Originally Posted by abaya

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.