Earn cash as you plan. Get a $20 gift card for every 200 points with The Knot Rewards
Wedding Invitations & Paper
silverart
member
Bride's or Groom's name first? Help!
Hi, my FI and I are hosting our wedding. we would like to include our parents names too. However, my list of invites are only 9, and his about 50. My name begin with J and his N.
He does everything to make me happy and satisfied. He says it doesnt matter how i word the invitations, but i like to do things perfect.
since his list of invites is bigger than mine i was wondering to put his name first.
wat should i do?
His parents are paying for the food & drinks and mine gonna do decor, appetizers,cake, favors, some drinks, some food.
i dont want to be selfish cuz i love him soooo much, and the pple i'm invitin are jus my neighbours and my parents friends, so its jus a few. should i put his name first? or that might be not traditional? i need to confirm today with the printery and i'm so confused. need sum help fast.
thanks.
J
He does everything to make me happy and satisfied. He says it doesnt matter how i word the invitations, but i like to do things perfect.
since his list of invites is bigger than mine i was wondering to put his name first.
wat should i do?
His parents are paying for the food & drinks and mine gonna do decor, appetizers,cake, favors, some drinks, some food.
i dont want to be selfish cuz i love him soooo much, and the pple i'm invitin are jus my neighbours and my parents friends, so its jus a few. should i put his name first? or that might be not traditional? i need to confirm today with the printery and i'm so confused. need sum help fast.
thanks.
J
This discussion has been closed.
Re: Bride's or Groom's name first? Help!
You have numerous options for wording. A couple of "standard" wordings are:
"Bride
and
Groom
Together With Their Parents"
or
"Mr. and Mrs. Bride's Parents Request the Honor of Your Presence at the Marriage of Their Daughter
Bride
to
Groom (at this point, you could include "son of Mr. and Mrs. Groom's Parents" if you choose.)"
Also, I'm sure your printer will have ideas if you talk to them.
His parents are divorced. Mine are together. It was too hard to put parents names on ours. Traditionally if the bride's parents are paying for everything, then they request the honor of your presence in the marriage of their daughter _______ to ________. My parents are paying for everything and what they aren't, we are picking up the rest. His are not contributing. I decided a nice way to include our families without stepping on toes was to do the following:
Together with their parents,
(Bride) and (Groom)
invite you to share with them
a celebration of love.
Et cetera.....
Hope that helps!
the only prob was that his list of invites was longer dan mine so wen he goes out to give invites, his name would be first. well printery called me to confirm , so i changed it and put my name infront instead. our wedding card style allows for names to be in front cover of the card, so i put his name first, and inside i put my name first.
[QUOTE]thanks. we were both puttin our names, and den saying together with our parents (list their names). the only prob was that his list of invites was longer dan mine so wen he goes out to give invites, his name would be first. well printery called me to confirm , so i changed it and put my name infront instead. our wedding card style allows for names to be in front cover of the card, so i put his name first, and inside i put my name first.
Posted by silverart[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry but this just made my eyes bleed. You mean putting, then, than, and when
Mrs. Blog | Ms. Bio
I asked for some feedback concerning invites. I didn't ask for your advice int he english language.
Anyways, FI and I will be using
Together with their parents
My name
and
FI's name
request the honor of your presence... yada, yada.
ETA: Oh yeah, and the bride should be listed first regardless of who is paying or who has a larger number of invites.
OP, did you order a proof?
planning
[QUOTE]PLEASE people, don't be criticizing and making a big issue out of nothing. Broken english, people do this all the time. Don't tell me you're perfect and you don't shorten your sentences especially when you're in a hurry. I asked for some feedback concerning invites. I didn't ask for your advice int he english language.
Posted by silverart[/QUOTE]
I wasn't trying to criticize, but it's hard to read the words 'den' and 'dan' and know that it means 'then' and 'than'. I certainly am not perfect, especially when typing quickly, but I certainly keep the English language intact. I can't even stand to abbreviate when texting.
To your question: the bride's name always goes first.
thanks
And while I agree that others could have phrased their concerns in a better way, the advice to phrase any post in a way that it will be easy for others to read is sound.
Things like a long block of text with no paragraphs, intentional broken English or the use of abbreviations that are not widely accepted make your post something that is harder to understand.
When you create the OP of a thread, you're requesting feedback. Please do your best to phrase it in a way that it will be widely understood by others. There may be people who don't respond to a thread simply because of how it was phrased.
thanks to all those who positively contributed to my questions of whether the bride or groom come first.