Geekiest Wedding Vows EVAR

Posted by Johnny at 9:11 a.m.

This pair of hackers recently got married. They're the standard comp sci / geek couple: skinnny white guy and short asian girl. At their wedding, they exchanged some fairly unique vows that they wrote themselves.

Mika (the girl):

Now, I give a total offertory to joyful union.

I'll honor - joyously, endlessly, loyally, devotedly - you.

In the marriage that unites us, paired Yang and Yin, Benjamin and me, forever soulmates, shall complement as partners steadily.

With a doubtless promise, I pledge integrity and stability sincerely. Our rounded rings, a completely noble treasure; it represents continual respect, love, perpetual link with trust, limitless.

My vow: absolutely lasting devotion.

Now, here's Mako (the guy):

I notice a cheerful doubletake for our impending coupling. Speedily, startle gets abolished -- unfading happiness.

This alliance will progress. It absolutely does taste familiar: simple artistry. Our love has stayed; still strong.

Now, honestly, I..

I promise defense of objectives and unapparent qualities.

I promise symbiotic struggle, absolutely joint romance.

Golden as wondrous ratios, as a oft cited rule. Also duration.

I bet you're thinking, "Jeez, those are awkward." Well, being geeks, they wanted their vows to have mathematical significance and were willing to sacrifice literary fortitude.

Mika modeled her vows after pi (as in 3.14159...), in which each word had the same number of letters as each successive digit of pi. Mako modeled his after phi, the golden ratio (1.6180...). The digit 0 was treated as 10, so none of the words were longer than 10 letters.

Mmmmmm, that's geeky.

If you want to see their online photo album, here's the link.