Necessary to include thank you to parents in wedding program?

ali585

Is it necessary for us to include a thank you to our parents in our wedding program? I would kind of rather just write a general thank you to all our family members and friends. What's the norm? Thanks!

LeiselEB

Thank you in general are not required on the program, so you're good with either of those options. We didn't do a thank you to anyone, because we spoke to everyone at the reception, but I've seen plenty of programs with thank you to guests and to parents, and with general ones.

kateguess22

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[QUOTE]Is it necessary for us to include a thank you to our parents in our wedding program? I would kind of rather just write a general thank you to all our family members and friends. What's the norm? Thanks!
Posted by ali585[/QUOTE]

You really can do whatever you want. You can write a general thank-you to your families and guests if that is what you prefer.

tpender13

The programs themselves aren't required. So I think you could put in and leave out whatever you want.

Turtle&Star

Chime to all the PP.

ali585

Thanks for the feedback! I think we'll go ahead and include a little note to them. I just wasn't sure what the norm was. Most of the weddings I've attended didn't have programs.

Nickie431

If you've had a good relationship with your parents, a personally worded note of appreciation would probably be very meaningful to them.  Why not do it?  For DH and I, it was also important to recognize our parents' marriages (we're fortunate that all parents are living and still married to each other, so there were no feelings to be hurt) as models we hope to emulate.  We included in the thanks a mention that they'd been married a combined 68 years, as we feel that is an accomplishment to be celebrated.