Help with a messy invite intro!

nati3113

Can i get some suggestions on how "cleanup" our invitation intro? 

Any ideas are appreciated!!!

 

here's our situation:

1. My parents are both helping & divorced, only my father is remarried.

2. His parents are both deceased, we both want to have them included, both out of respect and actual contribution they left behind.

3. We want to be the main hosts because we are footing a large portion of the bill (about 40%)

 

this is what we have so far:

 

Natalia Sxxx

and 

Jiries Zxxx

Together with their Parents

 

Mrs. (maiden last)  Sxxx

and

Mr. and Mrs. Galo Sxxx

and the late

Mr. and Mrs. Nadim Zxxx

 

Request the honor of your Presence.....

KaySea6213

Generally when you have so many sets of parents you leave it off at "[T]ogether with their parents/Request the honor of your presence..."

If you want to keep their names in though, you could leabe it just the way you have it. It may be the cleanest you will get all the parent names. It's also a good idea to ask your parents what they think.

harper0813

I agree that just "Together with their parents" makes it much cleaner (and I prefer it), but if your parents are like mine, they would be highly offended at not being included on the invitation.

I would omit "and the late Mr. and Mrs. Nadim Zxxx", unless it would hurt someone's feelings.

OliveOilsMom

Generally, deceased people are left off of the invitation.  If you wish to make a note in the program that FI's parents are missed and you are forever grateful for their contribution to your wedding, you can. 

My FIL passed away prior to our wedding.  On the invitation we only put son of Mrs. H's Mother.  So I understand where you are coming from at wanting their names on the invitation.  So please reconsider adding FI's parents to the invitation.

We also didn't put reminders of FIL everywhere.  It can be hard for surviving family members to see that FI's parents aren't there to see their son marry, so it's best to not broadcast this.  We only had 2 mentions of FIL that was public, one mention in the program and another during the Prayers of the Faithful during our ceremony.  We had other ways to honor FIL at our wedding that most people don't even know about.  Perhaps your FI can have a picture of his parents in his tux pocket, you can attach a necklace of FI's mom's to your bouquet, etc.

itzMS

Sorry about your FIs parents. Unfortunately, deceased people cannot host a wedding.

Does your mother still use "Mrs"? This would only be approprate if she retained your father's last name. In which case, her maiden name shouldn't be referenced.

It would be Mrs. Mary Smith (dad's name)
or Ms. Mary Johnson (maiden name)

"Honor of your presence" is only used if you're getting married in a church/house of worship, so if you are, that's cool.

Natalia Sxxx

and

Jiries Zxxx

Together with

Mrs. Mary Sxxx

Mr. and Mrs. Galo Sxxx

Request the honor of your Presence.

KatWAG

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_help-with-a-messy-invite-intro?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:01fc260f-76ac-4819-b000-5a0a78314414Post:2d435425-a0a3-448e-91cd-2e179eb6ec17">Re: Help with a messy invite intro!</a>:
[QUOTE]Sorry about your FIs parents. Unfortunately, deceased people cannot host a wedding. Does your mother still use "Mrs"? This would only be approprate if she retained your father's last name. In which case, her maiden name shouldn't be referenced. It would be Mrs. Mary Smith (dad's name) or Ms. Mary Johnson (maiden name) "Honor of your presence" is only used if you're getting married in a church/house of worship, so if you are, that's cool. Natalia Sxxx and Jiries Zxxx Together with Mrs. Mary Sxxx Mr. and Mrs. Galo Sxxx Request the honor of your Presence.
Posted by itzMS[/QUOTE]

This. Have an  "In memeoriam" section of your programs for Fi's parents.

nati3113

Thank you everybody for the insight! we'll definately be hashing this out tonight!

kristinanddan

Your mother definitely isn't Mrs. MaidenLast, as that is her mother.