Traditional wedding vows take us back to our elemental roots

Traditional wedding vows may have fallen out of fashion in recent years along with the idea of a white wedding, but recently traditional wedding vows have started to regain popularity and come back in vogue. This new era of the vows may be due to people wanting to return to their roots and simplicity, it may be because people are too busy to write their own vows any more. No matter the reason, vows are tried and true way to bond yourself to another human being.

Traditional vows received a lot of heat from feminist and progressive groups for the more female-negative aspects of the vows, things like instructing the wife to “honor and obey” her husband. Recently, however, many women are realizing that they can excise this one line from the traditional vows and still retain the essence, or they can choose to think of “obey” in completely different terms and rationales. Whichever is the case, it seems that many progressive women no longer feel negatively toward traditional vows in any way.

Traditional vows are a wonderful means for connecting with our heritage. There is some small meaning in saying the very same traditional vows our parents and grandparents said, whether in a white wedding or on a beach in Hawaii. The most important facet of traditional vows, though, is that they can mean something different to everyone, no matter how slight a difference. That personal connection is what keeps the traditional vow alive.