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Master August 2019

Invitation Wording

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CourtneyBrittain, on May 22, 2019 at 10:41 PM

I need some help with wording our invitations. My parents are paying for it and therefore, understandably, want some “recognition”.

FH and I originally wanted “together with their parents, Courtney and FH joyfully invite you to their wedding at X place and X time” but my mom vetoed that.

Our next option was “Mr. and Mrs. My Parents joyfully invite you to the marriage of their daughter Courtney to FH son of Mr. and Mrs. FH’s parents name” but FH’s mom didn’t like that because it sounded like it was MY party and his family was only invited out of obligation.

Any ideas? FMIL is saying she could make invitations for her side of the family to send but I know that would hurt my mom if she found out. Help!

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karen · on May 26, 2019 at 7:55 AM
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Your FMIL is a real piece of work. I would be worried she will send out more than the agreed on invites.
Your wording is fine, but maybe you go with:

Mr and Mrs Jones
invite you to the wedding of
their daughter Linda
to Sam Smith
son of Mr and Mrs Smith
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Master August 2019
CourtneyBrittain · on May 26, 2019 at 3:00 PM
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Thank you all for your advice! I wanted to clear a couple of things up really quick.
First, I know my FMIL well, she is not trying to sabotage us or undermine my family, it's just that she and FFIL both thought that the wording should be centered around FH and I instead of it sounding like a party centered around my parents. I am not at all worried about FMIL or FFIL being needy or doing stuff behind my back that wouldn't make FH and I happy. They're both very genuine and kind hearted people that only want the best for us. FMIL texted both FH and I and said she may have overreacted in saying she would order other invitations because in the end "it's just a bunch of words and the most important thing is that you two are happy."

So, FH and I will be going with the second wording as it will cause the least stress and issues. In the end, I would be happy with a piece of scrap paper that says "Ethan and Courtney are getting married! Here are the details XXX YYY" as long as I get to marry the man of my dreams at the end of the day.
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