Invitation proof and question about groom's name

Re: Invitation proof and question about groom's name

• dolewhipper member

  

  January 2015

  I would not have junior on it's separate line, more so from an aesthetic sense.

  
  

  Seeing the stock photo, regardless if it is spelled out or not, I get the impression you're having a formal wedding.
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Maggie0829 member

  

  January 2015

  Using Jr. is less formal but I doubt someone will look at that and then look at your invite and think "oh since they used Jr. then it must be a casual wedding."

  
  

  Is there a way to keep your FI title and use Jr. instead of junior in the larger font you like?  That way you are still following with the traditional wording but getting the font you like.

  
  

  And I vote no on the junior being on the next line.  Doesn't look right at all and probably isn't.

  
  

  Oh and you don't need "in the evening" since most people will know that you don't mean 6 AM.

  
  

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• crackktheskyy member

  

  January 2015

  dolewhipper said:

  I would not have junior on it's separate line, more so from an aesthetic sense.

  
  

  Seeing the stock photo, regardless if it is spelled out or not, I get the impression you're having a formal wedding.
  

  Thanks for the feedback! It is a formal wedding and I had a feeling that putting "junior" on a separate line was wrong/looks bad. I think I will have to figure something else out.

  
  

  It's such a tough call because everyone I've shown the invitations to has unanimously liked the larger font with the "Jr." abbreviation more than the smaller font.
  

  
  

  Maggie0829 said:

  Using Jr. is less formal but I doubt someone will look at that and then look at your invite and think "oh since they used Jr. then it must be a casual wedding."

  
  

  Is there a way to keep your FI title and use Jr. instead of junior in the larger font you like?  That way you are still following with the traditional wording but getting the font you like.

  
  

  And I vote no on the junior being on the next line.  Doesn't look right at all and probably isn't.

  
  

  Oh and you don't need "in the evening" since most people will know that you don't mean 6 AM.

  Haha that's true about how the wedding will be perceived (formal/casual) but I also have this gut feeling that if I received the invite with "Jr." abbreviated and without his title, I would assume they were not proofed. I'm having a hard time justifying myself, haha.

  
  

  If I add his title back in but use "Jr.", she could probably do a font somewhere in between the two. With "Jr." abbreviated without the title, the font already spans as much of the paper as it can. Perhaps this would be a good compromise, though.

  
  

  I definitely won't be putting "junior" on the line below. It sounds like everyone does think it would look silly.

  
  

  Good catch on "in the evening." I had always heard it was optional but I liked how it balanced out the rest of the text and made the line a bit longer.

  

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• labro member

  

  January 2015

  So I was really curious about the question of Jr./Junior and checked Crane's. In short, it's ok but "less formal" to use Jr. instead of Junior on a wedding invitation. I don't think you can get rid of Junior since it distinguishes him from his father. I think for the case of making everything fit the way you want, I'd stick with Jr. and not omit Mr. either if at all possible. Your invitation still looks super formal and I don't think you'd lose out much by using Jr.

  Can “junior” be abbreviated or must it be spelled out?
  Properly, “junior” is written out. Abbreviating “junior” to “Jr.” is less formal but still acceptable. When written out, a lowercase j is used. When abbreviated, the J is capitalized. The abbreviation is commonly used when the groom has an exceptionally long name. A comma always precedes “junior,” whether written out or abbreviated.

  My fiancé is a “junior.” His father, however, has passed away. Does my fiancé continue to use “junior”?
  Since your fiancé and his father shared the same last name, your fiancé used “junior” to distinguish himself from his father. Now that his father has passed away, he no longer needs to use “junior” and may drop it from his name. Of course, if either your fiancé or his father was a well-known public or private figure, your fiancé would continue to use “junior” to avoid any confusion.

  When are “II” and “III” properly used?
  Although it may seem as though “junior” and “II” can be used interchangeably, they are actually different designations. “Junior” is used by a man whose father has the same name as him, whereas “II” is used by a man who has the same name as the older relative (usually a grandfather) other than the father. The “III” is used by the namesake of a man using “junior” or “II.” When used on an invitation, a comma usually precedes the “II” or “III.” Some men prefer to omit the comma. Either way is correct.

  
  

  
  

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• crackktheskyy member

  

  January 2015

  @LaPeanut1018 : Thank you so much! We are totally on the same page. Crane's and Emily Post have been my go-to guides for all of this. 

  
  

  I read that in Crane's but I'm just so picky about it. Like, I don't want to use a less formal suffix on a very formal invitation, you know?

  
  

  It sounds like I'm simply not going to be able to have my cake and eat it too! Oh well, they are still nice looking invitations either way.

  

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• CMGragain member

  

  January 2015

  You have two options for your fiance's name:

  
  

  Mr. John Patrick Smith, junior

  
  

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  Mr. John Patrick Smith

  

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• crackktheskyy member

  

  January 2015

  @CMGragain : Thank you! I can always rely on you to be of help with these things. Now that it's official, I wanted to let you know that we went with Mr. John Patrick Smith, junior

  
  

  I always appreciate your honest advice!

  
  

  FI wanted his suffix to be included, so we stuck with the traditional wording. Thank you again!

  

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