Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wedding Vows
Some brides today delete the word "obey" from the traditional vows, often substituting the word "cherish". They might be surprised to learn as early as 1848 Elizabeth Cady, defied her father, a judge to marry Harry Stanton and as an expression of her independence she omitted the word obey from her vows.
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If I remember correctly, my vows were "love, honour and deeply respect" - I think even Elizabeth Cady could have tolerated that!
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