Personalized "vows" pre-ceremony

I think this is a great idea! H and I wrote our own vows and I would not trade that for anything!

I love this idea! I've seen couples write love letters to each other to open before the ceremony too. Sometimes the videographer films the couple reading them, which is super sweet.

That's super cute! I've heard of couples exchanging love letters before the wedding, sometimes as a kind of first look/first touch substitute, but have not heard of them exchanging private vows. I love the idea, it sounds very intimate and sweet.

Photo from Daria & Chad's AZ wedding

This reminds me of the sweetheart letters people write prior to ceremony but you plan to speak them out loud.

If it would make you happy, go for it.

Love the idea!!

Just the nature of the ceremony. When you marry in the Catholic Church you agree to certain things in your marriage and in your life. The vows reflect that. You still get some options, but it's fairly restrictive. It's just part of choosing that religion.

Personally I think the Catholic vows are beautiful and I'm more than happy to speak them.

Also Catholic. I was thinking of each of us writing our vows as letters and reading the other's vows separately in front of the videographer before we finish getting ready. Both because I don't want to smear makeup from my ugly crying while reading his vows and so we have the letters and video of us with our vows.