What is the correct wording on a wedding invitation on "son of" line when the groom's parents are divorced?

Question

My fiance wants his divorced parents included on our wedding invitation, so he wants a "son of" line (i.e., son of Jill Smith and John Jones). My dilemma is that I don't know if putting them on the same line will imply that they are still married, even though they are both remarried and have different last names. I'm almost out of lines on the invitation! Can anyone help me with this? Thank you in advance for any advice on the subject!

Answer 1

it remains same as was before...
just see, can a father be changed???

Answer 2

Well, you have a few options - I would suggest that you simply put his biological parents down - especially if the mother's last name is different. That would solve the problem about implying that they are still married. If you have the room, put the mother and step-father and then the father and the step-mother. But this is not required as your fiance only really has two biological parents, divorced or not.

Here is a site that may give you some help with your invitation wording:

http://www.affordableweddinginvitations.net/wedding_invitations/wedding_invitations_wording.htm#invitation_wording_list

Good luck and congrats on the wedding.

Answer 3

This site has a TON of different versions of this, all in one article:
http://weddings.about.com/cs/invitations/a/invitationword.htm

This is what I am doing:

Together with their parents,
[My name]
and
[Fiance's name]
Request the honour of your presence at their wedding


That way, everyone is included and no questions will be asked! My father is deceased, and I didn't think it would look right to have my mom's name and both of his parents' names.

Good luck!

Answer 4

if you want to save on space and format style you can put just his parents name in this format
John Brown Jr
Son of
Mr. John Brown Sr.
Mrs. Jane Brown Smith
you do not have to include his step-parents in the invitations unless they participated in his upbringing. You would include them in the programs if you are having any.

Answer 5

On my cousin's invitation, both sets of parents were divorced and remarried. He listed both full sets of parents for each of them:

Jane and John Doe
Steve and Sue Moe

and

Your parents here

request the honor of your presence at the wedding of (you) and (the groom).

Very classy, no one left out.

Answer 6

The son of ............mothers name and if she has remarried her last name then the fathers name.
The way you have it is correct. You just need to make sure that there is a good space between the two parents.

Answer 7

Both "sets" of his parents will go on the same line (with his mom & stepdad first).

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Mom & Stepdad and Mr. & Mrs. Dad & Stepmom

Hope this helps -- good luck with the rest of your wedding planning.

Answer 8

They should be on two different lines, because if you put them on the same line as each other that represents that they are still married, that is correct.

Answer 9

it sounds alright with son of Mrs. smith and Mr. Doe. wording ot that way tells people that they are the parents but they are not together..

Answer 10

If there is a disgrace in the family such as a divorce or an illegitimate baby, weddings should be as small and private as possible--furtive, even. The groom's parents' names are never on the wedding invitation unless they happen to be the bride's guardians. Their role as the groom's parents is not referred to,

Answer 11

he is still the son of his parents, you just list his bio mom and bio dad, leave the step parents out of it if you are worried about it not being balanced.