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Vows: The Modern Genius of an Ancient Rite -- Cheryl Mendelson, Hardcover Shirley Tegge beef-witted blatteroonsFrom the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the story of our wedding vows what they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that "taking vows" is a synonym for getting married. So, it's a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for most of history, married without making promises. And there's a reason for that.