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how to write wedding vows

This is our archive of posts about how to write your vows. If you’re looking for real examples of wedding vows that our readers have used, check our vow examples archive, or our ceremony scripts!

Writing personal vows as seen on @offbeatbride

Breakfast, tiffs, and hand-holding: These guys show us how to own writing personal vows

Ben and Joanna’s Latin American fiesta wedding had some killer details like authentic Mexican fare, tap dancing, and a live jazz band. But their hand-written and super sweet vows stole our hearts. Want to hear them? I knew you would. Let’s see how they incorporated breakfast, tiffs, hand-holding, and support systems to craft super personal vows.

Geeky wedding vow ideas from @offbeatbride

Geeky wedding vows – 10 examples from REAL weddings!

Fellow gamers, book-lovers, pop culture fiends, Potterphiles, Browncoats, Tolkien fans, Whovians, and zombie apocalypse fighters, and all other forms of geekdom in need of nerd-tinged, geeky wedding vows… these reader-submitted vows will save the princess in your castle. It’s dangerous to write vows alone… take these.

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Make them cry: hilarious & tear-jerking wedding vow ideas

We’ve shared lots of advice for writing vows, but our last huge roundup of vow examples was a long time ago… so we worked with readers to gather our favorite wedding vow scripts and examples from their weddings this summer.

We pulled out some of our favorite funny, sweet, sniffle-inducing (I’m not crying, it’s just been raining on my face!), and realistic vows from the pile from which you can be inspired. Tissues are a must when we get to talking about wedding vow ideas, so get ’em ready!

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Safeguard your vows by emailing them to yourself before the ceremony

A lot of technology-focused couples already read their vows from their smart phone or tablet, but in case you’re opting to print out or write out your vows, it never hurts to have a backup in case you forget them. Lizzy ended up forgetting her vows and reminded us why having a backup plan for everything is a smart choice.