Ladies,
FH and I are trying to decide how to word the invitations. We've found a lot of great wordings, but the issue we are having has to do with deciding who the ivitations will be sent by. We wanted to do parents, but we're not sure how to do it because his parents weren't married and so they have different last names. Then, we're having issues about name order. It looks to us that the dad's name is usually first, but he doesn't really want to put his dad's name first because his dad didn't raise him. We could just decide not to include his dad on the invitation (and FH isn't sure whether or not he's gonna invite his dad), but FH and I are close to his dad's family and we don't want to cause them any hurt feelings. What should we do?
Ladies,
FH and I are trying to decide how to word the invitations. We've found a lot of great wordings, but the issue we are having has to do with deciding who the ivitations will be sent by. We wanted to do parents, but we're not sure how to do it because his parents weren't married and so they have different last names. Then, we're having issues about name order. It looks to us that the dad's name is usually first, but he doesn't really want to put his dad's name first because his dad didn't raise him. We could just decide not to include his dad on the invitation (and FH isn't sure whether or not he's gonna invite his dad), but FH and I are close to his dad's family and we don't want to cause them any hurt feelings. What should we do?
You could issue the invitations from the two of you, and not list your parents by name but simply use the phrase ... "together with our parents." Our wedding invitations don't list parents at all and there were not hurt feelings from either of our families about it -- we're both in our 30s and our footing the bill for 90% of the wedding, so we felt OK doing it that way.
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If the parents are hosting (paying), list names.
request the honour of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Michelle Dana
to
Timothy William
son of
Saunda Smith and William Johnson
on DAY, the FORMAL DATE of MONTH
YEAR
at FORMAL TIME o'clock in the TIME OF DAY
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE
If you, FH, and parents are hosting, list all.
and
Timothy William
together with their parents
George and Tanya Bryant
and
Saunda Smith and William Johnson
invite you to share a day of happiness
when they exchange marriage vows
and ask God's blessings
as they begin their new life together
on DAY, the FORMAL DATE of MONTH
YEAR
at FORMAL TIME o'clock in the TIME OF DAY
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE
Living my life like it's GOLDEN!!
Thanks ladies...we were really worried about that. We are going to pay for it ourselves mostly, so we'll just put together with their parents.
My invitations are worded this way. FH & I are paying for 90% of this wedding.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mallary
and
Eric Burns
son of Ms. Joyce Burns
invite you to share a day of happiness
when they exchange marriage vows
and ask God's blessing
as they begin their new life together
on Saturday, the fifteenth of September
Two thousand and seven
at five o'clock in the evening
Winfield Scott Ballrooms
323 North Broad Street
Elizabeth, New Jersey
I love how your invitations are worded Askalot!
STBMrsJ you may want to follow SeptBride's (Askalot's) example.
Delight yourself in The Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart!Ps 37
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My FH and I are paying 100% of our wedding and invites read as follows:
will be united in marriage
June 27, 2007 @ 4:00 p.m.
At the hotel in Ocho Rios
Jamaica West Indies
Together with our children
we invite you to share
in this celebration that embraces
the sanctity of marriage,
the spirit of family,
and the pride of our ancestry.
Introducng the new Mrs. Durrant!!!
Well the invitations that I ordered says:
We invite you to join us in celebrating our love. On this day we will marry the one we laugh with, live for, dream with, love. We have chosen to continue our growth through marriage.
Please join
Janice K. Fisher
&
Lasean E. Blount
Friday, the twentieth of July two thousand and seven
at 6:30 in the evening at
Berkeley Plaza
735 Springfield Avenue
Berkeley Heights, NJ
And girl you can have them! lol
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Thanks Rhony! :-)
Thank you ladies. We're going to have to add his dad's name so that we don't hurt the rest of the family's feelings, so once we actually choose the wording we want (we have 3 typed pages of variations), I'll use your suggestions.
We have a great article on Wording your invitations. You gusy should read it or at least scan it for ideas. On our online invitations catalog you can find lots of verse choices for most situations.
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I agree with bamabride, to avoid all types of conflict, the invitation could be from the both of you and with things like "together with their parents". That way, no one gets offended.
Ginoue