I've looked it up and had a difficult finding suggested wording for my situation. Please advise! My parents are divorced, but still close. My mother is re-married. They are all hosting the wedding. I want my father's name to go first (b/c I don't think it's fair to have my mother's husband before him), and my mother wants her full name on the invite too (Not just Mr. and Mrs. John Doe.)
What do you think?
Danielle2207
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WHat i am doing because my parents are divorced. My mom and stepfather are paying for a majority of the wedding so they are going first. It will say
Mr. & Mrs. John Doe along with Mr. John Smith
If you want to write out their names Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane doe along with Mr. John Smith
In your case Mr. John Smith along with Mr. John Doe & Mrs. Jane Doe
WedHead
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Thanks - it's annoying because I know the wording will look funny:
Mr. John Doe along with Mrs. Sally Smith and Mr. Joe Smith
seems weird to me since mom and new hubby have the same last name (atleast for the wedding, she actually still hyphenates her name with my father's name and new husband's name but thought it would be more appropriate to drop dad's name for the invite).
buggiegirl
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i found chelsea paper to be very helpful with invite wording- they even have a free etiquette guide that covers all that stuff...
my parents are divorced too. on my invitation it said.....our names, together with their parents, my mom on one line and then my father listed separately below, and mr. and mrs. (his parents). i found it hard too. my father is remarried but i didnt put my stepmom's name on the invite as we are paying for just about everything ourselves i didnt feel the need to include everyone,but did want our parents names on there. dont know if that makes any sense, sorry!
N.Y.bride
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I had the same problem and I hope they dont get upset but I put 'The parents of....' invite you to....
SFP0214
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What about... Mr John Doe along with Mr and Mrs Sally and Bob Smith
WedHead
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Posted by SFP0214
What about... Mr John Doe along with Mr and Mrs Sally and Bob Smith
Good one! Don't know why I didn't think of that! Thank you.
CTarantino
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I will be having the same problem with my divorced parents only my mother will not be paying for any of the reception or anything else for that matter, except maybe the dress (we are not that close and she lives in Fl).
Should I even put her name on the invitation when she is not really contributing towards the wedding? I don't want to offend her but I feel my father has helped with the deposit and deserves to be on there where as my mother already told me she can not help with the weddding. Help
WedHead
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Are your parents civil enough that she will recognize the fact that he is contributing and should be acknowledged? Maybe you can just ask her - tell her you've been thinking about and wonder if it would offend her.
romameansamor
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Posted by CTarantino
I will be having the same problem with my divorced parents only my mother will not be paying for any of the reception or anything else for that matter, except maybe the dress (we are not that close and she lives in Fl).
Should I even put her name on the invitation when she is not really contributing towards the wedding? I don't want to offend her but I feel my father has helped with the deposit and deserves to be on there where as my mother already told me she can not help with the weddding. Help
I have the same problem, although my mom is contributing a little. I felt though that since my dad is paying most of it - I should put him first. I hope my mom doesn't pick up on the bad etiquette though!
Lori0517
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we did Mr and Mrs. John Doe and Mr. John Doe and Ms. jane doe
there is no happy medium with this, it tooks us forever. we did our best and so be it.
