Wedding invitation wording help?

Question

My married parents and his divorced parents are all making monetary contributions to our wedding, and my fiance and I are also paying for a portion. How do I word the invitations? My mother insists on her name being on the invitation.

I would love to put "together with their parents", but i need to actually list all the names as requested.

Answer 1

"Together with their parents, Jack and Diane request...."

That should do it.

Answer 2

Hi. You send a RECEPTION INVITATION....which, obviously differs from the wedding invitation. There are examples on the internet of wording. Here is one example: Sarah Jo Johnson and Brian Thomas Smith invite you to a celebration in honor of their marriage Saturday, the fifth of September Two thousand nine Six o'clock in the evening Golf Shores Country Club 111 Golf Shores Drive Tampa, Florida Sarah and Brian will be married in a private ceremony earlier in the day. Of course, this is just an example. Use Google and type in "reception invitation wording." There are lots of examples. You can also make it more informal by not spelling out the day, time, etc. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Of course your mother's name should be on the invitation, as should all the parents. It's not decided upon by who is paying, for gosh' sake, it's about the respect and the relationships.
Here's an example, but depends on the names of the divorced parents....
Jane Linda,
daughter of Frank and Lisa Smith
and
Michael Joseph
son of Fred ( ) and Lisa ( ) __________
- hope it's not confusing - but in brackets after his dad, if he is remarried you would put the new wife's first name there.
If the mother has remarried, her new husband's first name would go there, followed ___ by her new last name.
If his parents haven't remarried, use this -
Fred Jones and Lisa Jones (or her maiden name if she went back to it).
Good luck.

Answer 4

John and Jane Jones
request your presence at the marriage of their daughter
Julie Ann
to
Steven Scott Smith
son of
Samuel Smith and Stacy Johnson

or

Julie Ann Jones and Steven Scott Smith,
together with their parents
John and Jane Jones
and
Samuel Smith and Stacy Johnson
request the honor of your presence at their wedding/invite you to share in the joy of their union.

Answer 5

I'm not a expert on this stuff but I do know of a good resource that you may want to check out. My cousin recently had a wedding and he was asking the same question. They used Wedding Paper Divas as a reference which has a slew of articles about wedding invitation etiquette and wording. Hope this helps.

http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/general-wedding-invitation-etiquette.htm

Sincerely,

Brendan Picha

Answer 6

Jane Doe
and
John Smith
together with their parents
Sam and Ellen Doe (bride's married parents' names)
and
Frank Smith and Anna Johnson (groom's divorced parents' names)
request the honor of your presence,.....etc

Answer 7

I agree that all parents names should be on the invitation. It doesn't matter that you are also paying. It is a show of respect to the parents. Make it simple:

Al and Anne Smith
along with
Bob Jones and
Linda Jones

Answer 8

It will take up too much room to list all the parents, and there's no fair way of listing some and not others. I agree with the first post: " and , together with their families, cordially invite you to attend their wedding...."

Answer 9

It's okay to the traditional route and say:

Mr & Mrs. John Doe
request the honor of your presence
at the wedding of their daughter

Jane Michelle Doe

to

John Michael Smith

son of Mr. Michael Smith and Ms. Sarah Jones

(date)

Answer 10

if your mother insists that her name be there it's not too hard to work this, i know some people think it will be too word but how we're doing it is


Mr.Bride's Dad and Mrs.Bride's Mom
and
Mr. Groom's Dad and Mrs. Groom's Mom
Invite you to share in their joy blah blah blah

both of our parents are divorced
your's will be a little easier

Answer 11

Mr. and Mrs John Jacob Smith
together with Mr. Wallace Joseph Brown and
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Grainger
request the honor of your presence at the
marriage of their daughter and son,
Julia Jennifer Smith and Joseph Alan Brown
etc.