[downsouth]

I am writing my own wedding vows and am supposed to come up with something romantic. We like to joke around, so that's why I added the bit about being employed or unemployed because I was laid off two days before I proposed to her. Please offer any insight or critique.

As I stand here before just as nervous as the day I meet you. My palms sweating, my mind racing and my heart beating a million miles a minute. I feel a sense of euphoria washing over me, goose bumps running up and down my skin. Its this feeling that I want to promise you I will always keep because it's that feeling that I cherish. It's a reminder of our first kiss, whenever your hand brushes over my skin, with ever whisper of sweet nothings in my ear. It’s those small things that made me fall in love with you. I couldn't envision a better woman to spend the rest of my life with through thick and thin, employed or unemployed, you are my everything, I love you. Now I found this poem I would like to read a few lines from.


i carry your heart with me
by e. e. cummings

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

This post has been edited by TWQadmin: 04 April 2025 - 07:50 PM

[Etiquette Now]

Dear Downsouth,

Wow! Have you ever thought about writing romance novels? [:(]

This is fine and she willl probably blush and then cry.

Best wishes,

[RevSusanna]

Very romantic! I do have one suggestion. As this sounds more of a personal statement of your love than vows per se, after you and your fiancee say your beautiful words to one another, consider having your officiant follow up with a more traditional "I do" vow---that is, where you answer "I do." The "I do" vows may vary from the traditional King James version to more tender versions. In this way, you will have the best of both. You can get wonderful ideas from this site.

Blessings!

Rev. Susanna

[RevSusanna]

P.S. I gave my husband that poem by ee cummings for our tenth anniversary. It is one of my favorites and am always so happy when couples use it in their wedding ceremonies.