Proposals and Vows

have someone else say it for you. With all of the overwhelming emotions a bride or groom goes through before their Wedding Day, sometimes, writing or memorizing Wedding Vows gets pushed down on the priority list or due to wedding-related stress, often times people have a mini “mental meltdown”. I know on the day I got married, I felt like I was in a fog and couldn’t remember a thing! Our justice read the vows and I just agreed to them. Mind you it was a spur-of-the-moment decision to get married (like we decided and were married in an hour), but even with months of planning, it still happens.

So what can you do? Have a back-up plan. While you may not want to go the route I had of someone choosing your vows for you and just agreeing to them, consider selecting a poem that summarizes and expresses to your partner how you feel about him/her. Suggest that he/she find on also in the event that you may be too busy or stressed to tackle those vows. In a crunch, having something to say is a lot better than standing up there, feeling like you are about to pass out, with nothing to say. You may not pass out, but, if your experience is anything like mine was, you may not remember a thing.