Signs You Should Renew Your Vows

1. You've got a big anniversary coming up!

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If you've got a big anniversary coming up and you're hitting a huge milestone then this is the perfect opportunity to honor that by having a wedding vow renewal. It's a way to show that you are both as committed to one another as you were when you first got married to each other.

2. You've got through some major hurdles

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Life will throw hurdles your way, and together you'll have to overcome them. There's no marriage that doesn't face hurdles...probably many hurdles because life is unpredictable and anything can happen. The important thing is that you're still together, and to show your strength, why not renew your vows?

3. You didn't get the wedding day you had both envisaged

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Your wedding day is the one day that you want to go absolutely perfectly. You want it to be the fairy tale you'd always dreamed of. But often when a day has SO much pressure on it to be totally perfect, it sometimes doesn't go exactly to plan. You may feel like you want to redo your day, and you can do that with a vow renewal.

4. You want to show your partner that you're still totally in love with them

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If you feel like you've fallen EVEN more in love with this person then why not show them, and why not show everybody else? It's a beautiful thing to feel even more in love with your partner than you did on your original wedding day. A great way to commend this is by renewing your vows.

5. You want to signify a fresh start

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If you want to put something in the past or you have both chosen to create a whole new life together you may literally want to feel like you are starting again. Renewing your vows can give you a fresh lease of life as a couple and it can signify the start of a brand new chapter in your lives.

6. You want your family and friends to feel closer to you as a couple

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You feel super close as a couple and you want to share that feeling of closeness with your family and friends. It's a great reason to renew your wedding vows because it will bring all of your family and friends together celebrating your love as a couple and helping you feel all the more connected with one another.

7. You look at your marriage in a different light

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However long it's been for you since your wedding day, you probably have different views on your spouse. Every day is a journey, and you've probably been through more hard times, or seen them accomplish something, or seen them adapt in different ways. You may view your marriage with even more appreciation and inspiration.

8. You have children now that weren't at the wedding

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A great reason to renew your vows is because you now have children that weren't previously at your wedding. It's a great thing to show your children how strong the bond and love between their parents is. It's a great way to make your child feel a part of your marriage and to show how strong you are as a family.

9. Someone important in your life brought you together

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You may have a relative or a friend that was crucial in helping your marriage and helping you come together as a strong partnership, without their help, you may not have survived as a couple. If this person is super important to you and your marriage then you could dedicate your vow renewal to them to honor how much they have helped you grow as a couple.

10. You've both grown a lot as people

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People change constantly, as they learn, as they grow older, and as they experience more and more things. We all grow as people and the best marriages grow together. This is a great time to have a vow renewal when you have both done a lot of growing. You may not even barely recognize the couple from your first wedding day.

11. You want to show how grateful you are for them

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What better reason to renew your vows than simply to show this person that you are eternally grateful for them? You love them, you think that they're amazing and you're grateful for everything they've done for you, and for you as a couple, and generally just for being them!

12. You want to say different things in your vows

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So a lot of time has probably passed since your wedding day, and you may look back and think that you'd do things differently. It's totally natural because after you have been married a lot of things have probably happened. You know this person even better than before and you would have many new things to say in your vows which you want to express to them.

13. You want to have a PARTY!

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Okay...come on sometimes you just need an excuse to PARTY! There's nothing wrong with this reason. What better reason to have a good celebration and party with loved ones than celebrating your love for one another? You know that the day will be filled with love and happiness.

14. You want to re-commit to one another after a separation

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Things aren't simple or easy in a marriage: they take work and people make mistakes. You may have been separated through circumstances that were out of your control or you may have taken a break from the relationship. Renewing your vows can make you feel more solid as a couple again.

15. You want to rekindle the flame

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It may have been many years, maybe you had children, maybe you've both got stressful lives and a combination of things meant that you lost some of the flame and passion that the two of your used to have. You may just need something romantic to get you back on track and show each other that the spark is there and can be rekindled.

16. You want to honor your memories together

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However long it's been since your wedding, one thing is for sure, you now have a whole new set of memories with this person. The memories that you have created together are a sign of your relationship and love and the life you have built with one another and you may want to honor and celebrate these times together!

17. You want better pictures

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Look it may sound superficial, but there's no shame in wanting the perfect pictures from your wedding day to capture the day. It's only natural. Nobody wants terrible wedding photos that they then have to show to people! If you didn't exactly get what you bargained for, then you have another opportunity!

18. You or your partner have been through a hard time

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In a marriage, you're going to face tough times. Things happen in both your personal life and also external factors. You may experience loss, or somebody may lose their job...there are SO many things that happen during your time together. When something has been really hard and you've worked through it together, renewing your vows can be a great way to mark this solidarity.

19. You want to do something meaningful for them

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Sometimes people want to renew their vows because they want to do something meaningful and special for their partner. They don't want to buy a gift or go for a fancy dinner, they want to do something that TRULY shows how much they really mean to them.

20. You have new religious or spiritual beliefs

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Perhaps since you have been married you have found a new religion or you have found a new sense of spirituality that you wish could have been incorporated into a day as special as your wedding. One way to do this is to have a wedding vow renewal so that you can bring your new way of life into the day.

21. You want to invite different people

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Okay look, it sounds harsh...but who doesn't look back at their wedding day and wish that someone they now really dislike hadn't been invited! There's nothing you can do about it now. But you do have the chance to create a whole new guest list to renew your views without any fake friends, annoying family members, or that person you never spoke to again being invited.

22. You want to make a public declaration

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Renewing your views is a way to declare your love publicly. Of course, you can tell your husband/wife all of the time how much you love them and how much they mean to you. But you may want to express this to everybody to tell everyone how much you love this person!

23. You want to remind each other of the promises you made

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Marriage is important, it's making an eternal commitment to the one you love. Sometimes as time goes by marriages can lose their way. And if you want to remind one another of these promises and make your marriage better and string then you could renew your wedding vows.

24. You want to try and re-connect

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Sometimes sadly marriages drift apart. Maybe this has happened to you, and you actually managed to find your way back to each other again. You may have re-connected and want to actually signify this in a formal way, to tell each other that this is your second chance with one another.

25. You want to propose again

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Perhaps you're not too happy with your proposal. Maybe the ring was dropped and it ruined the proposal video. Maybe you look back and completely cringe at the soppy proposal. Maybe you did something extremely embarrassing in a public setting. Whatever it is, you may want to propose or be proposed to in an entirely different way this time.

26. You want to celebrate a huge achievement

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Maybe you, or your husband/wife, or the both of you have just done an amazing achievement. Perhaps you ran a marathon, or passed an exam, or achieved a very personal goal. One way to celebrate as a couple is to renew your vows to show that you are so proud of your spouse.

27. You have opportunities that you didn't have before

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Looking back at your wedding day you'll feel nostalgia and happiness, but you may also wish that you could redo things the way you could now. You may have more time to plan or more money to spend. These new opportunities mean that you can do it all again the way you want with a vow renewal.

28. You've overcome a huge obstacle in your relationship

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Nobody is perfect...and sometimes people make mistakes. In fact, sometimes people make HUGE mistakes and a marriage may even suffer from one or both people having an affair or some other kind of major hurdle. If you have overcome a step like this, one way to signify this and strengthen the bond again is renewing your vows.

29. You want to create a creative/ themed day

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Once your wedding is done it can feel like they'll never be an occasion again to create the PERFECT day which is designed specifically for the both of you. Renewing your vows means that you have another opportunity to create a creative or themed day that is significant to both of you!

30. You feel like you and your partner never have time for yourselves

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Being in a marriage takes time and effort. And it's super easy to get carried away with life and things get in the way that make it difficult to give that time for each other. Other commitments such as careers and family can mean you end up with no time as a couple. Renewing your vows is a way to create a special memory together.