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Figuring out wedding invitation wording

SharingourloveSharingourlove
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So my FI and I were discussing the wording for the invites, and the etiquette says, since we're being married in a church, we need to put "the honor of your presecence" but my FI doesn't like that.

I'm thinking more along the lines of "The pleasure of your company is requested as we celebrate our union...."

We are both older, it's not his first marriage, and we are paying for everything.

Thoughts?  Ideas?  Thanks! :)
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Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording

  • nbrodienbrodie
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    edited December 2011
    I have the exact same situation, aside from being married in the church.  Here's our wording:

    We,
    Jane Smith
    and
    John Doe
    invite you to celebrate with us
    as we joing together in marriage
    on Saturday, the twenty-first of May
    Two Thousand and Eleven
    at Six O'Clock in the Evening

    Insert name of church and address

    Reception Immediately to Follow
    Insert name and address

    Insert wedding web page
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  • mgoss228mgoss228 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_washington-seattle_figuring-out-wedding-invitation-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:104Discussion:495461cb-9f13-4c27-8ab6-291e1844b9aaPost:1b5d720e-68fc-4afd-9694-1e5459aab2dd">Figuring out wedding invitation wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]"The pleasure of your company is requested as we celebrate our union...."
    Posted by Sharingourlove[/QUOTE]

    I think that's fine, for comparison (we aren't getting married in a church, and our parents are paying for part of the wedding), our invites had this wording:

    Together with their parents
    mgoss228 middle last
    and
    FI middle last
    Request the pleasure of your company at their wedding
    May 7
    two thousand eleven
    at half past five o'clock in the evening (not the actual time, because of potential creepy lurkers, but you get the idea)

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  • MacPandaMacPanda
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    edited December 2011
    Ours was similar:

    Together with their families
    Panda
    &
    Mac
    Request the pleasure of your company
    As they exchange marriage vows
    Saturday, the nineteenth of March
    Two thousand eleven
    (Time)

    (Place)

    etc.  Really any way you want to write it will work just fine.  Most people have no clue about what etiquette says. ;-)
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  • geminijen27geminijen27
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_washington-seattle_figuring-out-wedding-invitation-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:104Discussion:495461cb-9f13-4c27-8ab6-291e1844b9aaPost:28d119f8-3b64-4307-852e-d961ee1166b7">Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]at <strong>half past five o'clock </strong>in the evening Posted by mgoss228[/QUOTE]

    Something I just learned ... it should be half <strong>after</strong> five, not half past ... past is for funerals?  Not that it <em>really </em>matters, just something to throw out there.  :)
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  • mgoss228mgoss228 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_washington-seattle_figuring-out-wedding-invitation-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:104Discussion:495461cb-9f13-4c27-8ab6-291e1844b9aaPost:cbda9608-d30e-42a8-be25-4d2b0440b8cb">Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording : Something I just learned ... it should be half after five, not half past ... past is for funerals?  Not that it really matters, just something to throw out there.  :)
    Posted by geminijen27[/QUOTE]

    Interesting, I semi-copied my invite wording from one of the girls who is a regular on the Etiquette message board.... she's hella snarky (but with BEAUTIFUL invites), so that brings a smile to my face that she was "wrong." <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" />

    My actual ceremony time is at an "even" time (no 5:15, 5:30, etc), so I'm glad I wasn't etiquette-incorrect, lol.
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  • zoiesmurfzoiesmurf member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_washington-seattle_figuring-out-wedding-invitation-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:104Discussion:495461cb-9f13-4c27-8ab6-291e1844b9aaPost:91e59b4b-1588-4005-ae55-69722e8d3e6d">Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording : Interesting, I semi-copied my invite wording from one of the girls who is a regular on the Etiquette message board.... she's hella snarky (but with BEAUTIFUL invites), so that brings a smile to my face that she was "wrong." My actual ceremony time is at an "even" time (no 5:15, 5:30, etc), so I'm glad I wasn't etiquette-incorrect, lol.
    Posted by mgoss228[/QUOTE]

    I love that. I think that the girls on alot of international boards are hella snarky and most of them contradict eachother on "etiquette". <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />
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  • geminijen27geminijen27
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_washington-seattle_figuring-out-wedding-invitation-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:104Discussion:495461cb-9f13-4c27-8ab6-291e1844b9aaPost:91e59b4b-1588-4005-ae55-69722e8d3e6d">Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Figuring out wedding invitation wording : Interesting, I semi-copied my invite wording from one of the girls who is a regular on the Etiquette message board.... she's hella snarky (but with BEAUTIFUL invites), so that brings a smile to my face that she was "wrong." My actual ceremony time is at an "even" time (no 5:15, 5:30, etc), so I'm glad I wasn't etiquette-incorrect, lol.
    Posted by mgoss228[/QUOTE]

    For what it's worth, we went with half past, too ... half after just sounded weird to us.  And I don't think ANYONE would judge us for using it.  :)
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