TheLoveAdvisor Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I, (name), take you (name), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold 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. You may now, Kiss the Bride! Link to post Share on other sites
PegNosePete Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 You didn't say forsaking all others! Is this an open marriage? Link to post Share on other sites
Author TheLoveAdvisor Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 You didn't say forsaking all others! Is this an open marriage? LOL! Oh, I didnt see that part! Link to post Share on other sites
Yvelysse Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 This is my version of the handfasting vows written for the book "Finn Mac Cool" by Morgan Llywelyn. A copy of the original is here http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos665.htm you cannot posess me for i belong to myself. but while we both wish it, i give you that which is mine to give. you cannot command me for i am a free person. but i shall of free choice agree to employ myself in a manner pleasant to your desires because even the honeycomb will taste sweeter coming from my willing hand. i profess yours will be the name i cry aloud in the night, and the eyes into which i smile in the morning. i swear to you the first bite from my meat and the first drink from my cup. i charge you with my living and my dying, each equally shall be in your care. i shall in troubled or peaceful times be a shield for your back. i shall not slander you nor calumnize your free opinions, even though i may not share them. i shall honor you above all others, and when we quarrel, we shall do so in private and tell no strangers of our grievances. this is the sum of my betrothal to you . these are the irrevocable pledges of a marriage between equals. Sacerdote or Officiator These vows you make you swear by the very elements that make up the particles of your being. With these vows you swear, by God, to be full partners, nay equals, each to the other. If one drops the load, the other will pick it up. If one is a discredit to the other, his own honor will be forfeit, generation upon generation, until he repairs that which was damaged and finds that which was lost. Fail not to keep the oath you pledge today, or the elements themselves will reach out and destroy you. Link to post Share on other sites
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