I have started working on our invitations. I have a question about my FI's parents. My parents are hosting, so their names will go on the top of the invite. After my name and Fi's name, we would like to include son of________ Please help me with this.
His parents are divorced. His mother is remarried but goes by her maiden name because of her career. We would like to include the stepdad because he is a big part of FI life. This is what I have (names changed) but I feel like the parents names that I highlighted in red are wrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jackson
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Jessica Lynn
to
Mr. Cooper Donald Walsh
son of
Doctor Mary Marks and Mr. Simon Blue
Doctor Clark Walsh
Thursday, the fifth of March
two thousand fifteen
at five o'clock
A Plantation House
Wherever, Hawaii
Edited for spelling
Re: Invitation Name Help Please
Here is the correct wording:
You should list your FILS in your wedding program, not the invitation, and you can honor them with toasts at the reception.
PS. For internet safety I edited the names. Don't put your real names out there for internet crazies!
It would be acceptable to list your FILS if they were hosting your wedding. They are not. Why do you insist on putting them on your invitation? They do not belong there.
Listing the parents on the "son of" line can be done. In your case, that will take up three lines of type. It is not traditional, but it can be done. Your future step father cannot be listed as the groom's father because he is not.
If you do list his parents, your FI does not get the title "Mr.". He is the son of the people you listed, not the grown adult. This is somewhat insulting to him, which is why it is not traditional to list the groom's parents. The idea is that everyone knows who you are marrying, and it needs no explanation. Traditional wording works best.
Labels are tacky. The only people on this boards who will recommend them are the same brides who did it themselves, and they are in the minority!
Usually when brides ask an invitation question, they want the correct, etiquette approved advice, not someone's personal opinion.