03/05/2025
【𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐲】
You sometimes hear couples say “𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤” during wedding ceremonies, but not always.
With consent already embedded in the legal vows, saying “𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤” is purely for adding a sense of ritual to the ceremony, and it’s not mandatory.
This gave me some room to add a bit of fun to the solemn question for “𝙔𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤” in two recent ceremonies:
𝟏. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 🌏
Patrick’s life mission is to live in every continent in the world. Having met Hilary in Japan 🇯🇵 and worked as teachers there for a few years, they are now teaching in Norway 🇳🇴 . So the question I had for Hilary was:
“𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖, 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚?”
𝟐. 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐲 ⚽️
In a UK-themed wedding, I decided to add some UK-elements to the question to spice things up. And it’s made possible because Bonbon is a great fan of Manchester United, while Damon supports Manchester City. So the question went like this:
「Damon, 你是否願意以 Bonbon 為你嘅合法妻子，並且以後都愛護佢同珍惜佢，同埋同佢一樣都咁支持曼聯呢？」（”𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦?”)
Since the ceremony is solemn, keeping a straight face when asking the question is the key. And hence the subject line “𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐲”.
Who’s nostalgic enough to know the idea of this subject line actually came from “𝐈 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮… 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐲”?
🙌🏻 軟硬 fans!
