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Old 04-03-2008, 11:50 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by willravel
exchanging unrealistic vows is disingenuous. Just because I love someone unconditionally today doesn't mean I will 50 years from now, and it's okay to admit that. That doesn't mean I care less now.
Who says you have to exchange unrealistic vows in order to get married? Or that you have to exchange vows at all? Last I checked, the minimum requirement for getting married in the US was to stop in at the courthouse on your way home from work, sign some papers, and get a receipt.

Between ktspktsp and I, we wrote our own vows and attempted to make them as realistic and reflecting of our relationship as possible. Not a single word came from a religious text. We did not say "till death do us part." For us, that's what we wanted... and we got married by some pagan hippie internet-certified woman who happened to be available that day and did everything that we told her to do. Easy as that.
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