Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Doesn't to have and to hold lead to til death do us part? The obey (or not) is a different part of the wedding vows as I remember them.
In this century I have seen weddings with any number of widely disparate vows, but the traditional ones which I was citing are the ones that begin with "to have and to hold..." and indeed end with "...til death do us part" (with a little more if actually a church wedding). The full 1662 text which is what I know as the traditional vow for the bride is (although the part after "death us do [or do us] part" is less common).
I N. take thee M. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth.