Been asked before but readings are driving me crazy !

How about something funny for your son to read:

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Mum and Dad get married today

I’d like to help them on their way

So here’s some special advice from me

To help them with our family

Keep our house filled with laughter

Let’s have fun forever after

Keep the drawer filled up with sweets

And give us children lots of treats

Make sure you spend time together

To keep your happiness forever

Make sure you spend lots on us

And then us kids won’t make a fuss

But the most important thing for you

Is to show your love in all you do

A caring word, a kiss, a touch

And those family cuddles that mean so much

This one is in the suggested readings and alternate vows pdf from our county registrars (Northamptonshire) . Maybe your county has something similar to give you ideas?

This one is a little longer, might be suitable for your girls?

Oh Tell me the Truth about Love by W H Auden

Some say that love’s a little boy, And some say it’s a bird,

Some say it makes the world go round,

And some say that’s absurd, And when I asked the man

next door, Who looked as if he knew,

His wife got very cross indeed, And said it wouldn’t do.

Does it look like a pair of pyjamas, Or the ham in a

temperance hotel? Does its odour remind one of llamas, Or

has it a comforting smell? Is it prickly to touch as a hedge

is, Or soft as eiderdown fluff? Is it sharp or quite smooth at

the edges? O tell me the truth about love.

I looked into the summer-house; It wasn’t ever there: I tried

the Thames at Maidenhead, And Brighton’s bracing air. I

don’t know what the blackbird sang, Or what the tulip said;

But it wasn’t in the chicken-run, Or underneath the bed.

Does it howl like a hungry Alsatian, Or boom like a military

band? Could one give a first-rate imitation, On a saw or a

Steinway Grand? Is its singing at parties a riot? Does it only

like Classical stuff? Will it stop when one wants to be quiet?

O tell me the truth about love.

When it comes, will it come without warning Just as I’m

picking a rose? Will it knock on my door in the morning, Or

tread in the bus on my toes? Will it come like a change in

the weather? Will its greeting be courteous or rough? Will it

alter my life altogether? O tell me the truth about love.

The 1st us what the girls ate saying lol ! Needs to be quite short for him to read I think !

Keep them coming and massive thanks :-)

'Advice to Husbands' by Ogden Nash is short, and kinda funny.

To keep your marriage brimming

With love from the loving cup,

Whenever you're wrong admit it,

Whenever you're right, shut up.

Ooooo they getting better !! ... Any more ? Many thanks !! Xx