Another question about wording on an invitation

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering how we should word our invitations. I tried to look it up but I can't really find anything that fits our situation....

My fiance and I are paying for 50% of the wedding and my parents are paying for the other 50%. I know traditionally we would put:

Mr. and Mrs. Smith
request the honor of your presence to the marriage of their daughter (something along those lines)

Jane Smith

to

John Dough
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dough


But that is basically saying my parents are paying for the whole thing right? Not that its a big deal... cause my parents are supper supportive and would pay for the whole thing if we really needed them to. Anyway, my fiance would do this, but at the same time feels like since we are contributing a lot maybe there is another way to word it?

I don't really like 'Together with their parents' because his parents are not throwing the party....

Part of me thinks that nobody reads into the invitations anyway, so what's the big deal if we give my parents all the credit. But I just wanted to see if there was any other wording choices.

Sorry this is so long! Thanks for the help!!

Grooms Name and Bride's name
have chosen (date) as
the first day of their new lives together as
they are united in marriage.

Together, with
Mr & Mrs Bride's Parents

they invite you to join them in this joyous ocassion

at (time)
(place)

ETA: Not exactly.. but that's the jist of what you can say....

Or 'together with their families'

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Posted by DnJ0809

Grooms Name and Bride's name
have chosen (date) as
the first day of their new lives together as
they are united in marriage.

Together, with
Mr & Mrs Bride's Parents

they invite you to join them in this joyous ocassion

at (time)
(place)

ETA: Not exactly.. but that's the jist of what you can say....

Or 'together with their families'

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Thanks that is a good idea too!!

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Posted by Amor2009

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering how we should word our invitations. I tried to look it up but I can't really find anything that fits our situation....

My fiance and I are paying for 50% of the wedding and my parents are paying for the other 50%. I know traditionally we would put:

Mr. and Mrs. Smith
request the honor of your presence to the marriage of their daughter (something along those lines)

Jane Smith

to

John Dough
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dough


But that is basically saying my parents are paying for the whole thing right? Not that its a big deal... cause my parents are supper supportive and would pay for the whole thing if we really needed them to. Anyway, my fiance would do this, but at the same time feels like since we are contributing a lot maybe there is another way to word it?

I don't really like 'Together with their parents' because his parents are not throwing the party....

Part of me thinks that nobody reads into the invitations anyway, so what's the big deal if we give my parents all the credit. But I just wanted to see if there was any other wording choices.

Sorry this is so long! Thanks for the help!!

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This is basically our financial situation as well...fh and I are paying a little more but anyway...we might just put our names cuz my parents wouldnt care really but I know that some would. We were originally thinking of wording as if we are hosting, but put our parents name on the bottom of the inviation somehow just to include them.

Its hard to word without offending his parents or pointing out that they did not contribute... Maybe something like this would work...

On Thursday, the thirtieth of October
two thousand ten
Jennifer Ann O'Miley
and
Brad William Lester
will be exchanging their
wedding vows at
six o'clock in the evening

The Immaculate Conception Church
445 West Harbor Avenue
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

Together with Mr. & Mrs. O'Miley
they request the honor of your presence.

I think if its not as prominent in the beginning of the invite...it will be less offensive to anyone else.

HTH