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I'd like to do one, many, many years down the road when we have grandkids and such; to show them that love can still be strong after all those years and give them hopw.
And I'd also like to do one every month just to put on different dresses... :) But I think my first scenario is more likely to happen.
FI and I have decided to renew our vows every year. We think its important (for us) to take a day for us and relearn the meaning of our vows with the new information we gained throughout the year. Obviously there will be no reception or anything like that (unless its a biggie...mayne 10, then 20, then 30 etc).. just us.. and our children :) Hey, if you are always planning a wedding.. you don't have time to plan a divorce ;-)
We've already agreed to do a big trip for our 5 year anniversary and do a vow renewal while on that trip. As part of the vow renewal we will open our wine box, re-read the love letters that we exchanged on our wedding day, and declare a new set of vows to one another. That, and drinking the wine. Oh yeah! LOL
My parents are doing one next december for their 25 year anniversary. I would like to follow in their footsteps and instead of doing a small vow renewal every year or every couple of years, I want a BIG renewal for our 25th with our grown children. Hopefully we will get to celebrate our 50th with our grandkids!
I would love to for our 20th or 25th anniversary. With a whole second honeymoon and everything. I will determine how big a party and what kind at that time however.
We're taking the Heidi Klum/Seal route and also doing one every year. We want to take one day each year to renew or ever-lasting commitment to each other and celebrate the legality of our union.
It is so much work! Just our tiny wedding of two was enough work for me, but I think we might consider a 5 year or a 10 year. More like a party than a renewal, because (the way I think of it) our vows are doing great! (Not that there is anything wrong with reciting them again!)
@MrsNeutrino: We are doing the exact same thing! Every year just the 2 of us and on the big anniversaries we will throw a party to celebrate.
No. While I loved our wedding, once was enough for me. He knows I love him :) We'll save our money for when our baby girl gets married.
If we do, it would be like a vow renewal in Jamaica or something. ;) Maybe for 5 or 10...so we still look alright in our bathing suits, haha. I haven't really thought about if we'd do one in all seriousness. But if we did, it would be just the two of us. MAYBE kids/grandkids one day.
we talked about it and we said no - it doesnt seem necessary and i would prefer to spend the $$$ on a vacation than buying dress/flowers etc
@MrsNeutrino: this year I'm wearing a simple champagne colored dress I bought from H&M.
We renewed our vows at 6 years. I thin vow renewals are amazing and recommend everyone to do it!
I really don't understand the every year thing - there are so much better things to put the money towards and it just seems like a waste of time and money, and overkill. If you want to go over your vows again because it's sweet...well, just read your vows, I have our ceremony in a nice booklet and go through it when feeling romantic or sappy, lol. But buying a fancy dress and involving your kids and going through a ceremony every year? I think 25 or 50 year vow renewals are romantic, but...I really just don't get every year. *shrug*
@Wonderstruck: totally agree! I don't get the every year thing...but totally think 25 or 50 years is romantic, and special. I think every year is overkill.. but to each their own.
@Mrs.H2B: Yeah, agre that to each their own. Sorry if my first post sounds at all snarky guys, I realized after tht it might a bit and I don't mean to offend anyone, the evry year thing just isn't for me.
We are already planning a vow renewal and we aren't even married yet. : ) But in our case, we know we want to get married "again" when it's legal as we are a gay couple. But the second time around will be just the two of us (okay, and maybe another fancy dress for me) in a beautiful location. My partner gets full creative control for the vow renewal and I can't wait to be surprised. : )
We are, next year for our 30th! Kids and granddaughters will be there with us! :D The big expense will be the venue, because it will be at our AI resort membership-so a DW, but it will be fairly simple. My dress is one I got on sale for $89.00 and I am DIY a few simple items to bring for decor/special touches. :)
i dont know if we will. i think it would be fun. i would never do a big huge reception that cost thousands of dollars. it would be something small and intimate if we do (kind of like our wedding was!). And if we ever do a vow renewal, i would want it to be on our 10 year as that is when we are set to open our wine box. though vow renewal or not, we will do something extra special for our 10 year because of the wine box. and then again on the next opening however many years later.
I think that the fact we have our wine box to open every year is almost like a vow renewal. We have more than just a love letter inside, we have momentos from the wedding. And then every year after we will add pictures or something that made us closer the year prior. I would say vow renewals are more for big anniversaries, such as 25 or 50, but whatever brings you closer is great..... I can't wait till our one year and we've only been married 2 months, lol...................
I don't know anyone who has ever had one or whose parents had one. Have these been popular for a long time?
@Jeannine @ Small Chic: I live in VA also. & I do not know anyone who has had one. But I have heard of them from years ago!
My grandparents had one at 50 years which the whole family put on. I would definitely do that. I would not, however, do the reality show style vow renewal, where your marriage is falling apart so you renew your vows then file for divorce...
I would love to do one for 10 years, DH said he wouldnt do one any earlier than that! If/when we do it we will probably just either do it just the two of us on a beautiful island somewhere or just have a few friends and immediate family
ETA: I live in VA and have been to 1 vow renewal...my aunt and uncle renewed their vows at 15 years and it was done in a church with about 50 people total. Then they had a reception (just dinner) afterwards
I wouldn't ever want to do one. Planning a wedding almost killed me the first time :).
I have an idea, how about we all meet back here in about 20 years and plan the vow renewals together.... maybe WB will have it's own section for it : )
Agreed. YEARS down the line. But I love the idea of having an awesome anniversary bash maybe at the 10 year anniversary or something! :)
If we ever do one, it'll be casual, quiet, and just the two of us, like the wedding I always dreamed of having. Don't get me wrong, I loved our wedding, and I'm glad DH talked me into it, but planning was insane, and I do not want to do it ever again. I imagine an intimate vow renewal would be perfect for us if we ever felt the need to have one.
, I'd like to do a vow renewal in 10 years or more...a very very intimate one. I'd like to do the opposite of what we are doing now, which is a big formal winter wedding. For the vow renewal I'd like only a small handful of people in attendance in summer in Santorini. :)
We are doing a renewal on our honeymoon, 3 weeks after our wedding. This is because we wanted to elope but went with a small wedding and still want that special just us ceremony. Hopefully we will do it again someday too
We're not even married yet, and we plan to have a vow renewal as soon as possible :D But that's because my family is half way around the world and they don't have enough money to come to our first wedding.. I'd also just love to have a traditional filipino wedding ceremony and my FH is full on board with that :)
Yes, we definitely plan on renewing our vows someday. I'd love to do either a beach wedding renewal or go back to Vegas and do a cheesy ceremony with Elvis. I think we will wait anywhere between 15-25 years. Not sure right now.
My grandparents had a vow renewal for their 50th anniversary and all of the grandsons and granddaughters were flower girls and ring bearers. They had a real reception afterwards, too... I had a lot of funning telling all of the kids in school that I was at my grandparent's wedding!
A real vow renewal with a party and a pretty dress? Probably 20 or 25 years.
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