Step parent SOS

jcalma

Hi Everyone,

So my fiance's parents are divorced and have both remarried.  Does anyone know what the proper way would be to list the names?  Someone suggested just putting his parents' names, but I would hate to leave his step parents out!  They've both been around since he was a little boy.

Help please!

waltzingmatilda13

Are you talking about your invitations?

Can you just have your names and say "together with their parents"? I think that would cover all your bases.

ohwhynot

Don't leave them out!  Your instincts are right on that one.

Do you mean on invitations, or on programs, or what?  On invitations, the easiest may simply to say "the [bride] and [groom], together with their parents" . . .

On programs, list them as "Parents of the Groom:" 
Mother and Stepfather
Father and Stepmother

jcalma

lol ...that's exactly what we did with the invitations!  Too many names for one little card.  No, i'm talking about the ceremony programs where you list the names of the parents, the wedding party, the ceremony readings, etc.

Beachy730

I think when dealing with divorced parents its best to just write together with their families.  Another option you have is to just put your parents.  Some people might find that rude, but as far as I know it was always tradition to just put the bride's parents.  If both (or all) sets of parents are contributing then I think you should include them on their somehow, but together with our parents would be best.

If you really want to list them all you could do:

Mr. & Mrs. John Smith request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter

________
to
__________

son of

mother and stepfather
and
father and stepmother

waltzingmatilda13

Yeah, then I would do what OWN said. Don't leave anyone out, just list each couple on separate lines.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Personally, I'm only including my parents, but that's because they've only been divorced for 5 years and I wasn't raised by my stepparents. However, stepparents will get flowers.

But if he was raised by his stepparents, do what OWN suggested.

rknox88

My parents are divorced-my dad is engaged and is funding about 80% of the wedding.  My mom is remarried and they are covering about the other 20%.  FI's parents are contributing some too and we felt it would be appropriate to include everyone so our invites are reading like this:

Mr. Bride's Father and Mr. & Mrs. Bride's Stepfather
Together with
Mr. & Mrs. Grooms Father

Request the Honor of your presence
at the marriage of their children