Looking for some feedback on how to word our invites.
To make the long story short, my fiance and I are not a big fan of his step-dad. However, his step-dad's family WAS a big part of his life when he was younger so there are a lot of relatives being invited from that side of the family.
In order to avoid drama we are agreeing to put the step-dad's name on the invite. My mom and dad are paying for the entire wedding...and my mom's request is to have her full name on the invite instead of "Mr. & Mrs. John Doe" or "Together with their families". The Step-Father will not be contributing a dime to the wedding.
However, this wording looks very strange to me:
Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Doe
and
Mr. Jerk-Stepfather Lastname and Mrs. Nicest-Person-Ever Lastname
The easy answer would be to omit the step-dad all together, or omit his family all together...but neither one of those is an option.
Thoughts?? How have people done their wording on their invites when it comes to spelling out names? I've looked at a ton of samples but wanted to get people's opinions on our specific situation.