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10 "Modern"
Wedding Vows for Men
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10 "Modern"
Wedding Vows for Men
By Sushmita Sen (7th February 2002)
Have
you ever noticed how strange Hindu Wedding vows
seem? Take for example "take thou this fifth
step so that we many obtain many sons" or
"let me be the mind and let you be the speech".*
Of course I take these to be a literal translation
of the mantras - the thinking behind the original
text focus 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 men? Here
are my suggestions.
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I take
thee to be my wife, to have and to hold:
1. As often
as possible (
.please!).
2. Even though you'll look like
your mother in 10 years.
3. Even though you'll complain
about my mother's mission in life which
is to make you miserable.
4. Even though you'll nag, nag,
nag, nag, nag
.nag!
5. Even though you seem to have
done everything very strangely in your
family.
6. Even though you'll rearrange
my entire wardrobe, throw out all my decent
clothes and buy me garish Ties forever
more.
7. Even though your poor organisation
skills mean that you can barely cope with
a job, cooking, cleaning, looking after
our 2.4 children and ensuring that my
dinner is served hot at the table daily.
8. Even though you complain about
the seventeen of us living in a two-bedroom
maisonette.
9. Even though you don't seem to
understand that putting up a few shelves
was not part of my engineering degree
syllabus.
10. Even though you don't understand
that I think Valentine's Day, Birthdays
and Anniversaries are all "retail
marketing ploys for the weak-minded".
Click
here to read 10
"Modern" Wedding vows for women.
Agree
or Disagree with these suggestions? Why
not share your viewpoint with others, click
here.
*
Quotes from
- The Vedic Wedding Ceremony (Sri Vaishnava)
- JeevanSathi the Indian Matrimonial Portal.
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