wedding invitations<\/a> can be tricky, especially with today\u2019s couples who are often sharing financial responsibility with one or more sets of parents. Here are some wedding invitation wording examples for couples jointly paying\/hosting with their parents.<\/p>\nCouple and One Set of Parents Hosting<\/strong><\/p>\nFORMAL<\/p>\n
Ms. Gloria Ann Manning
\nand
\nMr. George Frederick Smith
\ntogether with her\/his<\/strong> parents
\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Manning\/Smith<\/strong>
\nrequest the honor of your presence
\nat their wedding
\nSaturday, the twentieth of June
\ntwo thousand fifteen
\nat half past four in the afternoon<\/p>\nCASUAL<\/p>\n
Gloria Ann Manning &
\nGeorge Frederick Smith
\ntogether with her\/his<\/strong> parents
\ninvite you to their wedding
\nSaturday, June 20, 2015
\nat 4:30 in the afternoon<\/p>\nCouple and Both Sets of Parents Hosting<\/strong><\/p>\nFORMAL<\/p>\n
Ms. Gloria Ann Manning
\nand
\nMr. George Frederick Smith
\ntogether with their parents
\nMr. and Mrs. John W. Manning &
\nMr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Smith
\nrequest the honor of your presence
\nat their wedding
\nSaturday, the twentieth of June
\ntwo thousand fifteen
\nat half past four in the afternoon<\/p>\n
CASUAL<\/p>\n
Gloria Ann Manning &
\nGeorge Frederick Smith
\ntogether with their parents
\ninvite you to their wedding
\nSaturday, June 20, 2015
\nat 4:30 in the afternoon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Sometimes You Need to <\/strong>Keep<\/strong> the Peace <\/strong><\/p>\nIf both parents contributed but the bride\u2019s parents contributed more, you can still recognize the groom\u2019s parents by wording your invitation as follows.<\/p>\n
BRIDE’S PARENTS<\/p>\n
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Manning
\nrequest the honor of your presence
\nat the marriage of their daughter
\nHeather Marie
\nto
\nGeorge Frederick Smith
\nson of
\nMr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Smith
\nSaturday, the twentieth of June
\ntwo thousand fifteen
\nat half past four in the afternoon<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, if it’s the other way around there’s no easy way to add the bride’s parents’ names and keep the traditional wording format of the bride’s name first.\u00a0 You could shake it up and forego tradition all together by listing the groom’s name first.\u00a0 We, however, recommend doing something casual and family-oriented if both sets of parents agree.<\/p>\n
GROOM’S PARENTS<\/p>\n
Together with their families
\nGloria Ann Manning
\nand George Frederick Smith
\nrequest the pleasure of your company
\nat the celebration of their wedding
\nSaturday, the twentieth of June
\ntwo thousand fifteen
\nat half after four in the afternoon<\/p>\n
Let us know what other wording situations you would like us to address. For more tips on wording your wedding invitation<\/a>, see our post on \u201cInvitation Wording Etiquette<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: How should we word our invitations if we\u2019re paying for half of the wedding and his parents are paying for the other half? Answer: Wording your wedding invitations can be tricky, especially with today\u2019s couples who are often sharing financial responsibility with one or more sets of parents. Here are some wedding invitation wording […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[765,1526,1558,1559],"class_list":["post-2524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-stationery-qa","tag-invitation-wording","tag-wedding-invitation","tag-wedding-invitation-wording","tag-wedding-invitations"],"yoast_head":"\n
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