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Just Said Yes June 2013

Invite wording to include grooms parents?

Kayla, on January 7, 2013 at 11:13 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 3

I am creating my own invitations. I am having some difficulty coming up with wording for my invites. My parents are footing the majority of the bill of the wedding and my fiance and I are paying for the rest. My soon to be inlaws are not paying for anything but I want to include their names to put out the fire before it starts. I need some ideas how to give my parents the credit that is deserved without offending my new inlaws. Please help!

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Latest activity by Ashley, on January 8, 2013 at 6:54 AM
  • 2d Bride
    Champion October 2009
    2d Bride ·
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    Well, the traditional wording would be:

    Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Durand

    request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter

    Sophie Lynn

    to

    Jeffrey Matthew

    son of

    Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lautrec

    Saturday, the eighth of March

    two thousand eighteen

    at two o'clock in the afternoon

    Fox Green Country Club

    2621 Hunter Avenue

    Atlanta, Georgia

    That would include the groom's parents, without listing them as hosting.

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  • M
    VIP May 2013
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    Generally, the way I've seen a lot of invitations, it's whoever's hosting the wedding (AKA footing the bill). If it's both the bride and groom's parents, both sets' names should be on the invites. If it's solely the Bride's or solely the groom's family, then it should be their names.

    For us, my parents are paying for the majority. FH's parents are paying for flowers, DJ, Rehearsal dinner and gave us some extra money to use as we wish so our invites read something like this:

    Mr. & Mrs. ________

    Request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter

    Monika ____

    to

    FH

    Son of Mr. & Mrs. _______

    In our invites, both parents are mentioned, but it's clear that my parents are hosting the event/putting on the wedding...There are a lot of ways you can do it.

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  • Ashley
    Dedicated April 2013
    Ashley ·
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    In our situation, both sets of parents are helping to some extent and it worked with the design of our invitations to do:

    Mr. & Mrs. ____________

    and

    Mr. & Mrs. ____________

    Request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their children

    Ashley ____________

    and

    Bryan ____________

    Like Monika said, there's so many ways to do it! Best of luck!!!

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