Invitation Wording

krissylee3

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm a little confused about invitation wording.  My parents are divorced, neither re-married.  We're having a catholic wedding mass.  My parents and FI parents are paying the bulk of the wedding?  What wording would you suggest?

 

Thanks!

Krissy.

monkeysip

Here was our wording:

Mr. and Mrs. Dad Monkeysip 

request the honor of your presence

at the nuptial mass in which his daughter (I wrote "his" because it's my dad and stepmom)

Monkeysip first and middle name

and 

Fiance first and middle name

son of Mr. and Mrs. Fiance's parents

will be united in the sacrament of holy matrimony

Saturday, the first of June

Two thousand Thirteen

at two o'clock in the afternoon

Church name

Church address

City,State

Since your parents are divorced, instead of writing "Mr. and Mrs....", you'd write 

"Ms. Krissy's Mom

Mr. Krissy's Dad

request the honor..."

Some people prefer to just write "Together with their families, Bride and Groom request the honor of your presence..." to simplify the whole thing.  But you have to consider whether your parents want their names on their or not, and since they're hosting, they probably will.

professorscience

I would think you could do a few things:

Mrs. Krissylee

Mr. Krissylee

And

Mr. and Mrs. Krissylee'sFI'sparents

Invite you to the wedding etc. etc. etc.

OR

Together with their families

You

and

FI

request the honor of your presence

etc, etc.

I used Emily Post when wording my invitations:

http://www.emilypost.com/weddings/wedding-invitations-and-announcements/337-formal-wedding-invitation-variations-and-samples

wittykitty14

Technically, you shouldn't put divorced parents names on the same lines.  My parents are divorced too, and paying for a lot of the wedding, my mom mostly.  My parents divorce has only been in the last few years, and it's still an ongoing issue.  Neither myself, or my mom was comfortable having my parents in separate lines, or even on the same one.  I did the "together with their families" thing, and it avoided the whole issue! 

krissylee3

Thanks ladies!  I really appreciate you answering this.