Invite wording

My parents paid for the limos, half the hall, and bought my dress. Everything else is funded by myself and FH. FHs parents are not contributing. They have the means to contribute something, but they have not, and don't seem to plan on it. What do you think would be the best way to word the invitation?

How do you word it when one set of parents pays some and the other set doesn't seem to want to even be involved at all (getting a guest list took several months)? I don't care for 'Together with our parents'...

Personally I would ask the invitation consultant when FH is there. Let her tell you the proper wording so he understands that you are following tradition and then if he doesn't like that deal it with it from there

There are sooooooo many variations on wording. I looked at invitations already and there's over 20 ways of wording it.

Its a little crazy, but i'm sure you'll find something that suits your situation.

I agree. talk with the person who's doing your invitations.

We went with very traditional wording although we paid for the majority of our wedding ourselves.
Here is the sample we used:
Mr. and Mrs. XX
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Sophie Lynn
to
Jeffrey Matthew
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lautrec
Saturday, the eighth of March
two thousand fourteen
at two o'clock in the afternoon
Fox Green Country Club
2621 Hunter Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

I'm using

Together with their families

Amy
&
FH

invite you to ...

My dad is helping a little, and my mom bought my dress. FH's family can't afford to contribute right now, but I felt bad singling them out, because if they could, they would help.

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Posted by FutureMrsG

We went with very traditional wording although we paid for the majority of our wedding ourselves.
Here is the sample we used:
Mr. and Mrs. XX
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Sophie Lynn
to
Jeffrey Matthew
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lautrec
Saturday, the eighth of March
two thousand fourteen
at two o'clock in the afternoon
Fox Green Country Club
2621 Hunter Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

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this is what we did

I think if I were in the parental party that was contributing financially, I would not like the wording 'together with our/their parents' because I would feel that the parents who are not paying were getting equal footing and I don't think that's right.

You could put a 'son of' just to throw in a bone and not get yourself or your fiance in trouble with his family. That is what we did, because my family paid for the majority, my husband contributed, and his family did not pay squat. Even today I am still resentful of that, and I feel for you.

It may be OT but I heard with a Jewish wedding invitation you are suppose to list all of the parents regardless of who paid.

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Posted by FutureMrsG

We went with very traditional wording although we paid for the majority of our wedding ourselves.
Here is the sample we used:
Mr. and Mrs. XX
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Sophie Lynn
to
Jeffrey Matthew
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lautrec
Saturday, the eighth of March
two thousand fourteen
at two o'clock in the afternoon
Fox Green Country Club
2621 Hunter Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

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We did the same thing - I really just like the way it sounds better - more traditional, etc. It doesn't bother me if people think my parents paid and I didn't.

we also went the more traditional route....

Mr. & Mrs. ____ request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter

H
to
G

Son of Mr. & Mrs. _______

My parents are paying for the hall, FH and I are paying for everything else, but his parents are giving us a very large downpayment for a home.....even if they weren't, I would still want their names in their anyway. JMO