wedding invitation wording etiquette ?
November 29, 2009
How do you word a wedding invitation where the bride’s parents are paying for 77% of the wedding and the groom’s are paying for 23%?
the 77/23 split was not intentional, that’s just what they are ending up paying…..
do you think that having their names listed on the invitation as the following is enough?–
mr. and mrs john doe (brides parents)
request the honour of your presence at the wedding of their daughter
jane doe
to
bob smith
son of mr. and mrs. james smith…….
or do you think that having both parents in the first lines are appropriate, given how much more the bride’s parents are paying?
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (brides parents)
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Helen Marie
and
Mr. Raymond Jones
Son of Mr. and Mrs Jones (grooms parents)
OR
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (brides parents)
Along with Mr and Mrs Jones
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of
Helen Marie
and
Mr. Raymond Jones
8 Responses to “wedding invitation wording etiquette ?”
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (brides parents)
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Helen Marie
and
Mr. Raymond Jones
Son of Mr. and Mrs Jones (grooms parents)
OR
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (brides parents)
Along with Mr and Mrs Jones
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of
Helen Marie
and
Mr. Raymond Jones
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By Lillyan on Nov 29, 2009
I would just say…
Together with their parents
Jane Doe and John Doe
invite you to celebrate…
The grooms parents covered an even smaller percentage of the wedding cost than that, and that was the phrasing we decided to go with. Nobody had any problems with it.
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By Sage on Nov 29, 2009
How did you come up with this number division?
Anyways, I think you should say,
Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr and Mrs Doe request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their children, John and Jane. The fact that the groom’s name is mentioned first is good enough.
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By nnaming2000 on Nov 29, 2009
check http://www.invitationsbydawn.com
They have TONS of versus, I found the website very helpful
good Luck
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By Kristen on Nov 29, 2009
We botched it and didn’t include the grooms’ parents and we are ‘paying’ for it now. I would suggest your research how to add the grooms’ parents to the invitation – save yourself a headache!
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By LdySprtn on Nov 29, 2009
It doesn’t matter who is paying for what, you just include both sets of parents’ names out of respect, and it shows who belongs to who!
I much prefer the wording -
Jane Mary,
daughter of John and Lois Doe
and
Robert Mark,
son of Peter and Marsha Smith,
request the honour of your presence…..
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By Lydia on Nov 29, 2009
Because you have shared in
our lives
by your friendship and love, we
Karrie Ester Bryant
and
Matthew Edward Mergesen
together with our parents
invite you to share
the beginning of our new life
together
when we exchange marriage
vows
Sunday, the sixteenth of December
Two thousand twelve
five-thirty in the evening
Casa Monica Hotel
St. Augustine, Florida
Reception to follow
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By Wedding Plannner and now B2B too on Nov 29, 2009
My mom’s paying for about 90% of mine. This is how I worded it.
Ms. Jane Doe requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter,
Elizabeth Marie
to
John Michael Smith,
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith
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By devilishangel on Nov 29, 2009