Are you saying wedding vows at your ceremony or just saying I do?

Have an open conversation with your Justice of the Peace about the ceremony. He should be receptive to your wishes and concerns. For our ceremony, we are doing our own personal vows, but no 'unity' ceremony.

I just said I will and I do and then repeated my vows from our pastor when we exchanged rings.

We just said "I do", no vows. Neither of us are big on attention so we wanted it to be quick. Talk to your JoP and see if they can shorten it so you speak less

We are the same way. Neither of us like attention but saying our own vows is something we both want to do, strangely enough. We are keeping our ceremony as short as possible though. Talk to your JoP and tell him your concerns. It's understandable if you want to change something about the ceremony, in my opinion. It's helps though to think that the people you invited to your wedding are probably your close friends and family and are there to support you.

I have had couples do everything from writing their own vows to repeating after me to saying simply "I do", even at a legal ceremony.

I've never seen a coin ceremony except at a Filipino ceremony, and it is by no means required, even by that standard.

You need to have an honest conversation with them. If you need a little ceremony, give me an email.

Thanks, everyone! I know we will need to talk to the Justice of the Peace about it, but after reading the ceremony my fiancé now thinks it's weird to remove this stuff and only say I do. Unfortunately it sounds like we need to have a talk about it, too. I personally do not think it is bizarre to only say I do at a wedding, plus I'm honestly not sure if I can get many more words out with people staring at me. :/ As of right now we emailed back saying thanks for sending, but this needs to be revised and we will send revisions tonight.

@Celia - Thank you! I might email you tonight.

You're already legally married? Does your justice of the peace know this? Did I read your post right?

Fiancé doesn't like public speaking so w decided to go with no vows

@FMW - Yes, since we are getting married in Belize we legally got married last week before the ceremony. The Justice of the Peace knows this is a symbolic ceremony since we are not meeting Belizean requirements to get married there (need to be there a minimum number of days before the ceremony, etc).

As PP have stated you should just be able to talk to him. I'm the exact same way, I just want to say "I Do" (FH would like to say vows, I'm too awkward and nervous for all that)

Nice! Belize is beautiful , love the scuba diving there.