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"Modern" Wedding Vows for Women
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10 "Modern"
Wedding Vows for Women
By Sushmita Sen (7th February 2002)
Have
you ever noticed how strange Hindu Wedding vows
seem? Take for example "I shall beautify
and adorn myself for you" or "I shall
guard your family and home, speaking sweetly to
you."* Of course I take these to be a literal
translation of the mantras - the thinking behind
the original text focuses on aspects of food,
health, wealth, joy, progeny and harmony.....all
good stuff. Until the divorce that is! Perhaps,
it is time for a few "modern" wedding
vows for women? Here are my suggestions.
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I take
thee to be my husband, to have and to hold:
1. For richer
and richer
2. To live together as man &
wife and extended family forever and ever.
3. To gain a mother-in-law whose
mission in life is to make me miserable.
4. To hear the words "we don't
do it like that in our family" for
the next half century.
5. To hold down a full-time job,
cook, clean and raise 2.4 children single-handedly.
6. To be a "cricket widow"
between May & September each year.
7. To play my part in making you
bald, overweight and a bad health risk
within 10 years.
8. To be chastised for failing
to immediately recognise the voice of
your third-cousin-twice-removed during
his annual phone call.
9. To re-arrange your wardrobe,
throw out all your decent clothes and
buy you garish ties as presents.
10. To accept that the entire cricket
team is coming around to share our evening
meal.
Click
here to read 10
"Modern" Wedding Vows for Men.
Agree
or Disagree with these suggestions? Why
not share your viewpoint with others, click
here.
*
Quotes from JeevanSathi the Indian Matrimonial
Portal.
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