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Use these as starting points. Replace the blanks with your real details and rewrite everything in your own natural voice. The best vows still sound like you.
The complete shape — feeling, history, admiration, promises, closing choice.
[Name], today I stand here feeling ________. [One or two sentences about our history or how we got here]. What I love and admire most about you is ________. I promise to ________, to ________, and to ________. I also promise to ________. Today I choose you, and I will keep choosing you. I love you.
45–75 seconds. Everything essential, nothing extra.
[Name], you are my favorite person and my safest place. I promise to keep showing up for you, to care for you in the hard moments, to celebrate the good ones, and to never stop choosing us. Today I give you my whole heart. I love you.
Honors a new beginning and includes the children in the promise.
[Name], today I choose you and the life we are building together. Thank you for the trust and the new beginning. I promise to love and respect our children and to treat them with care and consistency. I promise to keep growing with you, to support your dreams, and to protect the home we are creating. I choose this chapter with you. I love you.
Keeps faith at the center while staying warm and personal.
[Name], today I stand before you and before God with a full heart. [Short line about your journey or what God has done]. I promise to love you, to support you, to grow with you, and to keep faith at the center of our life together. With God as our witness, I choose to give you my whole heart today and every day as long as we both shall live. I love you.
A little personality and humour, still sincere where it counts.
[Name], from the beginning you have made ordinary days better. I love the way you ________ and the way you ________. I promise to keep laughing with you, to lift you up when you need it, to notice the little things, and to never take us for granted. I choose you — today and all the days after. I love you.
For the reception — gratitude to family, friends, and your person.
Thank you all for being here and for the love you've shown us. To our parents / family — thank you for ________. To our wedding party and closest friends — we are so grateful for ________. And to [Name]… thank you for choosing me. Now let's celebrate.
Thirty warm seconds to open the night.
Thank you all for celebrating with us today. This day means ________ to us. Here's to the people who got us here and to the years ahead. Please eat, drink, and enjoy the night.
Once your blanks are filled in, run the draft through the polish module — it's where borrowed lines turn into yours.