Fun Wedding Vows

By Paul VanRaden, Angel VanRaden, Cesar Morel, and Jessica Santana

© June 9, 2025

 

Traditional weddings can be updated to be more fun, making the audience laugh more and cry less, and poetic vows can make ceremonies still seem formal even if the words are not traditional. The copyright is to give our family credit for writing and testing these new, poetic vows in Angel and Cesar’s Wedding of the Year. Other couples may borrow from, use, or customize these vows for free.

 

Wedding ceremony

 

Before music:

Let’s Stay Together (Al Green), At Last (Etta James), If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys), Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (Amber Leigh Irish), Turning Page (Sleeping at Last)

 

Party walk music:

Ain’t Nobody (Chaka Khan)

 

Wedding party:

Walks down aisle in pairs.

 

Groom:

Walks down aisle with his mother.

 

Official:

Who raised this fine man to become a loving husband?

 

Groom’s mother:

I raised him, and his father helped.

 

Bride walk music:

Can’t Help Falling in Love [Kina Grannis]

 

Bride:

Walks down aisle with her father.

 

Official:

Who raised this fine woman to become a loving wife?

 

Bride’s father:

Her mother raised her, and I helped.

 

Official:

Welcome family and friends and loved ones. We are gathered today here to witness this loving union of FillintheBlank and FillintheBlank. We are here to attest to the power of two people in love and their willingness to share it with us today. On this most sacred day we ask the powers that be to bless this union, this divine matrimony. We ask that this couple be spared any misfortunes and mishaps. Protect them from as they proceed in this journey and let their mistakes be met with mercy. That the life ahead of them be filled with honesty, harmony, and most of all, with lots of love.

 

Official:

If anyone has any reason to believe that this couple should not live happily ever after, now is the time before it is too late.

 

Audience:

Silence.

 

Official:

Are the couple ready to say their vows?

 

Couple:

Yes!

 

Official:

Bride – Please repeat after me in saying each line of your vows.

 

Bride:

I promise to be honest, nice, and true to U.

I give U my heart, even when miles apart.

When I cry, U make me laugh.

U will always be, my better half.

In perfect health, with first-class wealth,

To have and to hold, ‘til we get too old.

Today’s top news is: that I choose U.

From this day forward, there is nothing U can do.

No matter how loud U shout…

There is NO WAY OUT.

Official:

Groom – Please repeat after me in saying each line of your vows.

Groom:

I promise to be honest, protect, and never disrespect.

U will have my heart, even when miles apart.

When I doubt, U make me believe.

U have always been, the better part of me.

Today’s top news is: that I choose U.

From this day forward, there is nothing I wouldn’t do.

To keep U laughing and remain devout.

From misfortune or threats, I’LL FIND us a way OUT.

 

Official:

Do U, FillintheBlank, promise to FillintheBlank to be the best spouse U can be?

Bride:

I promise.

Official:

You’ll really try, and she’ll try too. Do you agree? Please say “I do.”

Bride:

I do!

Official:

Do U, FillintheBlank, promise to FillintheBlank to be the best spouse U can be?

 

Groom:

I promise.

 

Official:

You’ll really try, and she’ll try too. Do you agree? Please say “I do.”

 

Groom:

I do!

 

Official:

Are U ready for your rings?

 

Couple:

Yes!

 

Ring bearer:

Puts rings on the groom’s and bride’s wedding fingers.

 

Official:

Now on your fingers, 2 wedding rings.

You’ve gone from flings, to this long-term thing.

Because your mouths, have said your vows,

Your lips right now, should kiss your spouse.

 

 

Couple:

Kiss.

 

Official:

I now pronounce U married, as husband and wife.

If anyone has any reason to believe that these 2 should live happily ever after, please applaud them now before it is too late.

 

Audience:

Applauds.

 

Official:

I now present the newlyweds Mr. FillintheBlank and Mrs. FillintheBlank.

 

Recessional music:

This Will Be an Everlasting Love (Natalie Cole)

 

Couple:

Walks up the aisle together.

 

Wedding party:

Walks up aisle in pairs.

 

After music:

Brick House (Commodores), Get Down On It (Kool and the Gang), Give It To Me Baby (Rick James), Super Freak (Rick James)

 

Audience: 

Exits their seats and greets bride and groom.

 

Everyone: 

Lives happier ever after.

 

 

Videos and pictures from the W. Palm Beach wedding that tested the vows are at:

Angel and Cesar’s wedding video

Angel and Cesar’s wedding pictures

Angel V Morel (@omgitsangelv) • Instagram photos and videos

Cesar Morel on Instagram

 

 

Original opening drafted 2024:

Official:

You’re done searching, done wondering,

Who U would bring, to your wedding.

He asked U out, U had your doubts,

U worked it out, even found a house.

U took some time, to shop around.

Then said let’s stop, and settle down.

U said we’ve got to tie the knot.

And ready or not, it’s time we do that.

So here we are, from near and far,

To do our part, to help you start,

This fancy wedding, right at the beach.

With a happy ending, just like they teach.

 

Original vows drafted 2024 that the couple could say together:

Official:

Following each line that I read, please exchange these vows together.

Couple:

I promise to, be honest to,

And nice to U, and true to U.

When I might cry, U make me laugh.

U will always be, my better half.

In perfect health, with first-class wealth,

Or pretty healthy, and fairly wealthy.

To have and to hold, ‘til we get too old.

I give U my heart, ‘til we fall apart.

While others may, suggest divorce,

We’ll find a way, to stay the course.

And give many smiles, to any child,

Even if we did, have fifteen kids.

Bride:

(That count includes, some grandkids too.)

Couple:

Today’s top news is: that I choose U,

And what is true is: I luv U, I do.

 

 

Background:

Paul remembered that the traditional vows he and Cheryl exchanged in 1995 at the Towson, MD county courthouse seemed already out of date 30 years ago. He wrote the initial draft wedding ceremony soon after Cesar and Angel were engaged in April 2024, with some revisions from Angel. The first version required the couple to repeat the same words at the same time which was not very practical or elegant, especially if the bride and groom each prefer different vows. The June 2025 version includes vows revised by Cesar and Angel plus a music playlist selected mostly by Cesar. Their official was Cesar’s Mom Jessica who did a great job of conducting the ceremony with no rehearsal only 2 days after first seeing the draft plans.

Everyone at their June 9, 2025 wedding on the beach at Jupiter, FL had a great time.

 

 

Potential wedding songs considered but not selected.
Here comes the bride Reggae version for the beach.

Chapel of Love

"How Sweet It Is" either Marvin Gaye's original version or James Taylor's cover.

Suddenly

Caribbean Queen

Always and Forever 

Lady

Marry Me

From This Moment On

I Cross My Heart

You Really Got Me

 

 

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