wedding invitaion ettiquitte?

Question

If my mom is paying for the wedding should his parents be listed on the invitation and if so what wording should be used.

Answer 1

I like the traditional invites omitting the grooms parents names, but I guess thats because my parents hosted the wedding and I dont get along with my MIL so any chance to stick it to her was ok in my book. I see no problem if you want to put his parents name, as long as your parents dont mind. (I would ask them how they feel since they are hosting your wedding)
If you choose to do this it should read like this
Mr and Mrs John Smith
request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their duaghter
Jane Smith
to Bob Jones
son of Mr and Mrs Harold Jones

you can check www.verseit.com for additional wordings to include his parents names as well.

Good luck

Answer 2

It doesn't matter who is paying, if both sets of parents are alive then they should be listed on the invitation. It should read something like: Mr. & Mrs. Parents of the Bride and Mr. & Mrs. Parents of the Groom would like to request the honour of your presence at the wedding of their children ***** and *****. Where ever you order them from will help you with everything. Good luck and God Bless. Please don't start your marriage out with discord all because of who paid for what. Remember the parents of the bride are suppose to pay for the wedding, if you are going by tradition.

Answer 3

True, who is paying is not the point, the names of who is hosting is on the invitation. If you want to give the groom's parents equal billing with your mom, it can be something like mrs Jane doe, and mr and mrs richard Roe request your presence at the marriage of their children.

It is all up to you and how you want to handle it, and if there will be any expectations or hurt feelings. Some care a lot, some not much.

Answer 4

Yes out of respect for your fiance's parents and for good will, a nice gesture would be to put their names on the invitation in a way as follows:


Mr. and Mrs. John Jones request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Joan Marie Jones to
Mr. John C. Campbell son of Mrs. and Mrs. Clifford J. Campbell on Saturday the ninth of June, Two Thousand and Seven at 5:00 O'clock in the afternoon at St. Johns Catholic Church at 3786 Simpson Street, Cleveland, Ohio

Of Course this is all centered and layed out in the proper manner on an invitation.


On another card put:

Cocktail Hour at 6:30 PM
at The Fox Hollow Inn
3976 Jericho Turnpike
Cleveland, Ohio
Dinner immediately following
at 7:30 PM

Another card enclosed

Mr. and Mrs..............................
will attend ..............will not attend...................
Please reply by May 16, 2007

This is the way it is normally done. Good Luck

Answer 5

As your mom is in effect hosting the event you could just put her name on the invites but it would be more diplomatic to put both. There several variations on the correct wording which also depend on the type and location of your wedding service.

Answer 6

Mr & Mrs. Smith (bride's parents)
and
Mr. & Mrs. Jones (groom's parents)
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of
Bride's name
and
Groom's name
blah blah blah

Answer 7

Well, usually the person sponsoring the wedding puts their name on it.

However, it's become OK (and really rather nice) to have both sets of parents on the invitation.

Mr. and Mrs. _______ and Mr. and Mrs. _______ request your presence at the wedding of their children, _________ and _________.

Answer 8

The invitation should read your mom's name invites you to the marriage of bride and groom and if you want son of grooms parent name

Answer 9

Yes, his parents should be included in the invitation.

Answer 10

if you go to www.davidsbridal.com there is a section in there for choosing invitation and different types of wording. this site also offers 20% off of your invitations at checkout. as far as if they should be on there, that is up to you, your fiance, and them.