Our vows and pre-vow speeches
Roula
I am honored that you have chosen me to be your wife. You: the best person I know, my dearest friend, the highlight of my day.
I may have doubts and questions about life, but of you and this marriage I have none - it is the most fulfilling work of my life.
The sounds of your voice and the touch of your hand assures me that I am, at last, home, and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you.
I love you now and always.
Tim
Some of you know that we aren't very traditional and aren't sold on the cultural expectations of marriage. We decided we'd try and have a kid before we decided to get married and we live as if we are married: we live together, share our expenses, daily life, hopes, dreams, and plans. Yet, I very much wanted to have a wedding and get married.
I want to commit so absolutely that Roula can feel it incarnated on her finger. I want her to have a constant reminder that I am here for her, at all times, and I want the same for me. I want to gather our loved ones and have them share a moment where we formalize our commitment. I want to crystalize and distill this moment down for all eternity, for us to share and remember when we are 102 and and hobbling down to the park for a Sunday picnic. I want to make the implicit, explicit, and for us to say out loud, in front of witnesses, the things we already both know and feel.
Vows
I promise to love and treasure you always, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth;
to be considerate of your feelings, kind in all things, and ask forgiveness when I fail at that;
to talk through the tough times and always remember to the good ones;
to hold you above all others in my heart.
This I vow: to commit to this marriage with all my being and no reservations.
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