Renewing Vows

I personally think it's weird. My wedding freaking sucked but would never renew vows and redo the ceremony thing. Now, having an awesome anniversary party would be more like it. But to each their own. Celebrate how you want, but I agree, doing it on a landmark anniversary, like 5 or 10 years is usually the norm.

Hubby and I had the same type of wedding. Next year is 10 years and we're taking a cruise with our extended family to renew our vows.

I say any time is a good time. You don't have to wait for a "big" anniversary to do it. Some people do it on their 1st, 5th, 10th, 25th or 50th. If you want to do it on your 5th, go for it!

My husband and I got engaged and started planning our wedding, we set the date for almost 2yrs later when I would be graduating college. I ended up getting pregnant in the midst of planning and moved the wedding up almost a year and a half. We did a small backyard wedding with immediate family. Then the next year we went through with the wedding we had been planning and called it a renewal of our vows. So we were only married a little over a year when we did this. I think anytime is fine since you didn't have a normal wedding to start with. If you wait to long you'll never do it, so if you feel now is the right time then go for it!!!!

You didnt mention how long you have been married.

I think any time is fine. If you havent been married long, maybe wait until your 5 year? I would like to someday as well. We went to the court house and got married but i'd still like to have a little something someday.

I think now is the perfect time. My husband I have been married 23 years this year and we have renewed our vows every year. Sometimes it has been a big party, once a on a cruise, once at the top of a mountain, once in Vegas, once in our shower on our anniversary.
It is never too soon or to late to remind each other of how much you love them. Decide what you want and DO IT! I have known enough people who "wish they had" or "should of could of" and sometimes didn't get the chance. Just do it. You will be glad you did.

Heidi Klum & Seal renew their vows every year :) do what's right for you and don't worry about what other people think!

My cousin did the same thing, went down to city hall and got married. Now that they have been married 5 years (or 6) they are planning their wedding for next year, since they can afford it now. So I say, go for it :).

I don't think there is any time 'too early' or 'too late'. It would be nice to do this on a wedding anniversary, so if you've already passed the 4th anniversary, why not just start planning now to have it on your 5th anniversary. That way, you can also have the fun of the planning stages that most couples go through prior to the wedding.

I think the 5 year mark is perfectly fine if that's what you want to do. My DH and I just celebrated our 22nd anniversary in January. A couple of weeks later we renewed our vows with his brother and his wife. They had an open invitation to come to their church to do it. I think 4 couples total participated. It was a lot of fun (no seriousness was allowed) We wore everyday clothes and there was a potluck afterwards. We are planning on having a 25th Anniversary party to celebrate with family and friends because we too were married by a justice of the peace with only a few people we called friends at the time. We were stationed too far from our families and we only gave them 28 days notice (we knew each other for 3 years).
I would like to have a small ceremony although I'm not going to go with a traditional wedding dress I don't feel that's "appropriate" for me plus I just don't want to spend so much money on something like a wedding dress at this point in my life. What is going to be cool is that all of our kids are going to be a part of it. As much as I wanted a traditional wedding in the early years I've come to realize that it's the life after the ceremony that is the most important and though the ceremony usually give you memories (hopefully happy ones) it is just a ceremony. The true happiness comes with the intimacy and comfort of saying and showing "I love you" to the person you chose to be married to everyday. It comes from doing things for each other out of love for one another, etc...

What's more important to you-the "show" of A bridal dress, bridesmaids, etc... or having family there to celebrate your love with or both? :-)

You ultimately can do anything you want so whatever you choose to do it and whenever you choose to do it HAVE FUN :-D

Um...I think it's too soon. Wait for a biggie--like 20 or 25.

Your wedding vows are the most important part of your ceremony. Most people put little thought into the vows, instead devoting hours to the flowers, decorations, clothing and food. After the wedding bills have been paid off, the memories of the little disasters (hopefully) fade, and the delightful moments blend together into a warm fuzzy feeling as the years pass by. What remains relevant to daily life is the vows you made to each other.

If you went with the traditional vows of your belief system, you might have them embroidered on a wall tapestry or print them out on nice paper and put them up on your wall. If those vows don't cover all that you and your husband would like to express, there are hundreds of helpful sites online which will help you write your own vows. There are also professionals who will help you write them if you wish. The important thing is to capture the essence of both you and your husband's faith, your insecurities (and express them in positive affirming ways), and your expectations. Note that the husband and wife's vows don't need to be identical.

Once you and your husband have a set of vows which rings deep and true for both of you, then I encourage you to arrange a renewal of vows ceremony. As to when is too soon, I agree with others who have written that any time is the right time, providing that your finances are in order, as you wrote that yours are. Just make it meaningful and be sensible about the finances. Debt adds stresses that no marriage needs if it can be avoided. I have officiated for couples at a small private ceremony and again months later at a large public ceremony. This is actually far more common than you might be aware.

I don't think there's a too early or too soon, much like Betty! Heck, I see no problem with renewing them every year. LOL Enjoy!

I say you bet! Go for it! Enjoy!
The 5 year mark is a great time.
Do it now, don't wait.
Whatever you didn't get to do, be sure to integrate that this time.
Have fun.
Life is too short not to do the things you want and to enjoy some important milestones the way you want to do them.

I think it's a great idea. I myself did the same thing as you and would like to someday renew my vows. I say go for it.

How exciting! i think the 5th year would be just fine. Like you, I didn't get to have a real wedding either and one day I would very much like to have a wedding and a reception. Go for it whenever you want. The year doesn't have to be significant; it will definitely be significant after the vow renewal!