How to Word Wedding Invites

MR. AND MRS. JOHN PAUL FRAZIER

request the honor of your presence at

THE WEDDING OF THEIR DAUGHTER

Name of Bride

Name of Groom

SON of MR. AND MRS. DAVID JAMES ADKINS

on JULY 18th 2018 at SEVEN IN THE EVENING

So, if they are divorced do I still put them together like that? She hasn't dropped his last name and uses her maiden name as well.

No, you don't list divorced parents as above. It would be:

son of Mr. Robert Doe and Mrs. Jane Smith Doe (or however she lists he surnames).

I am planning on doing something like, ''the families of (bride) and (groom) request your presence at the wedding of their children at...''.

Maybe just "Together with their families" or maybe:

"Mr & Mrs [your parents]

Invite you to join them at the marriage of their daughter

Bride's Name

To

Groom's Name

Son of Mr [FFIL] & Mrs [FMIL]

..."

Putting the names of parents on the wedding invitation honors them for paying/helping with the invitation. Traditionally it was just the name of the bride's parents since they paid for the wedding. Now it gets more complicated. You have the following options:

1. Sweet and Simple:

Together with their families

Alexis Lee West

and

Taylor Eliot Keegan

request the pleasure of your company

at the celebration of their marriage

2. Traditional (w/ step parents)

Mom Name

Dad & Step-Mom Name

request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their daughter

Alexis Lee West

to

Taylor Eliot Keegan

son of

Other Mom Name and Step-Dad Name

Other Dad Name

3. Non-Traditional (no mention of family)

Alexis Lee West

and

Taylor Eliot Keegan

Invite you to join the fun

as they stand together

before family and friends

extending their friendship

to include the vows of marriage.

I would tell your Mom that you think it's important to acknowledge your FH's parents' contribution and use the language "Together with their families"

Okay, he is remarried but his step mom isn't very close to him and I'm not sure if we should list her.

We did "together with their families"

We had a similar situation. For our wedding invites we did:

Mr and Mrs [Bride's parents]

invite you the wedding of their daughter

[Bride]

to

[Groom]

son of Mr. [grooms father] and Mrs. [Grooms mother]

Then we had separate RD invites that said:

Mr [Grooms father] and Mrs. [Grooms Mother]

invite to the RD...

Everyone was happy. I personally wouldn't include the step mom.

How would you word the invitation where the father of the bride hasn't paid for the wedding and really isn't in the bride's life?