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How do I write his parents' names?

achilvereachilvere member
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in Wedding Invitations & Paper
My FI's parents are divorced but his mom still goes by her married name, i.e. Mrs. Jane Doe (she HATES Ms.).

My invitation is going to read something like this (ignore spacing between lines):

Mr. and Mrs. _____ ______
Invite you to share in their joy
as their daughter
Alissa Leanne
gives her hand in marriage to
Peter Luke ______
son of Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Doe

or should it read:

son of Mr. John Doe
Mrs. Jane Doe

(as I said, she HATES Ms. so I'm probably going to keep it as Mrs. whether it's technically correct or not--I'd rather make my FMIL happy than Emily Post)

Oh, and I don't have a copy of my invite on this computer so I can't be positive about the capitalization, but I researched each line so I know that the capitalization is all correct on the actual invite.

Thanks!
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Re: How do I write his parents' names?

  • pirategal03pirategal03 member
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    son of Mrs. Jane Doe
    Mr. John Doe

    Her first.  Putting "and" between their names indicates marriage.  You're correct that "Mrs" is technically wrong, but if it's what she uses then I'd probably just go with it too.
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  • tenofcups4metenofcups4me member
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    Ditto Pirate. Her name first, 2 lines, no "and":
    Son of Mrs. Jane Doe
    Mr. John Doe

    And absolutely use the title she prefers, whatever that is.

    Personally, I would also make your name and the groom's name consistent -- either last names for both or neither. (Since his parents' names are there too, you don't need his last name any more than you need yours.)
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  • honeybee77honeybee77
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    who is paying for the wedding?  the wording you have suggests your parents are paying and his are contributing.  if your parents are paying, it is entirely appropriate-- and expected-- not to list his.  if you are paying, you can just list your names or listed "Bride and Groom, together with their parents..."  PP have answered your question, so I just thought I'd throw that out there in case that eliminates the problem altogether. :)
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