{"id":1859,"date":"2022-02-18T09:38:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T09:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:47:53","slug":"vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/2022\/02\/vows\/","title":{"rendered":"Vows"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Vows are a requirement for your ceremony some wording has to be legally included in your ceremony but you can add to them or write your own if you wish. It is essential both parties should declare they are accepting the other.<\/p>

Examples of Vows<\/strong><\/h2>

Vows 1 <\/strong><\/h3>

I (full name of Party) do solemnly and sincerely declare<\/p>

That I know of no legal impediment<\/p>

To my marrying this woman\/man (full name of Party)<\/p>

And accept her\/him as my lawful wedded wife\/husband\/partner for life<\/p>

Vows 2<\/strong><\/h3>

I solemnly and sincerely declare that I (full name of Party)<\/p>

accept you (full name of Party)<\/p>

as my lawful wedded wife\/husband\/partner for life<\/p>

to the exclusion of all others<\/p>

Vows 3<\/strong><\/h3>

I call upon those present<\/p>

to witness that I (full name of Party)<\/p>

do solemnly and sincerely declare<\/p>

That I know of no legal impediment<\/p>

To my marrying this woman\/man (full name of Party)<\/p>

And accept her\/him as my lawful wedded wife\/husband\/partner for life<\/p>

From this day forward<\/p>

For better for worse, for richer for poorer<\/p>

In sickness and in health<\/p>

\u2018til death us do part<\/p>

And there I pledge myself to you.<\/p>

Vows 4<\/strong><\/h3>

(Party 2)\u00a0I love you<\/p>

You are my best friend<\/p>

And I solemnly and sincerely declare<\/p>

That today in front of our family and friends that<\/p>

I\u00a0(full name of party 1)<\/p>

accept you\u00a0(full name of party 2)<\/p>

as my lawful\u00a0wife\/husband\/partner<\/p>

From this day forward<\/p>

For better for worse,<\/p>

for richer for poorer<\/p>

In sickness and in health<\/p>

\u2018til death us do part<\/p>

And there I pledge myself to you.<\/p>

Vows 5 <\/strong><\/h3>

I (full name of Party) solemnly and sincerely declare<\/p>

that I accept you (full name of Party)<\/p>

To be my lawful wife\/husband\/partner for life<\/p>

To have and to hold<\/p>

From this day forward<\/p>

For better for worse<\/p>

For richer for poorer<\/p>

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Vows 6<\/strong><\/h4>

I call upon those present to witness<\/p>

That I (full name of party) accept you (full name of party)<\/p>

As my lawful husband\/wife\/partner for life<\/p>

To be by your side as your best friend, soul mate and lover<\/p>

I will be faithful and support you in your dreams<\/p>

I will be there for you always<\/p>

Everything I am and everything I have is yours<\/p>

From this moment forth and for eternity<\/p>

Vows 7<\/strong><\/h4>

(Full name of party) I love you<\/p>

You are my best friend<\/p>

and today i accept you in marriage<\/p>

I promise to encourage and inspire you<\/p>

to laugh with you<\/p>

and comfort you when times are a struggle.<\/p>

I promise to cherish you\u00a0and to always be there.<\/p>

These things i promise you<\/p>

for all the days of my life.<\/p>

Vows 8<\/strong><\/h4>

\u00a0I (full name of party 1) affirm my love to you<\/p>

(full name of party 2) I invite you to share my life<\/p>

As I accept you in marriage as my wife\/husband\/partner<\/p>

You are a beautiful, smart and generous person<\/p>

I promise to always respect you.<\/p>

With kindness, unselfishness and trust.<\/p>

I will work by your side<\/p>

To create a wonderful life together<\/p>

Vows 9<\/strong><\/h4>

I (full name of party 1)<\/p>

promise loyalty and friendship,<\/p>

and to love you (Full name of party 2)<\/p>

with all that I am<\/p>

and all that I have to give.<\/p>

And accept her\/him as my lawful wedded wife\/husband\/partner for life<\/p>

I freely make these promises to you,<\/p>

for today and all of our tomorrows,<\/p>

from the depths of my heart and soul<\/p>

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Vows are a requirement for your ceremony some wording has to be legally included in your ceremony but you can add to them or write your own if you wish. It is essential both parties should declare they are accepting the other. Examples of Vows Vows 1 I (full name of Party) do solemnly and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ceremonies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1859"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10690,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1859\/revisions\/10690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}