HOW DO YOU HAVE YOUR INTRODUCTION ON THE INVITATION?

IFEFAD

I need some inspiration ladies...Thanks

tamtam7

We went the tradional/formal route.  It reads:

Mr. and Mrs. (my parents)
Request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Tam Tam to (FI name)
son of (his parents)
Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of June
Two Thousand and Ten
At Hlaf Past two o'clock in the evening

Venut Name
Venue Address
City and State.

It was just what was on my invitation template.  I hope I have answered your question correctly.  Oh!  And I also included information about the fact that we are just having hor'deovres (I always struggle with spelling that word) due to the time of day of the wedding and uhhh....our limited budget.

adgenya

We did

Bride's name

and 

Groom's name

along with their parents 

request the pleasure of your company

as they unite in marriage

date

time

venue info

amberlynned

We did this:

Groom's Parents

and

Bride's Parents

Request the blessing of your presence

at the marriage of their son

Groom

to

Bride

Date

Time

Venue info

Wedding website

missrekaeagle

Ours is:

The pleasure of your company
is requested at the marriage of
Bride's Name
and Groom's Name
Date
Time
Venue
Address

If we were getting married at church It would have been something like "The honour of your presence is requested at the marriage of...."

ufsweetiebear

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[QUOTE]We went the tradional/formal route.  It reads: Mr. and Mrs. (my parents) Request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Tam Tam to (FI name) son of (his parents) Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of June Two Thousand and Ten At Hlaf Past two o'clock in the evening Venut Name Venue Address City and State.
Posted by tamtam7[/QUOTE]

Ditto - we're having a church ceremony and a semi-formal reception.

PB-Bride2010

This is what we put on our invitations.

"Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one." --John Keats

TOGETHER WITH OUR PARENTS  
Bride's name
and  Groom's name
INVITE YOU TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF LOVE AS WE EXCHANGE OUR MARRIAGE VOWS 
Date  Time

Church address

lca315girl

Ours read: Ms (my mother's name) And Mr. And Mrs. (my father's name) Request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter (my name) To (FI's name) Saturday the fifth of June At three in the afternoon Name of church Address of church

KMB611

For ours we did:

Bride's name
and
Groom's name

together with their parents
invite you to share in their joy at their wedding

on [date]
Two thousand and ten
at [time]

Venue name
Venue address
Venue city and state [spelled out w/o zip code]

Reception immediately following

We respectfully request that children are not brought to the wedding and reception.

IFEFAD

Thanks ladies.......I am just having a issue because his parents are not helping us financially and my parents are pretty much hosting everything so i dont want them to put them on introduction....They are not supporting in anyway, pretty much just showing up

NeColeMonet

Two lives united in friendship,Two friends united in love,One love united in Christ.My name&groom's namerequest the honor of your presenceas Christ unites them as oneon Saturday, the fourth of Septembertwo thousand and tenat five o'clock in the afternoonat the Venue Name

KMB611

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[QUOTE]Thanks ladies.......I am just having a issue because his parents are not helping us financially and my parents are pretty much hosting everything so i dont want them to put them on introduction....They are not supporting in anyway, pretty much just showing up
Posted by IFEFAD[/QUOTE]

If his parents aren't helping financially then you don't have to acknowledge them in any way on the invitation. My FI's parents aren't able to give us a whole lot of money but they are contributing some money. Let me know if you have any other questions. I don't mind helping.

amberlynned

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[QUOTE]Thanks ladies.......I am just having a issue because his parents are not helping us financially and my parents are pretty much hosting everything so i dont want them to put them on introduction....They are not supporting in anyway, pretty much just showing up
Posted by IFEFAD[/QUOTE]

<div>In that case I'd suggest you do:</div><div>
</div><div>Bride's Parents</div><div>request the honor of your presence</div><div>at the marriage of their daughter</div><div>Bride's Name</div><div>to</div><div>Groom's Name</div><div>Date</div><div>Time</div><div>Venue</div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div>this way FI's parent's aren't on the invitation at all...</div><div>
</div><div>HTH</div>

IFEFAD

Thanks Ladies, I agree and feel like they do not need to be on the introduction. All they are doing is "showing up"....SMOOCHES TO YOU ALL

MAGNUM06

IFEFAD :  This is just a question... Please dont feel "obligated" to respond if you are not comfortable... But....Just because his parents are not financially contributing... is that a reason not to recognize them on the invitation?  Now, I don't know the proper etiquette regarding this, thats why I'm asking.

IFEFAD

Hey Magnum,06

Its not even about the just the invitation. We have been engaged for over 5 months and his mother has not called me once. I called her at least 4 times, and have seen her once since we got engaged and it was by accident. I even called her on mother's day and did not get a response back.  His father has not called either or really reached out even to both of us. I don't think they have called my parents. My parents have reached out. The last time i talked to his was when he said to my fiance and i "I don't know why you are spending all that money on a wedding, when pretty much every marriage ends in divorce"....Not congrats so i told him that i would talk to him later and hung up on him......He knows how i feel and understands why i feel the way i do. He recently called his mother and told her that since she has not made an effort with much, she should not get mad that she is not being included in the planning process at all.

MAGNUM06

IFEFAD: "The last time i talked to his was when he said to my fiance and i "I don't know why you are spending all that money on a wedding, when pretty much every marriage ends in divorce"....

GOTCHA!!!!!

Hell NO!!!  Don't mention their azzes!!!  Daggone it... Don't even invite'm!!!

Who says that???  What kind of thing is that to say to somebody?, let alone your own son and his fiance???  WTH??!!! OMGoodness!!! I'm stunned speechless!!!!

IFEFAD

LOL, so now you know how i feel. I pretty much don't even care if they show at this point. Anyone that knows me knows that i dont bite my tongue so i think my fiance is scared of what i am going to say

MAGNUM06

Girl..... Rightfully so!!!!  I'd be scared of what I might say... and I dont even know the people!!!  OMGoodness!!!!

Dey KRAZY!!!!  Wit a K !!!!

cdmcdonald

I am new to the boards, but I had a similar problem with my own parents. They were not contributing to the wedding costs, so we put, " together with their parents"...yada yada yada and  They still got mad. ( or my mother rather) We didn't have to put that, but I did want to acknowledge our parents even tho neither are helping. But in the end, it's all up to you and your FI. Good luck!