ceremony wording help

if we do the traditional 'repeat after me' vows... there is no room to say 'i do'

For example:
I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.

Since we would be saying this, no one is asking us a question, so there is no room to say i do......

unless the officiant says

'do you ___ take ____ to be your _____'

and then we say I do after the officiant says all of that...

anyone else have this issue?

anyone have different wording?

I was JUST thinking about this the other day.

I guess the only way you would say I do is if you don't repeat after the officiant and he/she just asks the question of you. I kinda want to saw more than just the I do though and would rather do the repeating.

maybe there's something after that part, maybe like a 'do you accept this ring as a symbol....?' 'i do'
IDK haha

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Posted by MrsCtoBe5512

I was JUST thinking about this the other day.

I guess the only way you would say I do is if you don't repeat after the officiant and he/she just asks the question of you. I kinda want to saw more than just the I do though and would rather do the repeating.

maybe there's something after that part, maybe like a 'do you accept this ring as a symbol....?' 'i do'
IDK haha

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Yeah, I want to say more that just I do also... so i think i just might do repeat after me..