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CONTEMPORARY VOWS

STYLE A
<Name> I take you as my (husband or wife). I pledge to share my life openly with you, to speak the truth to you
in love. I promise to respect and tenderly care for you, to cherish and encourage your fulfillment as an individual

through the changes of our lives. Nothing shall become more important in my life than our love for each other.

STYLE B
<Name>, I take you to be my (husband or wife), my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our union

and love you more each day. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you

faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I give you my hand, my
heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

STYLE C

<Name>, today before our friends and
family, I vow to be your (husband or
wife). I promise to love, honor and

respect you faithfully, to care for you

tenderly, experience with you all life
has to offer, from this day forward, in

sickness and in health, in plenty and in
want, in joy and in sorrow, as long as

we both shall live.

Credit: Tiffany Hofeldt Photography Austin TX

STYLE D “The Pledge”
<Name>, do you have <Name> to be your (husband or wife), to live together as friend and partner? Do you pledge

to love him/her as a person and respect him/her as an equal, sharing joy as well as sorrow and triumph as well as

defeat?
Response: I do

And do you understand and accept this responsibility, and do you promise to do your very best each day to create
a loving, healthy, and happy marriage?

Response: Yes, I do

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