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Groom's cold feet warmed up... what to write on New Invitations???

Basically my fiance got cold feet 2 weeks before our scheduled wedding last May 2012 and because I didnt want to marry someone with doubts who didnt feel 100% sure, I called of the wedding.  There was no foul play, no fight, no true reason behind it... just pure insecurity and nerves.

An extremely long story shortened, after begging for a second chance and doing every thing he can to win me back, he has done more than his share of apologies to me, both families and friends and he no longer doubts a thing and we are ready to tie the knot again...

Being such an awkward situation, even though everyone is happy we have worked things out, I have NO CLUE what to put on these invitations.  I want it to be light and funny and joyful that we are back together and are ready to be happily married... but we want to acknowledge that we realize this is strange.... any creative thoughts or ideas???

Re: Groom's cold feet warmed up... what to write on New Invitations???

  • I wouldn't try to make a joke out of it, people probably already know the situation, so I'd just do the invite like you would have done the first time.
    Anniversary
  • I agree with the others. If you try to make it funny or something, people might not get it. It's like trying to convey something important in an email or text to someone if you've ever done that- it doesn't come across the same way to them.
    Planning Bio

    Our wedding date is November 12, 2011

    110 invited 86 accepted! 20 can't make it 4 haven't responded yet
    RSVP Date October 12th, 2011

  • Yeah, we are pretty good humored about it and while it was a very serious thing that happened, we believe that everything happens for a reason and we feel closer than we ever have and have had the opportunity to express ourselves and our thoughts more now than we did before.... 
    Perhaps a simple..... Jess and Adam are tying the knot.... finally or again would be sufficient, I just dont want it to be read wrong, like an awful email... Smile
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_grooms-cold-feet-warmed-up-write-new-invitations-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0403824e-d191-4411-b7e4-c7d21d753f80Post:1819f15f-4047-4b09-92de-b1c73b2d0779">Re: Groom's cold feet warmed up... what to write on New Invitations???</a>:
    [QUOTE]Yeah, we are pretty good humored about it and while it was a very serious thing that happened, we believe that everything happens for a reason and we feel closer than we ever have and have had the opportunity to express ourselves and our thoughts more now than we did before....  Perhaps a simple..... <strong>Jess and Adam are tying the knot.... finally or again</strong> would be sufficient, I just dont want it to be read wrong, like an awful email...
    Posted by jezabelly8[/QUOTE]

    I still wouldn't do that.  Not knowing you as a couple, if I read that on your invite and knew that you had previously called off the wedding due to cold feet, I would kind of think that you still weren't taking the marriage seriously.  Obviously, that doesn't sound like the case, so I'd just stick with a regular invite.
    Anniversary
  • I agree with jemimi - if I read that I'd think you still weren't taking it seriously and since you are I would just go with normal wording and not worry about making a joke or acknowledging what happened before
    BabyFruit Ticker
  • Thanks Everyone! 

    The LAST thing I would want to do is make it look like we havent gotten past everything that happened or that we arent being serious!  He and I can look back and make jokes about how silly it seems now, but I think we will keep that between us and our immediate family.

     I really appreciate the input, I defintiely dont want to make it look like we are holding any bad feelings about it all.
  • I agree with pps. People won't think you're over it if you harp in about it. Plus, you can't say "again" because it didn't happen last time.
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