wedding invitation wording help please

Re: wedding invitation wording help please

• doeydo member

  

  January 2014

  If your last name is not 'Young':
  Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young
  request the honor of your presence
  at the marriage of her daughter
  Susan Jane Greene
  to 

  Michael Francis Jacobson
  Saturday, the seventeenth of May

  two thousand and fourteen

  at half past four in the afternoon
  
  If your last name is "Young":
  Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young
  request the honor of your presence
  at the marriage of her daughter
  Susan Jane 
  to 

  Michael Francis Jacobson
  

  Saturday, the seventeenth of May

  two thousand and fourteen

  at half past four in the afternoon

  
  

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• meowcat84 member

  

  January 2014

  no this is just an example I found and would like to use.
  

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• tammym1001 member

  

  January 2014

  If your mother is widowed then you wouldn't say "Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young". I'm assuming Mr. Young is deceased here so he wouldn't be listed on the invitation. 

  
  

  
  

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• ashleyep member

  

  January 2014

  You would say 

  
  

  Mrs. Your  Mom's Name

  Requests the honour of your presense (or pleasure of your company)

  at the marriage of her daughter

  Your name (leave off last name if you have the same last name as your mom)

  daughter of the late Mr. Jeffrey Greene (this is probably not traditional etiquette, but you could do it)
  

  to

  Groom's Name

  
  

  
  

  You could also add after the groom's name:

  "Son of groom's parents" (Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Doe if they're divorced)
  

  
  

  

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• doeydo member

  

  January 2014

  I thought that OP's mother remarried to Mr. Young?

  
  

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• tammym1001 member

  

  January 2014

  doeydo said:

  I thought that OP's mother remarried to Mr. Young?

  I didn't even think of that. I just assumed since she said her mother was widowed that she hadn't remarried. 

  
  

  OP - can you come back and clarify so that we can help you with proper wording?

  
  

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• JoanE2012 member

  

  January 2014

  meowcat84 said:

  So my mom is paying for the wedding so do I just mention her name (the person hosting) or do I add both my moms and grooms parents? they are divorced and both not contributing so do I still mention them in the invitation? and my mom is also widowed. well here is what I found so far:
  
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young
  request the honor of your presence
  at the marriage of her daughter
  Susan J. Greene
  daughter of the late Mr. Jeffrey Greene
  to Michael Francis Jacobson

  or

  Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young
  request the pleasure of your company
  at the marriage of her daughter
  Susan J. Greene
  daughter of the late Mr. Jeffrey Greene
  to Michael Francis Jacobson

  Note:

  • Although you do not have to list the deceased parent's name, it's an option if you wish to honor them on the invitation.
  • "request the honor of your presence" is traditionally only used if the ceremony is taking place in a house of worship.

  
  
  

  Deceased family members should not be listed on an invitation.  If they are deceased, they no longer can host an event.  It is not an honor to be listed on an invitation.  Whoever is listed on the invitation is HOSTING, not necessarily paying.

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• CMGragain member

  

  January 2014 edited January 2014

  It is not an honor to be on an invitation!  It is only an honor to receive one.  If you put a deceased person's name on your invitation, you will be committing a major faux pas.  Initials are not allowed.  You must write out your name in full.
  
  Mr. and Mrs. Travis Young
  request the honour of your presence
  at the marriage of her daughter
  Susan Jane Greene
  to
  Mr. Michael Francis Jacobson
  Day, date
  time
  Church Name
  Address
  City, State
  
  

  You could also add after the groom's name:

  "Son of groom's parents" (Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Doe if they're divorced)
  

  
  

  The above italicized information is not correct.  Never put divorced persons on the same line.  The groom's parents do not normally appear on the invitation UNLESS they are hosting.  It does not "honor" them to put them on the invitation, and it really clutters it up.
  
  

  

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