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Exchange of vows - traditional

[Spouse 2] and [Spouse 1], we now come to your vows. May I remind you that saying your vows is one thing but nothing is more challenging than living them day by day. What you promise today must be renewed tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you.

Will you now please turn and face each other and hold hands, looking at each other.

[Spouse 1], please repeat after me:

In the presence of our family and friends, I [Spouse 1] choose you [Spouse 2] to be my husband/wife/partner, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, to love and to cherish, and to be faithful to you alone. This is my solemn vow.

Now, [Spouse 2], please repeat after me:

In the presence of our family and friends, I [Spouse 2] choose you [Spouse 1] to be my husband/wife/partner, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, to love and to cherish, and to be faithful to you alone. This is my solemn vow.