My fiance and I are paying for our wedding entirely on our own and have two children together. How do I word the invitation to include our children?
2006-07-04 02:27:24 · 21 answers · asked by quila_howell 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Our children are very important to us and want them to be involved. It will be a casual wedding and I am not too concerned with being "socially or etiquettly correct"
2006-07-04 03:10:25 · update #1
Go to a website called invitesgalore.com. This is the website that I used to find the wording for my invitations. Good luck!
2006-07-04 03:35:21 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Hot Chocolate 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is not at ALL proper but since you have said specifically that it's to be a very casual thing and presumably all those who will be invited already know your children were born outside of marriage (No judgement, just that it would be a factor if it were not well known to your guests) go ahead and issue the invitations as if the kids were hosting...
Miss Emily Rose Parker and Miss Julie Anne Parker
Request the pleasure of your company
When their parents
Lacy Jane Goodman
and
Stephen Dwayne Parker
Exchange marriage vows
On Saturday,August 19, 2006
At the family home
1928 Hope Drive.....etc, etc
May all of you share long years, great joy and small troubles.
To the folks reacting with shocked horror at the very idea... Hey, you can't accuse this couple of rushing into anything and the past can't be rewritten, so get over it.
2006-07-04 04:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eek! What are you thinking? It is bad form to include children in wedding invitations. The marriage is between you and your fiance, and while the two of you already have children together, they are not the ones getting married.
2006-07-04 02:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by magnoliasandjazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John and Jane Smith
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their parents
Susie Marie Doe
and
John Joseph Smith
Saturday, June 1, 2005
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
Riverton Country Club
2621 Riverview Avenue
Riverton, Wyoming
2006-07-04 08:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is including your childrens names necessary?. You and your fiance are inviting guests to the wedding....why do you need the children's names. Check the library to see if this is proper etiquette to include their names. Include them in the wedding party if they're old enough.
2006-07-04 02:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by eunke77 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Together with their children
Jane Sue Smith
and
John Bill Roberts
requests the honor of your presence
at their marriage on
the twentyfourth of July at two o'clock
5555 Avenue B
Dallas, Texas
2006-07-04 05:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I had our invitations done in a way our family had not seen. We had a really nice poem at the top as if our kids were reciting it. At the end they thanked the people for coming and celebrationg the union between their Mother and Father. Not only that, they also wore white and followed us to the altar where my husband plced a gold band on a chian around their neck after putting my ring on, then After he did that, I gave him his ring. Came out great!
2006-07-04 19:10:07 · answer #7 · answered by lillbird 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You include your children in the ceremony and festivites, but not the invitations. Give them jobs like helping guests to sign the guest register, and of course, have them at the alter with you and in the receiving line.
2006-07-04 03:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're paying for your own wedding, you could say something like: We cordially invite you to attend..........and then sign it at the bottom with your names and the names of your children......I've seen invites like that.......its a little more casual, but they're neat...
2006-07-04 02:32:29 · answer #9 · answered by honey_bear_21_1999 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To my beloved children, Without you this union of ours would be Incomplete and whats more, we have made an attempt that you should have your very own Mom and Dad, our pleasures would multiply twenty folds having you beside us and your support with us when we take our wows. So get your asses to our alter and ring our wedding bells for us, only you can do it.
2006-07-04 04:44:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try saying your children request the honor of your attendance to join your name and then your fiance's name holy matrimony or what ever you prefer and then the rest of the invitation. Thats what my cousin was going to do when she was planning on getting married. Sadly it didnt work out long enough to get that far.
2006-07-04 02:51:34 · answer #11 · answered by cheley1129 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋