Hello! I'm going to be ordering my wedding invites very soon, but am not so sure about the wording and how much that really means..... my parents are basically funding our main budget. I have put in money myself for most of my own things such as my dress and accessories for the big day, and most of the accessory items such as cake topper, cake server/cutter, groom and father bouttonniers, lighting, sand ceremony items, card box, finishing touches, as well as our honeymoon and other things that I personally want. My hubby-to-be has also helped out with minor accessories as well such as my bouquets and his groomsmen bouttonniers, his mom's coursage, and he does want a particular beer along with our alcohol package so he will be paying for that among other small things. I have a few questions as to how I should word my invitations? His parents have given us a small amount of money and not really offered to help out as much as I thought they would. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely grateful, but where I am from I guess the tradition is for the groom's side to afford the alcohol and the rehearsal dinner. What they have given would basically only cover about a quarter of those expenses. The rest will be paid for by us and my parents. So I am wondering first of all, should I include his parents' names on our invitations along with my parents? If I only put my parents' names, is that rude? I wasn't sure about how much that matters. We will also plan on getting my parents a very nice gift for throwing us such a nice wedding, but I'm not so sure about getting his parents a gift. I was thinking maybe we should, but would it be wrong if we did not spend as much on a gift for them as we do for my parents? I just don't really know what the etiquette is...I'm not trying to be rude or ungrateful or leave anyone out, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.