Renewing Wedding Vows
There are number of reasons why a couple might want to renew their wedding vows. In some cases, it is because the couple’s original wedding ceremony was very simple, and now they want to do something a bit more elaborate. Back then when they were young money was scarce and much of their wedding was of the do-it-yourself variety.
Maybe it was diy wedding confetti and now they want to take a step up to personalized wedding confetti. Or maybe they could not afford a reception meal but now with some success in life and great satisfaction with their marriage they would like to have a big party celebration with family and friends.
On the other end of the spectrum are those couples who had a big wedding first time around and really aren’t interested in having another one. They simply want to renew their vows. They may have gone through a difficult period where the marriage almost disintegrated but they were able to work through their problems and so now they want to reaffirm their commitment to each other as husband and wife.
But just because a couple is renewing their vows does not mean they have had marriage problems. Because other times a couple is in as much love as they have ever been, or it may be they feel that their love has even deepened, and they just want to say their vowels to each other again.
And in doing vow renewals, couples will sometimes do it by themselves with only a wedding officiant present. Other times they may invite guests. If you choose to invite guests to your vow renewal ceremony, you should make it clear to them that gifts are not expected.
Not a lot of couples decide to renew their vowels. But when it is done it can be very moving and touching. There are however some couples who renew their vowels every year. This can be a very simple thing, even done privately between a couple in their home. Or, as with one couple we know of they made a big annual event of it and would always plan something very special to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They would go someplace new or somewhere that had special meaning to them and exchange their vowels at that place.
You can imagine all of the good memories and experiences that were created from this annual renewing of wedding vowels. Maybe it will inspire you to come up with some of your own unique wedding ideas.


