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Invitation Wording Question

My finace wants to add the line "Son of Mr. and Mrs. XXX" beneath his name on the invitation. I am not sure why he would need it or when it is appropriate to use. He and his father have the same first name, but my fiance goes by his middle name so there is no confusion there (or so I would like to think). My parents are divorced and my mother is on a separate line already. I am worried its too much text to add the "son of" line with all of the other information that traditionally goes on an invitation.

Any advice would be great!
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Re: Invitation Wording Question

  •      Your situation is strangely similar to mine. My parents are divorced and on seperate lines of the invitation and my fiance has the same name as his dad and goes by his middle name. The name thing is so frustrating with all this wedding stuff, especially because he uses his first name professionally.
         Anyway, to answer your question you could ask for proofs both ways and see if having his parent's names really is too cluttered. I think it will probably look fine though and if that is what he wants you should try and make it happen. It is not the traditional thing to do, but it is quite common and I don't think anyone will think less of you for it.
  • A couple questions -
    Are his parents contributing financially?  Do they want their names on the invite (i.e. will they be insulted if they are not on there?)  You don't want to leave a bad taste in their mouths!  We are including the "son of" line just out of respect despite the fact that they are not contributing financially.

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  • If excluding his parents names would hurt their feelings, then put their names on it. There is nothing wrong with having it on there, but excluding them can hurt their feelings.

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  • While it's not traditional for the groom's parents' names to be on the invite, we did it anyway.  They weren't contributing financially, but they were a huge part in us being a successful couple and we wanted to acknowledge where we both came from.  It looked just fine on the invite.
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