invitation wording

this topic has come up before, but would appreciate some advise. my fiance and I are paying for most of the wedding. my parents are paying for a small part of it, but have been so helpful in the planning process. His family has done nothing nor paid for anything. how should i word the invitation??? also, if anyone knows of a website that has different wording ideas. thanks for your help!

**note, you should also get one of those change of address cards from your post office and forward your mail from your maiden name to your married name.

invitation wording

Who to include is often a tricky part of invitation wording. Does your fiance feel that his parents should be included?

Some nice alternatives as to not offend anyone would be either to have the invitation be from you and your fiance only or have something like the following:

Jane Jones and Tom Smith, together with their families, invite you to share with them as they begin their new life together and exchange marriage vows....

invitation wording

Try www.theknot.com, I found some wording there.

You'll need to be patient - it is a slide show and does take a little time to load, depending upon your connection.....and there is a pause between phasing to the next photograph. Hope this helps in your decision making! : )

I'm already dizzy ; )

invitation wording

stephanie - my fiance does want his parents names included. i want to include my parents names (mr and mrs) out of respect. any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Sounds like they just want to be a little more included. Its funny - some family members want to be involved, others don't....it may just be that her feelings are hurt that her son is getting married and she's not being a part of seeing the hall, etc....

You & your finance might want to sit down with his parents and ask them what is important to them on this day. We did that with both our parents at the beginning and the end of the planning process (things change over time...)At first, everyone said, 'no, its your wedding. do what you want'. But we forced them to review down a list of 'expectations' & traditions - everything from dances, seating arrangements to food.....THEN they started cropping up with things they wanted.

invitation wording

What about Your Name & Fiances name together with their parents Mr&Mrs XXXX Mr & Mrs YYYYY Everyone's names is included so no feelings are hurt.?? Good Luck

Good luck Jamelle

invitation wording

We are in a similar situation as well and have decided on the following..

Bride's name daughter of Mr. and Mrs. XXXX and Groom's name son of Mr. and Mrs. XX invite......

invitation wording

Lorraine,

If you and your fiance have decided only to include your parents names on the invitation you can do something like:

Mr. & Mrs. John Jones invite you to share in their joy at the marriage of their daughter, Melissa Jones to Michael Smith...

invitation wording

I think the way Valerie said sends the message best that you and your fiancee are hosting the wedding, but still includes the parents out of respect. To have their names on the invite implies nothing else that you are their children.

Outside: Mr. and Mrs. John Doe 1 Elm Street Anywhere, New York 00000

Inside: John and Jane Doe or just John and Jane

invitation wording

I have lost sleep over this detail!!! I actual posted something about this before. I think our final decision is something very similar to Valerie's suggestion except it is going to start:

The honor of your presence is requested at the wedding of me, daughter of Mr and Mrs XXX to him, son of Mrs. XXX.

This skirts around the issue of who is doing the inviting. But we are going to have my parents as the return address so it's implied that way. I just have been procrastinating telling my parents that this is the way we are going to do it.

invitation wording

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SUCH MAJOR STRESS FOR ME. I AM STILL DEBATING ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL WAY "MR AND MRS X" REQUEST .... OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY PARENTS AND ALL THE HELP THEY HAVE GIVEN, NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 1/4 OF THE TOTAL WEDDING (FLOWERS, SEVERAL HALL DEPOSITS, FAVORS, INVITATIONS, MY DRESS). HIS PARENTS HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT GIVE 1 PENNY AND HAVE BEEN STRESSING ME OUT OVER EVERY DETAIL!!!!!

Karen--I agree with ya totally. One exploded on our glass livingroom table, fun to scrape off. Now we only use Pier 1 candles.......

If you have any other questions please let me know.

invitation wording

My parents are divorced but both are still umnmarried. How do I put their names on the invitation? They would like it to be on the invitation but they have the same last name but are not Mr. and Mrs. - Any ideas?

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invitation wording

The usual way to word an invitation with divorced parents with the same last name who have not remarried is as follows:

Mrs. Joyce Baker and Mr. Robert Baker invite you to celebrate with them at the marriage of their daughter Jennifer Ann to James Michael Roberts son of Andrea and Mark Roberts....

Of course you can change the wording to make it however you would like but the parents names should be on seperate lines if they are divorced rather than on one line like the grooms parents, which shows a married couple.