Wording help for invites

regina2 Posted: May 05, 2003 01:02 PM

Wording help for invites

If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it!!

My mother passed away seven years ago. My father remarried about 4 years ago. My father is helping to pay for the wedding..

I need help with the wording of the invite...

Is it:

Mr and Mrs. Blank would like to invite you to the wedding of HIS daughter....

I told my brother that was what I was going with and he seemed to feel that my uncles would get upset at seeing the Mr and Mrs Blank.

If I have: Mr Blank and his wife Ester would like to ... To me that sounds odd.

HELP!!

p&a91203 Posted: May 05, 2003 01:04 PM

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Have you tried verseit.com? I think they have several wordings for this...

verse it

kelly6273 Posted: May 05, 2003 01:05 PM

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How about...

Regina & Donie
Together With Their Families (or Parents)

?????

Is it important to Dad that his name be on it? Have you asked him what he thinks?

regina2 Posted: May 05, 2003 01:10 PM

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It is important to my Dad that his name is on it...

I looked at the verseit.com and it had the first wording...not sure what to do

Than I have to worry about the programs...

kelly6273 Posted: May 05, 2003 01:14 PM

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Are you and your step mother close? Would you ever do Mr. and Mrs. Blank would like to invite you to the wedding of THEIR daughter....or are you totally against that? I don't think that the HIS daughter one sounded bad.

smooch Posted: May 05, 2003 01:16 PM

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Why can't you just say
'Mork and Mindy Smith request the honor your presence at the marriage uniting
Regina
to
Joh Doe,
son of Fred and Ginger Doe...'

that way you avoid whose daughter you are because it's implied but you don't offend anyone.

regina2 Posted: May 05, 2003 04:36 PM

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I would never put 'their' daughter....the entire Phrase 'The mother of the bride' will be stricken from my wedding. If I hear it I know I will burst into tears.

Maybe 'Joe and Jill Smith' would work....

What does everyone else thing? This is a tough area for me, because I am very sensitive about it...

shannon326 Posted: May 05, 2003 09:50 PM

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How about:
Mr. ______ & _________ smith request the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter
Regina ______
to
Donnie______
son of ___________

HearzBellz Posted: May 05, 2003 09:54 PM

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How about :

Mr & Mrs __________ request the honor of your presence to witness the nuptials of regina2 to FH.

And what about the names of your FILs? Are you including those?

Sunny Posted: May 05, 2003 10:00 PM

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I like emdonlon's suggestion. Avoiding saying whose daughter you are is a good idea.

HearzBellz Posted: May 05, 2003 10:21 PM

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I understand why your uncles may be upset...it is a sensitive issue. But if your dad is remarried then technically she is Mrs.____. Is it a possibility/have you considered just putting your father's name? Is that an acceptable way to write it?