Complicated Wedding invitation wording

Eracebo

Hello all! So my fiance and I are paying for a third of our wedding, my maternal side (mom and grandparents) are paying for the other one third and my Dad and his wife are paying for the remaining third. What is the best way to word this in our invitations? 

Your help is so very appreciated

HisGirlFriday13

Contrary to popular belief, paying does not give you the right to put your name on the invitation. This is not the symphony, where you buy sponsorship. The invitations are issued from the hosts of the event, regardless of who is paying for what.

If it's an equal thing, word the invitations:
Together with their families
You Firstname middlename Lastname
And
FI Firstname Middlename Lastname
Request the pleasure of your company (if the wedding is outside a church building)/request the honour of your presence (if it's in a physical church building)
At their marriage
Date, time
Place


Also, in future, please lurk a little and read previous threads in this board. Your particular question has been asked and answered dozens of times.

[Deleted User]

The option of "Together with their families Jane Smith and Bob Jones would..." if my favorite option. It covers everyone involved then without being specific or stepping on anyones toes.

Eracebo

Thank you, I appreciate your help. 

NYCMercedes

"Together with their families" implies the groom's parents are paying too. I recommend CMGr's first format as that covers each of your parents.

Jen4948

NYCMercedes said:

"Together with their families" implies the groom's parents are paying too. I recommend CMGr's first format as that covers each of your parents.

Actually, "together with their families" does not imply who is paying-only who is "hosting," which does not equal paying.  Who is paying is none of the guests' business.

Nightingalejules

It turns out that despite having been offered "help" from FI's dad, he hasn't really come through. But we wouldn't leave him off the invitation. I like "Together with their families" - we used "along with their parents and listed all the parents' names" and I'm happy with that. At this point in the planning process it would be nice if the extra funds magically appeared, but we've dealt with it, and leaving people off the invitation feels a little petty to me. We decided it was an "all the names or none of the names" thing, and we went with all, since there was sufficient room on the invite.