A wedding vows template you can actually fill in

[Partner's name or nickname], I take you to be my [wife / husband / partner], my best friend, and my greatest adventure. I promise to [promise one: a daily habit of love], to [promise two: how you will handle hard days], and to [promise three: what you will keep choosing]. From this day forward, I choose you, in [an ordinary detail from your shared life] and in everything that comes next, for the rest of my life.

I keep coming back to the moment when [describe one specific memory in two sentences]. That was the day I knew [what it proved about the two of you]. So today I promise to [promise one], to [promise two], and to never stop [a quality of the relationship you want to protect]. I choose the life we are building, and I choose you, [partner's name], for all of it.

[Partner's name], you are my [three words that describe them to you]. I promise to [promise one], to [promise two], and to [promise three]. That is my whole heart, and I give it to you today and every day after.

I love you for all the usual reasons and a few very specific ones, like [a habit of theirs you find endearing]. So today I officially promise to [a playful promise you can both laugh about] and to [a second playful promise]. And underneath the jokes, here is the serious part: I promise to [real promise one] and to [real promise two]. I choose you, gladly, daily, for life.