I need help with wording, and etiquette of my wedding invitations.3 parents and bride and groom ALL hosting...

Question

So, my groom- his mom and his step-dad are helping, his real father(not re-married, and single) and my parents(married) and us (bride and groom) are all contributing and want the names on the invitations... should it be like:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Clare Jones
and
Mr. and Mrs. Johnathon and Emily Anderson
and
Mr. Arnold Smith
request the pleasure of your company
to celebrate the marriage of their children
Nancy Ann Jones
and
Jeffery Nicholas Smith
on Saturday the .....blah blah blah
???????????????????????????????????????????????????

i was originally going to just put "together with their parents.." and just put our names, but my future mother in law, said we should put the parents names... and she is funding most of the wedding, so i said ".......okay"

Answer 1

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Answer 2

wish I could have you tell your FMIL: It's not an itemization of expenses. It's an invitation. Paying does not necessarily equal hosting.

It sounds like the parents all make up the hosting "Team" in your situation. The order goes: moms first, and bride's family first, REGARDLESS of who paid what.

Your invitations should read:
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bridesparents
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groomsmomandstepdad
Mr. Fred Groomsbiofather
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of...
etc...

Answer 3

Why not just say "The honor of your presence is requested at the marriage of .." and not go through all that . Then the parents' names could all be listed at the end. It isn't necessary for the invitation to reflect that you and your groom are "hosting"----it's YOUR wedding.

Answer 4

well if you word it like that then you're not really including the fact that you guys are paying too. i'm having a similar situation and we came up with

Nancy Ann Jones and Jefferey Nicholas Smith
along w/ their parents (name all the parents here)
would like to invite you to celebrate in their union joining them in wedded bliss.

hope that helps :-)

Answer 5

This is what we said:

Together with their families,
my name
and
his name
Invite you to share in the joy
of their marriage

Keep it simple -- people don't save or care about the invitations -- hate to say it but it's true.

Answer 6

Yes - EXCEPT...it is Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones

and

Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan Anderson

along with

Mr. Arnold Smith...........................................

The other thing you can do is

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones

and

Mr. Jefferey Nicholas Smith,

along with his parents.

Good luck.

Answer 7

ours said: (my parents are divorced..his are not)
Together with their parents,
(My name) and (His name) request the honor of your presence while they are united in marriage.

Answer 8

try going to theknot.com... they have some answers for questions like this

Answer 9

sure i think that would be fine for your invites. btw congrats

Answer 10

http://www.weddingchannel.com/