Wording: Couple + Bride's Parents Hosting

Re: Wording: Couple + Bride's Parents Hosting

• LeiselEB member

  

  January 2012

  I would just do the standard wording. I must admit I'm a bit surprised that you've never seen wording of just one set of parents hosting - it's certainly the most traditional way.

  
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Brides' Parents

  request the honour of your presence/pleasure of your company

  at the marriage of their daughter

  Bride First Middle

  to

  Groom Full Name

  date

  time

  venue

  city, state

  
  

  I know that you and your fiance are also hosting, but if you want to include your parents and not your fiance's (together with their families..) this seems to me to be the best way to go. 

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• quittingtime member

  

  February 2012

  My parents don't care. They're contributing about 25%. Us about 75%.

  
  

  But I don't want to do the "together with our parents" since his parents are not contributing.

  
  

  Didn't know if there was wording to denote the couple splitting with 1 set of parents.

  
  

  Thanks,

  Beth

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• ceh789 member

  

  February 2012 edited February 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_wording-couple-brides-parents-hosting?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:11699de4-772a-479c-921a-6de2e53b14daPost:270b17dc-d951-4254-8ed1-65e3160545b0">Re: Wording: Couple + Bride's Parents Hosting</a>:
  [QUOTE]My parents don't care. They're contributing about 25%. Us about 75%. But I don't want to do the "together with our parents" since his parents are not contributing. Didn't know if there was wording to denote the couple splitting with 1 set of parents. Thanks, Beth
  Posted by egattolin[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>Is it really important to you that people know his parents didn't contribute?</div><div>
  </div><div>I have the same situation and since my parents didnt' care I went with 'together with their parents'.</div>

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• AurorasEnvy

  

  February 2012

  I had the same situation.  I worded it like this:

  
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Bride's parents

  invite you to the wedding of, etc etc

  
  

  Me

  to

  FI

  
  

  son of Mr. and Mrs. FI's parents

  
  

  
  

  That way my parents are still getting recognized for hosting (paying for about 1/3-1/2 of the wedding) but FI's parents won't be mad they weren't on the invite.  Somehow I get the impression FMIL wouldn't accept the whole "but etiquette dictates that only the parents who host get put on the invite..." argument, and it's not worth the trouble it would cause not to include them.

  
  

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