Wow Vows

10 reasons to write your own wedding vows:

1. You Can! Until very recently, women didn’t have the right to speak during their own traditional weddings (and this is still true in some cultures).

2. Express Yourself – Write vows that reflect your spiritual/religious beliefs instead of reading the words used for generations.

3. Love Transcends! Interfaith couples, once a rarity, have become common in the United States. We live, work, and play with people who pray (or prayed) in a different way than we were taught as children. The spirit of love and tolerance has transcended many barriers between people of different religious faiths.

4. Love Knows No Boundaries - International weddings, once the exclusive privilege of aristocrats and rulers, has mushroomed as travel and immigration become easier.

5. Inner Wedding – Writing your vows will help you and your partner to focus on the inner wedding at the core of all the material pleasures of a modern wedding.

6. Second Marriages – The freedom to admit mistakes, divorce, and marry again invites us to create more authentic wedding rituals the second or third time around.

7. Recommitment ceremonies – Many happily married couples choose to celebrate their love and life together by writing original vows at recommitment ceremonies.

8. Be Original – If you express your individuality in other areas of your life, why not express your love uniquely in your vows?

9. Witness Your Love - Writing your own vows allows you to share the magical moments you’ve already created together. Your family and friends will discover more about you as individuals and as a loving couple if you put your love in words.

10. Envision a Future Together – Writing your own vows, separately or together, can help you outline a path to mutual happiness as future spouses.