Saying Wedding Vows

Say your vows like a pro whether you have formal or informal wedding vows

See also unusual wedding vows and nontraditional wedding vows

For many, a wedding is a formal affair with little room for personalization and trying new things.  But for a large amount of others, a wedding is not a stuffy event.  Modern couples choose to take the formality down a notch and have an elegant yet casual wedding.  For weddings like these, traditional wedding vows simply won't do.  Informal wedding vows are just right for these special wedding ceremonies.

Informal wedding vows are also good for beach weddings, civil ceremonies, elopements or Las Vegas style weddings.  If the general tone of your wedding ceremony and reception is on the casual side, informal vows work perfectly with your overall wedding style.

While informal wedding vows are more casual in nature, that doesn't mean that informal wedding vows carry less heart or meaning than traditional vows.  Informal vows are also generally shorter in length than traditional vows, so they make your ceremony short and sweet.  But the best part about informal wedding vows is that you can fit them into the type of ceremony that you want.  You can also make the words into something that you don't feel odd saying, something that sounds like you. 

To help you with your vows, there are several informal wedding vows listed below.  You can copy these vows to use them in your ceremony, or you can change them a bit to make them your own. 

Informal Wedding Vows

I offer you my love in every season of every year.

I promise to always respect you,

and hope to always be worthy of your friendship and love.

I promise you will have my love and compassion,

Through everything that comes our way,

for better or for worse,

in sickness and in health,

forever, if you will be forever mine.

From this day on I choose you name

to be my husband/wife

to live with you and laugh with you,

to stand by your side and sleep in your arms,

to be joy to your heart and food to your soul,

to bring out the best in you always,

and to be the most that I can.

From today until forever.

Today in front of our family and friends,

I feel so lucky to be standing here with you.

I thank God for blessing us with each other.

There is nothing more that I could ask

than to have your company

on the path ahead and in the years in front of us.

I promise to bring love, happiness and trust

to our relationship and take you to be mine

forever on this journey through life.