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Deceased father of the bride listed on invitation?

Morgan, on March 19, 2022 at 11:36 PM Posted in Planning 0 5

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Hi All:

I am having a tough time with invitation wording. I lost my dad in 2015. It just doesn’t feel right to me to not include him on my wedding invitations. Both parents are hosting the wedding, so this is how we are wording the invitations:
(bride’s parents)together with(groom’s parents)invite you to celebratethe wedding of their children
(bride’s name)and(groom’s name)
I am really stuck on where to include my dad. I can’t make it seem as though he is doing the inviting because he is obviously not with us anymore. Does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking of adding “daughter of the late Mr. (dad’s name)” underneath of my name on the invitation but it looks kind of awkward.
Thanks for your help

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Latest activity by Christina, on March 20, 2022 at 3:26 PM

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Hannah · on March 19, 2022 at 11:50 PM
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"Together with their families, Morgan [last name] and [groom] invite you to celebrate..." would probably work best.
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Grace · on March 20, 2022 at 12:03 AM
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I read somewhere that you could use "[parent’s name] and the late [parent’s name] with [groom's parents] invite you to celebrate the wedding of their children..."
Though I would probably include the groom's parents individually, since your parents would be separately named.
Otherwise, Hannah's suggestion of just having you and the groom do the inviting also is a good alternative.
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Michelle · on March 20, 2022 at 9:15 AM
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It sounds like you would like all parents listed. For informal invitations, you can list persons at the end. "With joyful hearts, we ask you to be present at the wedding celebration of X and Y on [date, location]
[space]
Mrs. X and the late Mr. X (Bride's parents)
Mr. and Mrs. Y (Groom's parents)
Formal:
[bride]
daughter of
Mrs. X
and the late Mr. X
and
(groom)
son of Mr. and Mrs. Y
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage . . .
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Christy · on March 20, 2022 at 10:57 AM
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I like Michelle’s ideas. I think you should list him in the invitation. I’m older and we are hosting our own wedding but I still want my dad included so I have added a memorial moments part in the ceremony where the reverend mentions him as well as my stepfather who died recently. I’ve also seen where some brides pin a picture of their loved one onto their bouquet so they have them there sort of.
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Christina · on March 20, 2022 at 3:26 PM
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If she’s sticking with formal etiquette, she wouldn’t be putting ‘together with’ since she said both side of parents are hosting. Now if the couple is sharing equally the cost, then they can put ‘together with’. I really hate etiquette sometimes.
For ours, although we are contributing approx 10K, my parents are paying the majority, despite arguments, and therefore only their names are listed as the hosts.
Maybe she can put mom’s name ‘with honor of the the late ‘dad’s name,’ and ‘grooms parents’ names…..?
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