Wording Wording Wording...

drakela2

I'm having trouble deciding how I should word our invites!  My parents are paying for a portion (60%).  My fiance's parents are divorced and both remairried.  His mom and step-dad are contributing as well (the other 40%).  His dad is really unable to contribute financially but is helping in other ways.  Is it rude to the parents contributing to have all three sets of parents named on the invites?

If I do list all three sets, should I do just that?

Mr and Mrs XXX

Mrs and Mr XXX

and

Mr and Mrs XXX

Who would have thought so much effort could be put into an invite??:)

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Yes, you could do it that way. You could also do "together with their parents." I'd ask each parent what they think about the wording, since they're all contributing in some way.

hlq2011

We did "Together with their families" and ran it by everyone involved; no one objected.

FWIW, our wedding is paid for partly by FI and I, equal parts by FILs and my stepmom (and dad's life insurance) and slightly by my mom.

Families was easiest.

Kristin789

PAYING is not the same thing as HOSTING the wedding.

Unless the bride's parents disapprove of the wedding and won't attend - or are deceased, the bride's parents host the wedding.  That means they do the tasks of HOST prior to the wedding and AT the actual wedding and reception.

You can choose to put DH's parents' names on the invitation also, but those names would go under his name.  See below:

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Drakela
request the honour of your presence
at the wedding of their daughter
Julie Anne
to
Mr. Robert Jones
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Doe
and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jones

opalsky007

Paying doesn't mean hosting, but the fact that you're the bride's parents doesn't necessarily mean you're hosting either.