Invitation wording questions!

we put:

Mr and Mrs James MyLast Name
Together with Mr and Mrs George DH's Last name
invite you to the marriage of their children

My Name No Last Name
and
His Name No Last Name

I would only use your last names for your parents, not you.

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Posted by trnity44

we put:

Mr and Mrs James MyLast Name
Together with Mr and Mrs George DH's Last name
invite you to the marriage of their children

My Name No Last Name
and
His Name No Last Name

I would only use your last names for your parents, not you.

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i like this wording

We put :

John and Jane Doe
invite you to join in the celebration
of the marriage of their daugher
First Name Middle Name
to
First Name Middle Name Last name
son of John and Jane Smith
on Sunday, the twenty-eighth day of may
blah blah blah

i don't think your last name should go on it, but that's my personal opinion and you should do what you want. But, I think (assuming your 'rents are paying for the whole thing) it should read:

Mr. and Mrs. X
Request the honor of your presence at the marriage of our daughter
first name last name
to
first name last name
son of XXXX

If you put both parents names on top, it signals that both families are paying for it. (Or that's what I'm told is proper etiquette.) And in that case, the brides' family goes first.

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Posted by robynlevy

i don't think your last name should go on it, but that's my personal opinion and you should do what you want. But, I think (assuming your 'rents are paying for the whole thing) it should read:

Mr. and Mrs. X
Request the honor of your presence at the marriage of our daughter
first name last name
to
first name last name
son of XXXX

If you put both parents names on top, it signals that both families are paying for it. (Or that's what I'm told is proper etiquette.) And in that case, the brides' family goes first.

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This is how we worded ours, and we're paying for everything. In retrospect, I probably should have dropped our last names, but nothing I can do about it now!

We put:

Mrs. Jane Jones and
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
Sally Anne
and
James John
to be celebrated at a Nuptial Mass
on Saturday, the eleventh of February
Two thousand and six
at eleven o'clock in the morning
St. Joseph's R. C. Church
123 Main St.
Anywhere, New York

I love verseit.com for writing the invites and Rexcraft Etiquette for how to assemble. Both sites are REALLY helpful.

If you're not including your parents or FH's parents names, then yes, your last names appear. But if your parents and his are being listed (with their last names) then it's your first names only.