Hello. I am looking for some advice. I have been reviewing invitation wording web sites but can't figure this out. My fiance's father is deceased. His mother remarried when my fiance was 23. We want to include both of their names and my parent's names as all are helping to pay. We also want to use both of my mother in law's married names. And to top it off my father has a suffix. In trying to work this all out I have come up with a number of issues. So, my questions are:
1) If we are using our parent's first names is it okay for the male first name to come before the womans for example: Bill and Susan Westen? Or does it have to be Susan and Bill Westen.
2) If either is fine, would it be okay to have my mother's first name before my father's but to have the groom's step-father's first name before his mother his mother's?
3) If we are using first names instead of the more formal "Mr. and Mrs." is it appropriate to drop my dad's suffix?
Hopefully I haven't given you a headache. If you have any advice I am all ears!
Thanks,
Jessica