Non-Traditional Wedding Vows and Love Poems

I, <bride/groom>, ask you,<bride/groom>,
to be my <husband/wife> as my friend and my love.
On this day I affirm the relationship we have enjoyed,
looking to the future to deepen and strengthen it.
I will be yours in plenty and in want,
in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph.
Together we will dream, will stumble but restore each other,
we will share all things, serving each other and our fellow humanity.
I will cherish and respect you, comfort and encourage you,
be open with you, and stay with you as long as we shall live,
freed and bound by our Love.

<bride/groom>, I offer you my Love
I offer you my strength
I offer you my weaknesses
I offer you my support
I offer you my loyalty
I offer you my faith
For as long as we both shall Live.

<bride/groom>, I take you to be my <husband/wife>
from this time onward, to join with you and to
share all that is to come, to be your faithful <husband/wife>,
to give and to receive, to speak and to listen,
to inspire and to respond;
a commitment made in love, kept in faith,
and eternally made new.

You are my best friend for life.
I pledge to honor, encourage, and
support you through our walk together.
When our way becomes difficult,
I promise to stand by you and uplift you,
so that through our union we can
accomplish more than we could alone.
I promise to work at our love and
always make you a priority in my life.
With every beat of my heart,
I will love you.
This is my solemn vow.

<bride/groom>, I take you to be my <husband/wife>.
I pledge you the rest of my life,
as your partner and your friend.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

All that I am and all that I have,
I offer to you in love and in joy.
From this day forward I will
love and comfort you, hold you close,
prize you above all others,
and remain faithful to you
all the days of our lives.

I, <bride/groom>, take you, <bride/groom>
to be my partner in marriage and in life.
I will love and honor you and take your side,
walk with you through life wherever it may lead, whatever may come.
I promise to be faithful and true from this day forward.

I promise to be a patient,
always honest and compassionate.
I will be your best friend, your sweetheart,
your helpmate throughout life,
always putting you first above my own needs.
I promise to live a life that will
honor the vows we have spoken and
make you glad to have married me this day.

You are my once-in-a-lifetime, my miracle.
May our lives intermingle and
our love grow as we become one.
You are all I could ever need in my life,
my friend, my lover, my everything.
I promise to be faithful to you,
to love you, honor you, live with you and cherish you,
according to the commandments of God,
in the holy bond of marriage.

You are God's precious gift to me,
my springtime, my hope and my joy.
You are everything that's good and pure
and true and I worship you with my mind, body and soul.
How blessed I am to be able to say that you are mine,
to be able to love and cherish you for the rest of my days.
I vow to always put you first in my life, always be there
to comfort you in your sorrow and rejoice with you in your victories.
May our hearts and very breath become one
as we unite this day as husband and wife.
I promise to be your true love from
this day forward and forevermore.

I bring myself to you this day to share my life with you;
you can trust my love, for it's real.
I promise to be a faithful mate and to
unfailingly share and support your hopes, dreams and goals.
I vow to be there for you always; when you fall, I will catch you;
when you cry, I will comfort you; when you laugh, I will share your joy.
Everything I am and everything I have is yours,
from this moment forth and for eternity.

The sun smiles on us today,
our wedding day, and how can it not,
for our love is stronger than forever
and our hearts beat together as one.
I promise to be a true and faithful partner
from this day forward,
in all life's circumstances,
as we face them together.
In the joys and sorrows,
the good times and bad,
in sickness or in health,
I will always be there for you,
to comfort you, love you,
honor and cherish you, now and forevermore.

I acknowledge my love for you and invite you
to share my life as I hope to share yours.
I promise to walk by your side,
to love, help and encourage you.
I vow to take time to share with you,
to listen and to care.
I will share your laughter and your tears
as your partner, lover and friend.
I promise always to respect you and
honor you as an individual and to be
conscious of your needs.
I shall seek through kindness and
compassion to achieve with you
the life we have planned together.

I commit my love to you this day
for as long as we both shall live;
this love is the very flame of
God and may no man dare to quench it.
I promise to be faithful to you, to nurture you,
to cherish you and encourage you, with the same
care and concern that I give myself.
I promise to help you become the person
our Lord has intended you to be, and
throughout our lifetime together,
you will always be my beloved
and my best friend.

I promise to love you with an unselfish devotion.
I will care for you with tenderness and
I will always seek to strengthen you,
comfort you, encourage you and hold you up
daily in prayer before our Heavenly Father.
I pledge you my faithfulness and
eternal love from this day forward.

It is the greatest desire of my heart
to be faithful to you and to love you always,
seeking to meet your every need,
desiring to help in every way,
listening to you, encouraging you,
comforting you and standing by your side
in whatever circumstances may
face us in the years ahead.
I will respect you, honor you and
strive for harmony in our marriage
with a quiet and gentle spirit.

I hereby pledge myself to be faithful.
I give myself wholly to you this hour and
I promise to guard, cherish and protect you
all the days of my life.

From this day forward I promise you these things.
I will laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow.
I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals.
I will listen to you with compassion and understanding, and speak to you with encouragement.
I will help you when you need it, and step aside when you don't.
I will remain faithful to you for better or worse, in times of sickness and health.
You are my best friend and I will love and respect you always.

I <bride/groom>, take you <bride/groom>, to be my <husband/wife>,
knowing in my heart that you will be my constant friend,
my faithful partner, and my one true love.

I have finally discovered the meaning of real love.
For as long as I live I will love, respect and honor you.
I will be committed to self-growth and to the growth of our relationship.
I promise to be honest and to communicate my needs and feelings,
just as I promise to listen to yours.
I will be faithful to you in mind, body, and spirit.
I will be your fiend and life partner no matter what life brings to us.
Today I pledge my commitment to you.

I stand before you because you have
won my heart through your graciousness.
You are my life partner,
the one I pledge my life and love to.
From this day forward,
I promise to love, respect, and honor you.
I will listen to you, and
be open and honest with you.
I will be your trusted partner and
stand by you through good times and bad.
I promise this now and for all the days of my life.

In the sight of God's love, and the
presence of our families and friends,
I give to you friendship and trust,
guidance and support, love and compassion,
promising to be faithful and understanding
for as long as we both shall live.

I promise to give you the best of myself and
to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to accept you the way you are.
I fell in love with you for the qualities,
abilities, and outlook on life that you have,
and won't try to reshape you in a different image.
I promise to respect you as a person with
your own interests, desires, and needs, and
to realize that those are sometimes different,
but no less important than my own.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to
let you see through the window of my personal world
into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face change as we both change in
order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside
in the only way I know how... completely and forever.

On this special day, I give to you in the presence of God,
my promise to stand by your side,
in sickness and health, in joy and in sorrow,
as well as through the good times and the bad.
I promise to love you without reservation,
to honor and respect you,
to comfort and support you each and every day,
to laugh with you and cry with you,
to grow with you in mind and spirit,
to always be open and honest with you, and
to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

I take you to be my lifetime partner,
secure in the knowledge that you will be
my constant friend, and my one true love.