Mixed family invitations

[Tykat]

I need help wording my invitations
The fiance's parents have divorced and both remarried. My parents are still together. All three sets of parents are paying equal amounts so we want all of the names to appear on the invite.

Tyler Allen - Groom
Kathlene Vibert - Bride

Ann Scott/ Leo Scott - mother and step father of groom
Glen McAllen/Gerald McAllen - Father and step father of groom

Lynn Vibert/Jim Vibert - parents of bride.

How do I word this invitation?

[peckmiranda]

That's a tricky one. I'd just say something like...

Tyler and Kathleen, together with their parents, request the honor of your presence...

That's what I'm doing on my invitations.

[ljeagle]

I don't think I would put all those names on the invite. As peckmiranda said I would put Tyler and Kathleen, together with their parents, request the honor of your presence... Talk to the ones who are given you money and ask them if it is ok with you just put "parents". So no feelings are hurt!

You might want to remove the last names off your post.

[ljeagle]

I like this site they have a lot of different wording. Just click on wording it's beside the invites on the page.

http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/Cus...vid=7521935062

[555Ann555]

Do you definately want the step parents on there too?

[555Ann555]

If you don't want the step parents then the traditional wording would be:

Mr & Mrs Jim Vi. together with Mr Glen McA and Mrs Ann Sc.,
invite you to attend the marriage of their children
Miss Kathlene Vi. and Mr Tyler McAl.(?)

BTW Is there a reason that the groom's father is McAl. & the Groom is just Al. or is that just a typo?

[555Ann555]

OK.

The wording if you want all 6 parents is:

Mr & Mrs Jim V. together with
Mrs Ann S. & Mr Leo S.,
and Mr Glen McA & Mr Gerald McA,
Invite you to attend
the marriage of their children
Miss Kathlene V. and Mr Tyler Mc A.
at ____ on____

The red part is interchangable. It could say:

Invite you to attend,
Request the pleasure of your company at,
Wish you to join in the celebration on the occasion of,
Request the honour of your presence at,
Invite you to share in the joyous occasion of,


or any other of the many available wordings!

The reason your mum doesn't get her first name is to show that she is still married to your dad. If they were divorce too (but not re-married) it would be: Mrs Lynn V, and Mr Jim V. But if you were to put that in in this case it would look like they were divorced too.

This is pretty formal wording, so if you want to have it all very correct but use all 6 names then there isn't too much you can alter except the middle part (in red).

I hope this was of some use to you

[kenzies_mama]

I agree with Ann that's about the only way to do it if you want all 6 names on there.

[breezy]

If you want to use the "together with their parents" I would word it something like "together with both their parents" as most people think of only the brides family as hosting and it appears you want to give all 3 sets of parents equal billing.

[SuzyBride]

I would say:

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vilbert
along with
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Scott and Mr. Glen and Mr. Gerald McAllen
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their children
Miss Kathlene Vilbert
and
Mr. Tyler Allen
on date
location, etc

Edited for typo!

[555Ann555]

Suzy: it's listed as Mr & Mr McAllen in the original post.

Otherwise I think that looks fine.

I guess they just tend to be a bit anal about the "correct way" over here. (or maybe it's just me )

[weddingadvisor]

http://www.verseit.com/VerseIt_Verses.cfm?SR=1

Its a great site with wording examples. I don't think you have to have all those parents listed, really just who is hosting.

But with that being said you could do the following:

We, BRIDE and GROOM
joyously invite you to witness
the uniting of our lives into one
on DAY
YEAR
at TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE
Your presence will be a blessing
to us and our parents
BRIDE'S PARENTS
GROOM'S PARENTS


Or any others that are listed. You can just add the second set of parents on the next line. But the Mother of the Groom goes first, with her husband. Father and his wife next.

[SuzyBride]

Originally Posted by 555Ann555

Suzy: it's listed as Mr & Mr McAllen in the original post.

Otherwise I think that looks fine.

I guess they just tend to be a bit anal about the "correct way" over here. (or maybe it's just me )

Oops!! Didn't even notice that Ann! Thanks for pointing that out!

[555Ann555]

It could be a typo, we won't know for sure till she comes back on... But either way, the various wordings posted would work fine

[ladedah]

My parents are divorced and re-married (my DH are married) and we included all of their names on the invites...we had a formal wedding..so it read like this:

Mr and Mrs Bride Stepdad
and
Mr and Mrs Bride Dad
request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter
Bride
to
Groom
Son of Mr and Mrs Groom Dad


My parents have been re-married for 20+ years, so it was important for me to include my step-parents.

[syringa]

The wording used by Ladedah indicates that only the bride's family is hosting (paying for) the wedding, though the groom's parents are being acknowledged. When all families contribute to the costs, then all names are listed at the top. I tend to like Suzybride's wording. One thing to be aware of if you are ordering invitations, is that you are allowed only 13 lines of text on a standard invitation. If you add more, there are additional charges to change the set up and for printing.