Five years ago today...
VOWS
First part: Celebrant prompts and brides repeat sentence by sentence:
I, Greta/Ingrid, take you, Ingrid/Greta, to be my partner for life. I take you into my family, and take your family as my own. I promise to love you, honor you, and treasure you. I promise to trust you, and to trust in our marriage. I promise to savor our good times, and to have faith that the bad times will pass. I promise to value our differences as much as our common ground. I promise to give you my help and support, and to accept help and support from you. I promise to keep my promises, and not to make promises I can't keep. I promise to always save you the last waltz.
Second part: Celebrant asks and brides say "I do"
Do you, Greta/Ingrid, take Ingrid/Greta, to be your partner for life, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, in conflict and tranquility, in poverty and in comfort, placing her above all others, from this day forward? (I do.)
RINGS
Celebrant: Greta/Ingrid, repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed. (brides repeat, exchange rings)
PRONOUNCEMENT
Celebrant: Greta and Ingrid have chosen to be joined in marriage, and have declared their choice to each other and in the presence of this company. They have given each other their promises, and have made their pledge by giving and receiving rings and by joining hands. Therefore, by the power vested in me by Greta and Ingrid and by the witnesses present here today, I now pronounce you partners for life. You may kiss.
I still do, sweetie. Happy anniversary!
I still do, sweetie. Happy anniversary!
And may you have many more!
Posted by: Valhar2000 | November 12, 2010 at 01:35 AM
Those are wonderful vows! Happy anniversary!
Posted by: considertheteacosy | November 12, 2010 at 02:03 AM
Many happy returns!
Posted by: bbleeker | November 12, 2010 at 02:20 AM
Absolutely beautiful--thank you for sharing:))
Posted by: yokohamamama | November 12, 2010 at 02:21 AM
How sweet :-)
Celebration day!
Posted by: Robyn Slinger | November 12, 2010 at 02:32 AM
Lovely vows, Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Neeroc | November 12, 2010 at 06:52 AM
Very nice vows. Thanks for sharing them, and congrats!
Posted by: Andrew | November 12, 2010 at 07:04 AM
*Cheers* Thanks for sharing this! Especially given that my wife and I just recently got married, with similarly carefully thought-out vows.
Heh, it'll give us something to talk about on our way to Skepticon, Greta!
Posted by: Flimsyman | November 12, 2010 at 07:20 AM
I still do too, sweetie. Happy anniversary to you. And thanks to everyone for your kind wishes!
Posted by: Nurse Ingrid | November 12, 2010 at 11:16 AM
that was beautiful! many congratulations to both of you.
Posted by: amia sampson | November 12, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Thanks so much, everybody! Your sweet thoughts and support means a lot to both of us.
Posted by: Greta Christina | November 12, 2010 at 12:05 PM
My poly radar noted the lack of "forsaking all others" language. So congratulations on the trust.
And congratulations on your happy life together. May it be long, and may your continued happiness together annoy the Mormons every minute!
Posted by: Eclectic | November 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Happy 5th and may you have many more together.
Posted by: Stellar Ash | November 12, 2010 at 05:16 PM
That is so lovely! Happy anniversary and many more!
Posted by: Penny | November 12, 2010 at 06:58 PM
Congratulations! I hope you have many more good years.
Posted by: William Brinkman | November 12, 2010 at 08:23 PM
Congratulations to you both. Many happy times ahead as well.
Posted by: Veronique | November 13, 2010 at 09:07 AM
Awesome, congratulations! =)
Posted by: Serena Dante | November 15, 2010 at 03:21 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Blake Stacey | November 15, 2010 at 08:43 PM