I hate my real name! I go by a nickname and I have been called this name all my life. No one knows me as my real name except my parents but they never call me it. It is on 2 things- my birth certificate and drivers license (which I am changing when I change my last name).
My parents want me to use my real name on the invites. I told them I am not using my real name but b/c I am not using my real name, my nickname sounds funny with my middle name... so I am thinking of scrapping the middle name altogether. That means that FI should probably scrap his too (which he is fine with)... I'm just not sure how this would be worded and would it be weird to not have a middle name on the invites?
Also, what is the proper wording for the invite if FI's parents are divirced and re-married- do we still say "son of ____ and ______" even though they don'r speak to eachother, they are still his parents. I just didn't know if it would be weird to list their names together since they are no longer together.
Thoughts?

Re: Name on invite
As for your second part, are both parents hosting the event? If so you can simply put "Together with their parents, Ms. OwningAHome and Mr. OwningAHome..."
But if you really want to list them then I believe that since they are remarried you should list their spouses names as well. But I could be wrong here.
I guess we were thinking something like this "Mr & Mrs Dad&Mom invite you to the wedding of their daughter, Owningahome to Fiance, son of ______" and then is where I got stuck b/c I'm not sure how to list his parents.
[QUOTE]My parents are hosting. I guess we were thinking something like this "Mr & Mrs Dad&Mom invite you to the wedding of their daughter, Owningahome to Fiance, son of ______" and then is where I got stuck b/c I'm not sure how to list his parents.
Posted by OwningAHome1981[/QUOTE]
If your parents are hosting, there is no need to list his parent's names IMO.
[QUOTE]<strong>I would put your real name on the invitation. It's your formal name, and it's a formal invitation.</strong> For his parents, you could do: Groom Son of Ms. Mother in Law Mr. Father in Law Don't put them on the same line or join them with "and" if they aren't married anymore. While it isn't traditional, it's perfectly fine to include the non-hosting parents by name if you like.
Posted by MyNameIsNot[/QUOTE]
yes but no one knows me by that name... honestly ppl would be like who is this person b/c the real name and nickname are not similar at all, lol. It would confuse a lot of people b/c we are inviting a lot of people who are like 3rd and 4th cousins that have never even met me (my parents want them there).
We also want to include his parents names on the invite even though they are not hosting.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Name on invite : yes but no one knows me by that name... honestly ppl would be like who is this person b/c the real name and nickname are not similar at all, lol. It would confuse a lot of people b/c we are inviting a lot of people who are like 3rd and 4th cousins that have never even met me (my parents want them there). <strong>We also want to include his parents names on the invite even though they are not hosting.</strong>
Posted by OwningAHome1981[/QUOTE]
<div>Why not just use the following then?</div><div>
</div><div>Together with their families, </div><div>Bride and Groom</div><div>request the pleasure of your company...</div>
Yeah but we want to mention all the parents names. I guess 2 seperate lines for his parents rather than ampersand in between... Since they are not together anymore.
Thank you!