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Including the parents on the invitation but informally

snl526snl526
in Wedding Invitations & Paper
I wrote out what I wanted on my invitations and just put "together with their families".  My mother got upset because her and my father's name was not on the invitation.  They aren't paying for the wedding and neither is his parents.  I don't want my invitations to sound too formal.  How to I include my parents names without making it formal and without making it look like my parents are the ones hosting the wedding?
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Re: Including the parents on the invitation but informally

  • LeiselEBLeiselEB member
    2500 Comments Second Anniversary 5 Love Its
    Having parents' names doesn't make a wedding more formal. The only time parent's names are on invitations are if they are considered the hosts - not necessarily that they are paying for everything, but that they are hosting the wedding. If this is the case it'd be fine to have your parents names on the invite:
    "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
    request the pleasure of your company
    at the marriage of their daughter...."

    If you and your fiance are the hosts, then do something like this:

    The pleasure of your company is requested
    at the marriage of
    Bride Full Name
    and
    Groom Full name
    etc.

    You can use that same format and play with the wording, if you like.

    Don't worry about the wording being too formal - I think the style (colors, fonts, layout, paper style) make more of a statement on formality anyway.
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  • lalaweddingdivalalaweddingdiva member
    100 Comments 5 Love Its
    "Together with their parents"?  I agree with PP, it's inappropriate to put their names if they're not actually hosting the event. 
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