Wording Check?

amakayeb

Can you lovely ladies please let me know if my wording sounds okay? Thanks!

Together with their parents,

Mr. and Mrs. Bride'sFather'sFirst Last &

Mr. and Mrs. Groom'sFather'sFirst Last,

Bride's Full Name

&

Groom's Full Name

request the honour of your presence

at their wedding

Saturday, the twenty-eighth of June

two thousand and fourteen

at three o’clock in the afternoon

Name of Church

City, State

AddieCake

Invitation wording isn't really my forte, so I could be wrong about this, but something about listing the parents after saying "Together with their parents" looks off to me. We just said it w/o listing them. 

KatWAG

I believe that when you say "Together with their families/ parents" then you dont list the parents names. If you want their names, I would say something like:

Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith &

Mr and Mrs. Jeffrey Jones

request the honour of your presence

at the wedding of.....

 

amakayeb

Okay, I was just going off of the last couple invites I had gotten, plus the one guide I had.  Actually, the one I got just last week was worded almost exactly the same. I'll switch things around...

CMGragain

Who is hosting your wedding?  If your parents are hosting, then you do not also claim hosting credit.  Even if you are hosting your own wedding, you do not directly invite guests to it.  Here are your choices:

Mr. and Mrs. John Bridesparents
Mr. and Mrs. James Groomsparents
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of
Bride's Full Name
and
Groom's Full Name
Day, date
time
Church Name
Address
City, State

The honour of your presence is requested
at the marriage of
Bride's Full Name
and
Groom's Full Name
(etc.)

Together with their families
Bride's Full Name
and
Groom's Full Name\
request the honour of your presence
as they are united in marriage
(etc.)
(This last one is NOT traditional at all!)

amakayeb

I guess I just don't know how to determine who is hosting. We are close with both sets of parents, and they both are financially contributing to the wedding, along with my fiance and I. We are all working together on the planning. So I don't know what category that puts us in!

amakayeb

http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-invitations/articles/formal-wedding-invitation-wording-everyone-hosting.aspx

I was going off of this, but I thought it sounded kind of awkward that way, so I went with what was on another invitation I had seen. This is one of those little things that is way more complicated than it seems it should be!

KatWAG

amakayeb said:

I guess I just don't know how to determine who is hosting. We are close with both sets of parents, and they both are financially contributing to the wedding, along with my fiance and I. We are all working together on the planning. So I don't know what category that puts us in!

Then it sounds like "together with their families" would be the best option. Unless the parents feel strongly that both sets of names are listed.

amakayeb

I don't know about them, but I would really like both their sets of names on there.

Jen4948

amakayeb said:

I guess I just don't know how to determine who is hosting. We are close with both sets of parents, and they both are financially contributing to the wedding, along with my fiance and I. We are all working together on the planning. So I don't know what category that puts us in!

Paying doesn't equal hosting, because someone can contribute funds without doing these things.  Also, the financial arrangements are not the guests' business. 

Who's hosting is determined by who is acting as the "point persons" of the wedding, that is, who will be issuing the invitations, receiving the responses, greeting the guests at the wedding, and seeing that their needs are met? If that's just you and your FI, you word the invitation accordingly.  If your parents are involved in that, then they are listed as hosts.

CMGragain

Go with my first option.