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invitation wording

mari4157mari4157 member
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I don't know if since we are paying for the wedding and my father and both his parents have passed away do we put the parents names on the invitation?

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Re: invitation wording

  • Pretty ParulaPretty Parula
    1000 Comments
    edited December 2011
    You don't have to. You could say "together with our families, we invite you..." or just say "Bride and Groom invite you..."
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  • umcollegegrlumcollegegrl
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    edited December 2011

    IMO it's entirely up to you and what you want you invitation to look like/read.

    We paid for pretty much everything ourselves, and DH's father had passed, but ours read:

    Because you have shared in our lives
    by your friendship and love, we

    Cheryl L T
    and
    Scott W E

    together with our parents,
    invite you to share
    the beginning of our new life together
    when we exchange wedding vows

    Date


     We tossed around the idea of "together with our families" or just leaving that line out all together, and we didn't want to list out our parents names, but we wanted to include them regardless of their monetary support. 

    I say do whatever makes ya happy :-)

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  • cherriterri519cherriterri519
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    edited December 2011
    All of our parents are alive, but we paid for the wedding.  We did something similar to umcollegegrl.
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  • mlharbismlharbis
    500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    I think it depends entirely on what you want. I am paying for hte wedding out of my money and FIs parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner and all other parents of the groom responsibilities (brides bouquet etc). I have always wanted a traditional wedding and don't care if people know who paid for what so our invitiation just says:
    Mr. and Mrs. Michael H
    request the honour of your presence
    at the marriage of their daughter
    Margaret Louise
    and
    John Turner G Jr
    son of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner G Sr.
    date
    place etc

    So, do whatever you want. Its your day and no one can tell you that how you worded your invitation is wrong!
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  • cjbwifey2010cjbwifey2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    MLH...my invitation kind of sounds like yours! I've always wanted a traditional invitation as well and really didnt care about who paid and who didnt... so my invitation (once i get them done...) will read

    " I asked for light, God gave me the sun
      I asked for water, God gave me rain
      I asked for happiness, God gave me you..."

    It is with great pleasure that Mrs & Mrs. H P
    request the honor of your presence
    at the wedding of their daughter
    Jessica P 
    to 
    Carl J B
    Son of _________ and _________
    date
    place.

    I need to get cracking on the invites...seriously! We're only 3 months out! So...i ordered a sample today and we shall see what happens from there!
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  • umcollegegrlumcollegegrl
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    mlh - shouldn't it read Margaret TO John, not and?  like cjb wrote for hers?  don't know if it was what you meant to put or not
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  • mlharbismlharbis
    500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    ya mine says to. Sorry I was doing it from memory and kinda in a hurry!
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