Worst wedding vows ever
Filed under: Wedding Lore/Traditions, Ceremonies
When you are married by a minister, he or she will most likely present you with a choice of several traditional vows from the particular denomination's standard materials. These vary from church to church, but they all have the same basic form. Love you forever, sickness and health, etc. So when my friends chose their wedding vows, my only explanation of why they went with these is that they wanted to be different.He went first, and he promised to love her (good), take care of her (fine), be the family breadwinner (what?), and provide a firm hand for their future children (seriously, what?! -- he promised corporal punishment of their unborn misbehaving children in their wedding vows?). Ironically, she was and still is the primary moneymaker in their marriage. I guess that's one vow already broken.
She went next. She promised to love, obey, greet him with a smile and a warm meal on the table at the end of his work day (this wedding was in 2004, not 1954), and carry his babies. The last is a fine thing to promise, if that's what you want to do, but putting it into your wedding vows, the terms of which you will commit to one another, just seems misogynistic. I was trying so hard not to gag that I missed the last bit of their vows, but I wouldn't have been surprised if the last piece mentioned that he could have her beheaded for not producing sons.
These vows may have been from the couple's religious tradition, but most guests didn't share that tradition, and we sat in the pews rolling our eyes and choking on our breath mints. You may want to consider what your guests' reactions will be when selecting your vows. Surely my friends could have foreseen the disastrous reaction to what should have been a romantic moment in their wedding.
These vows may have been from the couple's religious tradition, but most guests didn't share that tradition, and we sat in the pews rolling our eyes and choking on our breath mints. You may want to consider what your guests' reactions will be when selecting your vows. Surely my friends could have foreseen the disastrous reaction to what should have been a romantic moment in their wedding.
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