and with it, I bestow upon thee all the treasures of my mind, heart, and hands.
The whole ceremony is here:
http://www.bluehurricane.com/wedding/ceremony.html
It was written with a lot of help from the reading repository thread and the book A Wedding Ceremony to Remember
livejournal ~ flickr ~ wedding
"Back off man, I'm a scientist." -- Dr. Peter Venkman
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #136116] |
Mon, 21 June 2004 11:51 |
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minister: S and B, in the presence of these witnesses, do you pledge to turn to each other in your need and always support and console one another?
B&S: I do
• to be honest and respect one another?
B&S: I do
• to trust each other as you and your love evolve?
B&S: I do
• to honor and cherish one another, giving each other space to maintain a sense of self?
B&S: I do
• to generously share your joy, passion, and laughter?
B&S: I do
S (to B): You are my beloved and my friend. This ring is a symbol of my love for you and my commitment to our marriage. Will you be my husband?
B: I will
B (to S): You are my beloved and my friend. This ring is a symbol of my love for you and my commitment to our marriage. Will you be my wife?
S: I will
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Tue, 22 June 2004 11:14 |
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #138248] |
Thu, 24 June 2004 14:50 |
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Officiant said: Grapefruitmoon and Mr.Moon, in coming together to celebrate your marriage, we are giving outward expression to your personal commitment. Only you can establish and maintain the love that hallows marriage.
Officiant would read a line of our vows, and then we repeated it:
Mr.Moon/Grapefruitmoon, I promise to be your loving husband/wife;
to cherish your love, intellect, and uniqueness;
to support and inspire you;
to delight in your happiness and comfort you in sorrow;
to create with you a home which celebrates good food, passion, laughter, and a growing love for one another.
My love is yours now, and for all the days before us.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #191279] |
Wed, 06 October 2004 15:07 |
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Here are our Vows. I have stolen shamelessly from others, made up a bit myself, and trust me, when these actually get read aloud at our wedding they will be liberally sprinkeled with tears. ;)
OPENINGS, WELCOMINGS, GREETINGS
I: We stand before this company, on this beautiful fall day, to witness the joining of Spout and Mr. Spout in marriage.
In Address to the Guests
I: As these two people are joined, so are their families and friends united through them. Spout and Mr. Spout have chosen you, their friends and loved ones, to be here on this day as witnesses to their marriage. It has been their decision to bind themselves by marriage, and their lives will be strengthened and enriched by the support you give.
I: Friends, will you support Spout and Mr. Spout in their marriage?
Friends: I will.
I: Will you celebrate with them, encourage them, remind them (as needed) of this day?
Friends: I will.
I: Family members, will you support Spout and Mr. Spout in their marriage?
Family: I will.
I: Will you accept Spout and Mr. Spout into your families, as one of your own?
Family: I will.
I: All of you, will you celebrate their marriage, standing beside them in rough times, yet never standing between them?
All: I will.
CHARGE
I: Spout and Mr. Spout, you are aware of the reality of the vows you are about to speak to one another; of the responsibility that comes when a partnership is created. If there is any reason within your hearts that this ceremony should not continue at this time, I charge you to voice it now, for marriage is based in honesty and trust, and only with those things can you successfully create a partnership.
Everyone:
DECLARATION OF INTENT
In Address to the Partners
I: What is your name?
C: Spout
I: And what is your desire?
C: To join with he whom I love.
I: Will you seek to do him harm?
C: I will not.
I: And if harm is done, will you seek to repair it?
C: I will.
I: Will you seek to be honest with him in all things?
C: I will.
I: Will you support him in times of distress?
C: I will.
I: Will you temper your words and actions with love?
C: I will.
I: Spout, will you have this man to be your partner, to live together in marriage? Will you love him, respect him, comfort and keep him in sickness and in health, for all the days to come?
C: I will.
I: What is your name?
V: Mr. Spout
I: And what is your desire?
V: To join with she whom I love.
I: Will you seek to do her harm?
V: I will not.
I: And if harm is done, will you seek to repair it?
V: I will.
I: Will you seek to be honest with her in all things?
V: I will.
I: Will you support her in times of distress?
V: I will.
I: Will you temper your words and actions with love?
V: I will.
I: Mr. Spout, will you have this woman to be your partner, to live together in marriage? Will you love her, respect her, comfort and keep her in sickness and in health, for all the days to come?
V: I will.
EXCHANGE OF VOWS
(Partners may speak the same vows, or choose individual vows)
C: I, Spout, do ask you, Mr. Spout, to be my partner in marriage. I ask that you accept my strengths and my faults as I promise to accept yours; I ask for your support and strength when mine own does fail me, as I promise my strength and support in your times of need. I bring you, with best intention, my love, my understanding, all that I have and all that I am. My love is yours now, and for all the days before us.
V: I, Mr. Spout, do ask you, Spout, to be my partner in marriage. I ask that you accept my strengths and my faults as I promise to accept yours; I ask for your support and strength when mine own does fail me, as I promise my strength and support in your times of need. I bring you, with best intention, my love, my understanding, all that I have and all that I am. My love is yours now, and for all the days before us.
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
I: By the exchange of these tokens of your love for one another, so are your lives interlaced. What one experiences, so shall the other; as honesty and love build, so will your bond strengthen and grow.
C You are my best beloved and my friend. This ring is a symbol of my love for you and my commitment to our marriage. Will you be my husband?
V: I will.
V: You are my best beloved and my friend. This ring is a symbol of my love for you and my commitment to our marriage. Will you be my wife?
C: I will.
I: Will you both seek never to give cause to break that honor that is so freely given?
C&V: We will.
I: Will you both look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?
C&V: We will.
I: Will you both share each other’s burdens and seek to ease them?
C&V: We will.
I: Will you both take the heat of anger and use it to temper the strength of this union?
C&V: We will.
I: Will you both find direction always in your love and respect for one another?
C&V: We will.
I: May your love find lasting permanence, bound together in the fabric of life.
May the protection of marriage surround you, sustain you and comfort you.
I: No one but you can declare yourselves married. You have begun it here today in speaking your vows before this company, and you will do it again and again in the days to come, standing by each other, sharing all the sweet and the bitter of life. Each tender act, each loving word will be the declaration of what was marked here today.
Begin it now then, with a kiss.
C&V: ***Smooch!***
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #191283] |
Wed, 06 October 2004 15:16 |
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spout,
I love that you'll affirm your vows in unison. Congrats & good luck this weekend.
I am not young enough to know everything - Oscar Wilde
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #192655] |
Fri, 08 October 2004 20:30 |
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That which doesn't kill you probably hurts like a motherfucker.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #231655] |
Fri, 10 December 2004 15:11 |
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Our vows: Rather traditional in part because we're already untraditional enough in our choice of spouses.
Declaration of Intent:
Llama, will you have Llamalady to be your partner? Will you love her as a person, listen to her with all your heart, respect her as an equal, sharing joy as well as sorrow, triumph as well as defeat, and keep her beside you, forsaking all others, as long as you both shall live?
Llamalady, will you have Llama to be your partner? Will you love her as a person, listen to her with all your heart, respect her as an equal, sharing joy as well as sorrow, triumph as well as defeat, and keep her beside you, forsaking all others, as long as you both shall live?
Affirmation of the families
Do you, the parents of Llama and Llamalady, who have loved them, nurtured them, and guided them, give your blessings to Tina and Rebecca’s union, will you offer prayers and understanding, and will you do all in your power to support them in their relationship?
Vows:
I, Llamalady, take you Llama, now as my own, 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; and to this I pledge my faith.
I, Llama, take you Llamalady, now as my own, 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; and to this I pledge my faith.
Pledge of Support:
Llamalady and Llama, we are witnesses of your intentions and we pledge you our support. We will rejoice with you in good times and assist you in time of need.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #238027] |
Mon, 20 December 2004 22:04 |
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Even though I've posted my full script elsewhere on this board, I'll go ahead and post our declaration of intent and vows here. Of course, if you're reading all the way through, you'll notice we borrowed from others here on IB. Thanks to all those who contributed - knowingly or not!
Declaration of Intent
D: I marry you today as a demonstration of my commitment to our relationship. I pledge to be true to you alone.
L: I will be your constant friend and faithful partner, working to make our union strong, honest, trusting, and forgiving.
D: As my wife, you will always be my one and only love.
L: And I will make you and our family my top priority.
D: As an equal partner, I will work to make our home one of love, laughter, and compassion.
L: And I will try to bring us together when we feel furthest apart.
D: I will listen to you with my whole heart.
L: When you show me your dreams, I will make them my own, and we will chase them together.
D: As your husband, I look forward to growing older with you, always learning to know you more deeply and sharing our unique lives and personalities in their truest form.
L: As your wife, I intend to love you through our similarities and appreciate our differences, and I will strive to learn and grow with you in mind and spirit.
Statement of Vows
Judge: And now L and D will pledge their wedding vows to one another.
J: Do you D, take L to be your wife from this day forward, to love and to cherish, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health; and do you promise to be faithful as long as you both shall live?
D: I do.
J: Do you L, take D to be your husband from this day forward, to love and to cherish, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health; and do you promise to be faithful as long as you both shall live?
L: I do.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #238292] |
Tue, 21 December 2004 12:10 |
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Mr. Frog, repeat after me:
I, Mr. Frog, take you, Frogsy, to be my wife
I promise above all else to live in truth with you,
and to communicate fully and fearlessly
I give you my hand and my heart
As a sanctuary of warmth and peace
And pledge my love, devotion, faith, and honor as I join my life to yours
Frogsy, repeat after me:
I, Frogsy, take you, Mr. Frog, to be my husband
I promise above all else to live in truth with you,
and to communicate fully and fearlessly
I give you my hand and my heart
As a sanctuary of warmth and peace
And pledge my love, devotion, faith, and honor as I join my life to yours
Sweetie, you're wasting your gum.
short attention span
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #256977] |
Tue, 18 January 2005 15:22 |
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More traditional-ish religious vows (Church of Scotland minister, ecumenical service), but we like them...
I, radar, in the presence of God,
take you, mr radar,
to be my husband.
All that I am I give to you,
All that I have I share with you,
Whatever the future holds,
I will love you, stand by you
and be faithful to you,
as long as we both shall live.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #260850] |
Sat, 22 January 2005 13:05 |
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These are the vows my mom and step-dad used in their recent wedding. I thought I would share them, as they are pretty original, and I thought they were touching and very real. They also got tons on compliments on them, if that means anything.
(Starts with opening and declaration)
Marriage Promise:
I, H., ask you, A., to be my husband/wife, my companion, my partner in life. I promise to love you, to honour you, and to see you as the extraordinary person that you are, not only when you are acting with love, but also when you are not...Not only when you remember clearly who you are, but also when you forget...Not only when I think you are being great, but also when I think you are not. I promise to love you just as your are and are not, to say what there is to be said and not withhold from you, and to be a champion for our growth and self-expression. I acknowledge that I am whole and complete as I am, that all the love, the wisdom, the nurturing, and the strength that I need reside within me, and that I am marrying you not in the hope of getting thesethings, but with the promise of giving these gifts to you so that you may have them in even greater abundance.
Vows:
(I think this part is required by law)
I call on those present to witness, that I, H., take you, A., to be my lawful wedded husband/wife.
Rings:
H./A., I give you this ring as a symbol of my joy in loving you, and as my pledge to honour you with all that I am and all that I shall become.
Pronouncement:
May the love in your hearts give you joy, may the greatness of life give you peace.
And now, for as much as you H. and A., commit to one another, and have signified this by the joining of hands, the exchanging of vows, and the giving and receiving of rings, we recognize, congratulate and celebrate your joining in love as husband and wife.
May your life together be blessed. May the spirit of love be ever part of your lives, so that the union we celebrate today will be worthy of celebration tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #338955] |
Fri, 15 April 2005 09:45 |
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I think this is what we'll use -- mr. tyler wrote them, I edited them (I think I changed two words).
"My friend and my beloved – with the deepest love and respect,
I choose you to be my partner in Life, in body and soul. I promise:
to laugh with you in Joy,
to grieve with you in sorrow,
to trust and be trustworthy,
to be faithful to you in marriage and life, and
to honor our differences
for as long as we both shall live."
Rings:
"I give you this ring as a reminder that I love you, every single day of your life."
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #356690] |
Tue, 03 May 2005 18:41 |
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Here's a rough draft of our vows: Some written by FH, some borrowed from IB's and some found on line somewhere by FH.
I promise to share with you myself
I promise to respect you deeply; your interests, desires and needs.
I promised to delight in the laughter,
take serious the important,
and imagine the profound.
I promise to keep myself open to you,
to live in truth with you,
to communicate fully and fearlessly.
I promise to grow with you,
to face changes with you,
to overcome obstacles with you,
to enjoy contentment with you.
I promise to love and support you in good times and bad,
completely and forever.
Take this ring as a symbol of my commitment to you.
Now, by the power vested in me by the State of Illinois, I pronounce you husband and wife.
Begin your journey with a kiss.
Blessed are those who laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #375054] |
Mon, 23 May 2005 10:01 |
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From 2 days ago...
Mr. hokie and hokie, the vows that you are about to exchange serve as a verbal representation of the love you have promised to each other. It is not the words that you speak today which have brought you together, but the inner sense of love and commitment that each of you feels within your soul.
Mr. hokie, Please repeat after me:
I, Mr. hokie, choose you, hokie,
To be no other than yourself,
Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know.
I will respect you as an individual, a partner, and an equal.
I promise to laugh with you when times are good, and suffer with you when they are bad.
I will always adore, honor and encourage you.
You are my best friend, and I will love you always.
hokie, Please repeat after me:
I, hokie, choose you, Mr. hokie, to be no other than yourself,
Loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know.
I will respect you as an individual, a partner, and an equal.
I promise to laugh with you when times are good, and suffer with you when they are bad.
I will always adore, honor and encourage you.
You are my best friend, and I will love you always.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #387376] |
Sun, 05 June 2005 18:53 |
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These are our vows, posted because we're quite grateful to IB for providing us with samples to examine, dissect, and patch together! The thee/thy language we used because my family still uses Quaker Plain Talk, although only with each other, and it makes it more intimate for me.
I, Wavestar, give myself to thee to be thy wife and thy partner
And I ask thee, Pirate Consort, to be my husband and my companion,
The father of my children and my best beloved friend.
All that I am I give to thee
All that I have I share with thee.
I will love and cherish thee,
Honour, trust and respect thee,
Uphold thee and be faithful unto thee.
All this I promise,
In joy and in sorrow,
In plenty and in want,
All the days of my life.
Raise your hand if you recognise your bit!
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #435202] |
Sun, 31 July 2005 19:28 |
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hi - here are the vows that we used for our handfasting. they are adapted from the vows a friends used at her wedding and changed to add the binding and invitations.
my partner (eek... wife) and i alternated taking the lead and inviting the other to agree as well... we ran out of handfasting cord so i would recommend making A LOT MORE than you think you will need though even wilamena didn't notice that our priestess was just moving her hands around ours for the last few bindings.
synthea
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priestess: what are your promises?
synthea:
I dedicate myself
to trust you, to be genuine with you
to be vulnerable with you, to reveal myself with you
to be strong with you, to be gentle with you
to have faith in you, to love you
and, I invite the same from you
wilamena: I do.
prientess: and so the binding is made.
wilamena:
I dedicate myself
to allow you to change
to allow you to make mistakes, to fall –
as well as to succeed and to fly
to allow you the space to say no and to say yes
and, I invite the same from you
synthea: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
synthea:
I dedicate myself
to be true to my own dance
to be a loving witness of your dance
to pursue the point of contact in our
dance together
to act from within the pulse,
rather than from impulse
and, I invite the same from you
wilamena: I do.
prientess: and so the binding is made.
wilamena:
I dedicate myself
to walk the edges with you
to be at home with you
to give you the freedom to explore your edges
to give you the space in my heart to come home
and, I invite the same from you
synthea: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
synthea:
I dedicate myself
to see our relationship as a mirror of my own attunement
to see beyond the shell of outer appearances
to the seed of your essence
to be in the union beyond our differences
and, I invite the same from you
wilamena: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
wilamena:
I dedicate myself
to remember always to give thanks
to assist your healing from wounds both old and new
to allow you to assist my healing
to assist our healing
to assist the healing of others and the earth
to hear and embrace your truth when it differs from mine
and, I invite the same from you
synthea: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
synthea:
I dedicate myself
to harness our energies for consciousness
rather than to dissipate them
to resist becoming mesmerized by the
habitual patterns in life by the
mechanics of relationship and marriage
to see and use all the circumstances of our life
as fuel for our growth, soul work and spiritual journey
and, I invite the same from you
wilamena: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
wilamena:
I dedicate myself
to align our hearts, minds, bodies and souls
to embrace the unknown together,
allowing for deeper knowings to emerge
to allow the necessary deaths that bring new life
to share with you all the days that life may give us together, and
to create the most beautiful life that we can
and, I invite the same from you
synthea: I do.
priestess: and so the binding is made.
synthea:
I dedicate myself
to honour our family of blood and choice
to carry on the welcome our families have shown for us
to welcome the ongoing changes in our families
in beauty, balance and delight.
and, I invite the same from you
wilamena: I do
priestess: and so the binding is made.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #447813] |
Sun, 14 August 2005 21:35 |
lilac
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Thanks much to everyone we borrowed bits and pieces from for this.
Declaration of intent:
Officiant asks each of us in turn:
Do you Mr.L/lilac take lilac/Mr.L to be your wedded wife/husband
And do you promise to turn to her/him in your need,
always support and console her/him,
to love and respect her/him,
to generously share your life and dreams with her/him,
through all circumstances of life,
so long as you both shall live?
response:
I do
Vows
repeated to one another
Lilac/Mr.L, with my heart full of love and respect for you, I pledge myself as your husband/wife.
I bring to this marriage my best and most complete self.
I accept and honor you as you are, loving what I know of you and trusting what I do not yet know.
I will strive to be slow to anger and quick to forgive.
I promise to learn from you and listen to you.
I pledge to encourage and support you, come what may, as we walk through life together.
I give you my heart and I will strive to make our home together a loving sanctuary of truth and love, peace and compassion.
Ring exchange
repeated to one another:
This ring is a symbol of my love for you and the vows we have taken today. As I pledge my devotion to you and our life together, I ask you, will you be my wife/husband?
response:
I will.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #450302] |
Tue, 16 August 2005 23:26 |
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him:
I love you, X. I love you for your openness and your honesty, for the strengths of your beliefs and your desire to improve them. For your love of life and beauty, your readiness to laugh at both my jokes and my faults, and for forcing me to acknowledge the latter.
I love your focus and intentness, how completely happy you can be about the largest grand idea or the smallest pretty thing, and I am so grateful to be a part of that happiness.
Here are mine...
me:
I love you, Y. I love your strength and confidence, your happiness and love of life. I love you for making me stronger, for understanding me and helping me grow. I love how open you are with me, sharing all your thoughts and feelings.
I love the way you make me laugh, and the way you touch me when I'm sad. I love just being with you.
this part is the same for both of us:
I want to spend my life with you.
To share your happiness, and be with you in your sadness.
To always be open and honest with you.
To always try to understand you and help you understand me.
To help you grow and become the person you want to be.
I take you as my friend, my love, and my wife/husband.
Take this ring to remind you always of me.
(exchange rings)
Note the lack of actual vows, as in promises - we're just talking about feelings and intentions, no promising involved.
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #459540] |
Thu, 25 August 2005 15:03 |
Eric
Messages: 1702
Registered: June 2003
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I know that this is an old thread, but I've never played this game. Our Cowboy ceremony - imagine the setting, at a lake with everyone dressed cowboy casual. Our officiant was the local JP.
Wedding Ceremony
Groom and Best man Enter up aisle and stand stage [right] [left]
Judge Enters from offstage.
Bride Enters up aisle
Best Man: Here Ye, Here Ye, Court is now in Session, Judge Buck Allen Presiding all attend ye with business before the court.
Judge: We are gathered here in Colorado Territory to join Debbie and Eric in marriage. They come before us to be joined as Husband and Wife.
Marriage is not to be entered into lightly, you must love and respect each other, and give strength to each other in order to realize your goals. You have chosen to make this commitment to each other freely.
Marriage is also a pledge to each other to love, comfort, respect and honor each other in all ways.
Do you, Eric, take Debbie to be your wife, to Love, Honor and cherish her for as long as you both may live?
Groom: I do.
Judge: Debbie, do you take Eric to be your husband, to Love, Honor and cherish for as long as you both may live?
Bride: I do.
Rings to the Judge
Judge: These rings are an outward and visible sign of the deep and meaningful intention between you. They signify to all that you have been united in marriage.
Judge hands ring to groom
Groom: This ring is a symbol of the abiding love I have for you, may we ride life’s journey together.
Judge hands ring to Bride
Bride: This ring brings with it all my good intentions for our life, I will ride life’s journey with you.
Because Debbie and Eric have consented to this joining, and their vows being witnessed by the company present, by the laws of the State and Territory of Colorado I hereby pronounce them Husband and Wife, you may kiss the bride.
Kiss
Judge: Court is adjourned!
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #470827] |
Tue, 20 September 2005 09:08 |
nougat
Messages: 658
Registered: September 2004
Location: Illinois |
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| mermalade wrote on Sat, 17 September 2005 11:57 |
| nougat wrote on Sat, 11 June 2005 18:07 |
mermalade--
Do you mind if I take quite a bit of the vows you guys used? They are really awesome!
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nougat, I usually don't search for my own name, but this morning I was looking for something and found this -- so if you're still on this thread, OF COURSE you can take whichever bits feel right for you!! I'm glad you like them.
best,
mermalade
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hey-
I'll be honest and admit here that we totally used quite a bit from your vows even without hearing an ok from you. I was kind of scared that somehow someone we both knew (for some reason) would be like "oh, I've heard those before..." That didn't happen and we got so many compliments on the vows and we had to confess that we didn't write them all, that they were pieces of different people's vows. I am so glad you're ok with it now that I've already used parts! Haha-- seriously, great vows.
nougat
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| Re: Giant Vow Repository Here! [message #482063] |
Thu, 06 October 2005 17:48 |
bpaige
Messages: 21
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so this is what my fellow and i came up with - some pieced together from others found on here, some pieced together from what we each felt we wanted to say.
"I choose you to be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you and trusting that which I do not yet know. I do and will respect you as an individual, a partner, and an equal.
I promise to learn from you, to communicate openly, to honor our differences, and to never become a stranger to you.
I want us to make a home together, grow old, and during this life make a difference in our world, living consciously and deliberately, surrounded by those we love.
You are my best friend, my lover, my teacher, my reminder of the beauty in life....
In all that life brings us, my love and friendship are yours.
me -- and when i wake up tomorrow i will promise this all again
him -- so will I, and the next day
me -- and the next, each day choosing us again...
BOTH -- I know you will "
it worked pretty well actually.
bp
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