Marriage is a serious commitment; we do not want to advocate that it is not. You are both making a solemn vow and promise to each other.
That said, a wedding can also be fun, and it should. For your entertainment, here are some funny wedding vows that you can share with your spouse later, over coffee in the kitchen, no matter how long you have been married:
One couple wrote their own wedding vows to the tune of “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. You can read the vows online at about.com, search funny marriage vows.
Here’s the beginning of a wedding vow found on a free site and sent to me by one of my kids:
I, John, take you Mary, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold and to be financially responsible for from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.
I, Mary, take you John, to be my lawfully wedded husband… for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, for when you buy all those expensive toys…
One for the bride:
Do you promise to love, honor, cook for, clean up after, surrender your share of the blanket to, live with the flatulence of, relinquish the remote to and with the toilet seat after until death do you part?
And one for the groom:
You have the right to remain silent, anything you say may be held against you, and you have the right to have an attorney present. You may kiss the bride.
And now a little joke:
During the wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the minister with an unusual offer.
“I’ll give you $100 if you’ll change the wedding vows. When you get to me and the part where I’m to promise to ‘love, honor and obey and forsake all others,” I want you to just leave that part out.”
He passed the puzzled minister the cash and walked away satisfied.
On the wedding day, when the minister came to the groom’s vows, he looked the young man in the eye and said,
“Will you promise to prostrate yourself before her, obey her every command and wish, serve her breakfast in bed every morning of your life and swear eternally before God and your lovely wife that you will not ever even look at another woman, as long as you both shall live?”
The groom gulped, looked around at the guests, and managed to answer, “I shall.”
Then he leaned toward the minister and hissed, “I thought we had a deal!”
The minister slipped the $100 into his hand and whispered back, “She made me a much better offer.”
You can also go online and find wedding vows from old movies! Want to use the same vows that Worf and Dax did on Deep Space Nine? How about the vows Johnny Depp uses in Corpse Bride? These and more are all available for you to share with your spouse, your kids, or anyone who is thinking about getting married.