Not being mic’ed during ceremony?

Honestly the entire day is a celebration of your vows and the commitment you make to eachother in that moment. If the whole day is centered around that I definitely think everyone should hear them. That’s the whole point of being there is making the promise in front of all the “witnesses” friends and family. The vows aren’t supposed to be a secret. I’ve been to a wedding where we couldn’t hear anything the bride and groom said and it was a big dissapointmebt for me at least. I see it as if you wanted the vows to be private then you should have a ceremony just you two. If you invited all friends and family then they should hear it! I understand my fiancé is shy too and gets nervous but I just think that’s one thing that they can deal with for a few minutes lol

At my cousin's wedding neither he nor his wife were mic'd. I could barely hear him and couldn't really understand what he was saying and I could barely tell his wife was talking at all. This was from less than 15 feet away. I didn't tell them, of course, and I never will, but I found it awkward and disappointing. I attend a wedding to witness the marriage of the couple, and it is disappointing if the actual marriage bit I can't witness because I can't hear it. I think not being mic'd is fine if both people are able to project without a mic or if they are repeating vows after someone who is either mic'd or can project because then the guests are still able to tell what's going on and witness the marriage.

Our officiant had a mic and I don’t remember him holding it up to us. I could barely hear myself because I was crying and my voice was like, gone. I think only the husband could hear me!!!! Do I care if everybody else could hear? No not really

I think as long as you can hear the officiant and any speakers it’s all good. But when you write your own vows people want to hear those. We didn’t do our own so it wasn’t a big deal if people couldn’t hear. At least to me I don’t think it is.

View Quoted Comment Okay, this is the best idea I have ever heard! I like the idea of writing vows together and having the officiant read them off to repeat so both bride and groom say the same thing (as in traditional vows). I would like to personalize my vows but I know I’ll get too mushy and start sobbing or just include too many inside joke type things that only FH and I would understand - which is totally fine but that can just be written in a private letter to each other instead ! Totally doing this ! Yay!

I HATE it when couples are not miked. Lord I came to hear you profess your love! When I am sitting in the back I want to hear what you said. I think it's just poor planning when people don't have a mic quite honestly, and I don't think it's fair to the guests but that is a pet peeve of wedding ceremonies to me. It is the most important part in my opinion.