11 Beautiful Vows From Couples Who Wrote Their Own

There�s something indescribably sweet about handwritten vows�whether they�re

heartfelt and hilarious or profound and poetic. A couple describing the depths of
their love to each other just gets us every time. So whether you need inspiration
writing your own or you�re just in the mood for a good cry, find The Knot�s
favorites below.

1. �Love is a word that is much too soft and used far too often to ever describe
the fierce, infinite and blazing passion that I have in my heart for you.�

�I want so badly to be able to explain all the love I have for you. Not the love of
butterflies and stomach knots�but more the blurring of self and the entanglement
with another soul. Love is a word that is much too soft and used far too often to
ever describe the fierce, infinite and blazing passion that I have in my heart for
you. You are a million dreams and a million prayers of a little girl come true. You
are kind. You are silly. You are intelligent. Your laugh is contagious and you can
put away an entire Baskin Robbins ice cream cake in one sitting like nobody else
can. You acknowledge my strengths and accept my faults. You make me want to be a
better person every day. I take you as you are now, tomorrow and for eternity to
come, to be my husband. Even when the day comes that we�re old and gray, I promise
to always see you with the same eyes and the same heart that I see you with at this
exact moment. So today, I vow to honor you and respect you, support you and
encourage you. I promise to dream with you, celebrate with you, and walk beside you
through whatever life brings. I vow to laugh with you and comfort you during times
of joy and times of sorrow. I promise to always pursue you, to fight for you, and
love you unconditionally and wholeheartedly for the rest of my life. You are my
best friend and I�m the luckiest person on Earth to call you mine.�

2. �I vow to keep reminding you McDonald�s is unhealthy and to go get that mole
checked, because I want to live long, happy lives by each other�s side.�

�I could stand here and tell you how much I love you, but those words mean nothing
unless they are shown through repeated little acts of devotion.

I vow to celebrate with you when the Patriots win, and blame Bill Belichik for
everything when they lose.
I vow to keep reminding you McDonald�s is unhealthy and to go get that mole
checked, because I want to live long, happy lives by each other�s side.
I vow to stay silly, to never take ourselves too seriously, and stay just immature
enough for grilled cheese and breakfast for dinner.
I vow to trust and value your opinions.
I vow to travel beside you through all of life�s adventures.
I vow to always keep fighting for us, because I know we can overcome any uphill
battles we might face.
And lastly, I vow that I will choose you every day, a million times over, not
because I have to, but because I want to.�

3. �Falling for you wasn�t falling at all�it was walking into a house and knowing
you�re home.�

�I�m so proud that today I become your wife. I love you.

I love the way you dance to make me laugh.

I love that you always push my hair back when it�s in my face.
I love that I get a kiss from you every time we stop at a red light.

I love that you�re open to trying new things.

Today, I want to make promises to you that I will always keep.

I promise to never stop holding your hand.

I promise to make sure I�m not just hungry when I get upset.

I promise to give you all the love and support that I give Ella.

I promise to share my food with you, never go to bed angry and always honor your
passion for the Red Sox� but NOT your passion for the wave.

I promise to stand by your side while you face the world. Listen to you when you
speak.

I promise to join your laughter with my own and when you can�t look on the bright
side, I will sit with you in the dark.

I promise to grow alongside you, but also to never grow up.

I promise to love, respect, protect and trust you, and give you the best of myself,
for I know that together we will build a life far better than either of us could
imagine alone.

I choose you. I�ll choose you over and over and over, without pause, without doubt,
I�ll keep choosing you.

I used to never truly enjoy moments because I was always waiting for what�s next.
The next thing to happen. Kind of living life in fast forward. Now that I have you,
I enjoy the moment. Every moment.

Today seems like it�s the start of a new journey, but I already belong to you.
Falling for you wasn�t falling at all�it was walking into a house and knowing
you�re home. I love you.�

4. �Through good seasons and bad, I promise to comfort you when the 9ers lose,
cheers with you when the Giants win and dress in full regalia when the Chargers
play.
�Not many people can say they truly married the love of their life, but I can. We
were kids when we met�I used to fantasize about this exact moment�and now at 33, I
finally get to say, �I do.�

I still laugh when I think about our first date. Do you remember the couple sitting
next to us at sushi? When you went to the restroom, they leaned over and asked me
if the date was going well and if it wasn�t, they offered to cover for me while I
ran. I leaned back over and told them it had taken me 22 years of patience and
slightly stalking you to finally get you here on a real date.

This journey, this adventure that we�re on, has already challenged us as a couple,
to work through hardships and obstacles, and to become stronger in our
communication, in our commitment and to our love. It has been the biggest growth I
have ever had for myself by far as a partner. Our relationship is full of more love
and support than I could ever ask fro. I have never been more adored or felt more
safe and the trust that we have built, that we have worked so hard to protect, is
invaluable. So thank you.
I�ve heard it said: �It is better to not make a vow, than to make one and not be
able to keep it.� Therefore, I know what this commitment means. I promise�

To help shoulder our challenges and celebrate all of our little wins.

To tell you every day how much I love you and appreciate all that you do.

To continue to learn from you and to follow the examples of patience and respect
that you continuously slet.

To continue to build upon the trust that we have and to be by your side fully and
faithfully.

To put you first and above all, always.

To try my hardest, to step away from my stubbornness, and accept that I make
mistakes and that I am (to my dismay), not always right.

With that said, as your wife, I will never keep score, even though I am totally
winning, because everything is always a competition.

Through good seasons and bad, I promise to comfort you when the 9ers lose, cheers
with you when the Giants win and dress in full regalia when the Chargers play.

And most importantly, today, in front of our closest friends and family, I take you
as my husband. Because this is a great love story and we�re getting married and I
love you.�

5. �You�re the one I want to binge watch The Office with forever.�
�I want to start by telling you how much I love you. Yes, I love how handsome you
are, and how you�re cut like an action figure, but that�s just the icing on the
cake. The absolute best part about you is your kind heart. You are the most giving,
selfless person I know and I thank God every day that you have given all of your
love to me, without any hesitation.

I promise to walk with you, hand in hand through life, as your biggest fan, your
shoulder to lean on, and your best friend.

With kindness, respect and trust, I promise to stick by your side through the
challenges and triumphs to create a wonderful life together. I promise to take care
of you. Because if I don�t, you would actually eat pizza for every single meal for
the rest of your life.

I don�t know if this counts, but I can basically promise to evenly distribute my
cuddle time between you and Pablo.

I promise to laugh with you every day, to dance with you in the kitchen and to not
rub it in when I beat you in horse.

You�re the one I want to binge watch The Office with forever.

Your arms are the ones I want wrapped around me at the beginning and end of each
day.

Your infectious smile is the one I want our kids to have.

You�re the one I want to love completely and forever.�

6. �Everything in me recognizes your heart as my home and your arms, my shelter.�

�Since the day I met you, I knew you were a special man. And even though Liam
Maguire�s food sucks, it will forever be my favorite place on Earth. From that day
forward I became a true believer that you do not find true love, but true love
finds you.

You, more than anyone else, know my insecurities and weaknesses and still never
make me feel inadequate. You have always loved me without reservations. You praise
me in a way I never thought was possible and because of you, I am the best woman
and mother I can be.

I cannot promise I will always be the perfect wife, but I promise to love you
through the good times and bad. To choose our love every single day. I promise to
always fight with you and for you, never against you. I promise to always be your
biggest fan, confidant and best friend. I promise to remember we are not
perfect�only perfect for each other. I promise to love you without hesitation or
boundaries from this day forward, for the rest of my life.

Thank you for being the man of my dreams and the best father I could ever imagine
for our children. Thank you for being the roots my gypsy soul has always needed and
I will forever be your wings. Everything in me recognizes your heart as my home and
your arms, my shelter.

You are my better half and very best friend. I will love you, honor you, respect
and cherish you in sickness and health, through sorrows and success, for all the
days of my life. I am forever yours.�

7. �I promise never to get angry at you for making honest mistakes, even if I asked
you to turn the lights off every night for the past week.�
�They say you don�t know what you have until it�s gone. Since you were my first
serious relationship in high school, I just did not realize how lucky I was to find
you so soon in my life. Being with you then was so easy and natural that I took you
for granted. It was not until we were separated by colleges that I realized how
much I needed you on a daily basis. You were the first person I talked to every
day, and the last every night. You were a constant during a time of my life when
everything was changing so fast. Your strong will and determination brought you to
North Carolina with me, and for the first time in years, we were together again.

We were so far from home and faced so many new challenges, but you were my rock,
yet again. Our love grew so much during those years together. We had so many
adventures, so many new experiences and learned so much. Living with you was like
living with a best friend�it was easy. So easy in fact, that it wasn�t until I went
on a trip without you that I realized just how much I needed you everyday. It was
then that I realized that I could not see a future without you in it.

You have taught me so much these past years about how to love and how to be loved
that all I want is to be in love with you forever. I promise that I will always
take care of you and love your family as my own. I promise to support you and
motivate you, and at the same time, I will not ask you to change in ways that I am
unwilling to change. I promise never to get angry at you for making honest
mistakes, even if I asked you to turn the lights off every night for the past week.
I promise that I will always have time for you, that we will be forever young at
heart, and that we will always have adventures together. I promise to recognize
your beauty whenever I get the change, both for who you are and for what God
blessed you with, and never go a day without giving you a kiss and saying I love
you. I promise to respect your opinion, and at times when we disagree: to approach
the discussion with an open mind. We will never go to bed angry, and I will say I
love you every night.

Loving you gives my life purpose. You granted my wish when you said �yes.��
8. �Your youth may fade away, but your smile will always remind me of that time I
first saw you on that sunny day in Minnewaska.�
�Today marks a new chapter in our lives. It only took you eight years, but those
2,920 days have shown me how truly and selflessly you have dedicated your life to
me. From the moment I met you, I knew that I had found a new kind of happiness I
seriously only thought existed in fairytales. Now, I won�t say it was love at first
sight� although I still remember the first time you caught my eye, my sophomore
year of high school, on that photography field trip to Minnewaska. I remember
loving your smile, the way you carried yourself. It was almost like everyone around
us disappeared for that brief moment, and it was then that I knew I needed you in
my life.

Our love started young, but over the years we�ve built our lives together on a
strong foundation of faith; smiles and laughter; adventures and fun; and most
importantly hard work, mutual respect and trust. We have blossomed from two
reckless teenagers who loved freely to two adults who learned that pure love takes
hard work and dedication. You have such a gentle and selfless way of showing your
love. It�s in the way you look at me with such patience and compassion, the way you
listen to me even if I�m rambling on, the way you push me to try harder even when I
feel like I�ve done enough. You love me without judgment and chose to see the
beauty in my flaws, and that�s why even at a young age I knew I wanted to spend the
rest of my days with you. You�re my best friend and the man I want to embark on
this new journey with.

Starting today, I promise to always make you laugh even if it�s at me and not with
me. I promise to keep our relationship fun and not let the monotony of life dull
our adventures. I promise to care for you and put you first in all aspects of our
lives. As your wife, I will make sure to always remind you just how important you
are to me, even if you get tired of hearing it. I promise to never let us go to bed
mad because this life is too short to spend even a second angry at one another. I
promise to inspire you and help you grow as an individual so that we can grow
stronger as one. I pinky promise to love you unconditionally, even when you�re old
and gray. Your youth may fade away, but your smile will always remind me of that
time I first saw you on that sunny day in Minnewaska.

You have truly made this such an easy decision. From the moment I said �yes,� I
have been praising our God. I don�t think any amount of words can possibly portray
how grateful and blessed I am to have you in my life. I want nothing more than to
spend the rest of my life showing you just how grateful I am for you and your
immense, selfless and compassionate love.

I love you so much. Now let�s celebrate.�

9. �I promise to pray with you, to dream with you, to build a family with you and
to encourage you.�
�I admire you. Simply because of your kind soul, tender heart, and positive
mindset. I especially appreciate your endearing sense of humor. I am ever so
grateful for your love and selflessness. In return, I offer these promises.

I promise you my everlasting devotion, my loyalty and my respect. I promise to love

you unconditionally and to grow with you in mind, body and spirit. I promise to
pray with you, to dream with you, to build a family with you and to encourage you.
I promise to share in your joys and sorrows and all that God has to offer us.

You are my forever, my best friend, my dream come true and now my husband. With
these words, and all the words of my heart, I marry you and bind my life to yours.
Forever and always. I love you.�
10. �I promise to always make sure there�s no food left in your beard after
dinner.�
�Since the day you walked into my life, it�s been more fulfilling, my smile has
been bigger and my heart has been more full. The days since we first met have had
their share of struggles and trials but I�ve never once felt lonely in that time. I
promise to love not only who you are today, but to love the person you grow into
over the years. I promise to love you without condition, to laugh when you�re
happy, to cry when you�re sad.

I promise to always make sure there�s no food left in your beard after dinner.

I promise to remember that neither one of us is perfect, but strive to remind

myself of the ways we are perfect for each other.

I promise to love you, respect you, support you and above all else, make sure I�m
not just yelling at you because I�m hungry.

I promise to be faithful and supportive and to always make our family�s love and
happiness my priority. I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in
health, in failure and in triumph. I will dream with you, celebrate with you and
walk beside you through whatever our lives may bring. You are my person�my love and
my life, today and always.

I see these vows not as promises but as privileges: I get to laugh with you and cry
with you; care for you and share with you. I get to run with you and walk with you;
build with you and live with you. With my whole heart, I take you as my husband.�

11. �You�re my soldier, my lover and above all, my best friend.�

�As I write this letter to you, know that I already have tears in my eyes. At last,
the day is finally here as we become husband and wife. Things always fall into
place at the right time and the timing was perfect for us. What ever happened the
first time? Although I never told you, it didn�t take me long to know that I wanted
to spend the rest of my life with you. They say when you meet your soul mate you
should feel calm, no anxiety and no agitation. And your calmness is what gravitated
me towards you from day one.

I love you. I love the way you still give me butterflies every time I see you. I
love the way you care not only for me but for everyone around you. I love the way
you�re patient with me.

I love how much you�re willing to try new things with me to make me happy. I admire
how hard you work to help others and above all, I love how you love me.

You�ve taught me things and opened my eyes to see life so differently and clearly.
You�ve showed me the meaning of love and have made me become so emotional yet
strong at the same time. You forever have my heart, my soul and my hand as we
journey through this chapter called life together. I promise to love you, respect
you and cherish you forever.

I�m so lucky to have found such a perfect person that I get to spend the rest of my
life with. You�re my soldier, my lover and above all, my best friend. I�m so
excited to spend the rest of my life with you. So tonight I give you my heart and
vow to be the best partner in life and in love. I love you to the moon and back.�