Wedding invitation wording – including a relative, not parent?
January 7, 2010
My fiance and I are getting married. My parents are paying for the bulk of the wedding, with the two of us covering the remaining pieces. His mother has passed away and his aunt has stepped in the last few years to be a big part of his life. We would like to include her on the invitation without discounting the fact that my parents are paying and without replacing the role of his mother. Any suggestions on how to approach this would be appreciated
So far we have:
Jane and John Doe
Cordially invite you to join them in celebrating
the wedding of their daughter,
Mary Doe to Tom Jones
Saturday, the Seventeenth of May
Two Thousand Eight.
Jane and John Doe
And
Aunt Jane Smith
cordially invite you…etc etc etc…
the invitation doesn’t MEAN who paid for the wedding; if it did most divorced mothers would not be included …..get over it….
7 Responses to “Wedding invitation wording – including a relative, not parent?”
Jane and John Doe
And
Aunt Jane Smith
cordially invite you…etc etc etc…
the invitation doesn’t MEAN who paid for the wedding; if it did most divorced mothers would not be included …..get over it….
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By abc on Jan 7, 2010
Why not
Mary Doe and Tom Jones
together with their families
cordially invite to celebrate their wedding
on Saturday……
You or your fiance could make special mention on your Aunt in the speech. Perhaps present her with some flowers. I am doing similar for the mother of bride and groom. Each will get a single white rose as appreciation.
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By choccas on Jan 7, 2010
well traditionally, the one that pays gets their name on the invitation but I have never liked that. I think since its a merging of both families, both names should be on there regardless of who pays. that’s my personal preference. I also don’t think that the aunt should be mentioned personally in the invitation. It would be too confusing. Mention her in perhaps a speech but not on the invitation itself. It would sound as if his father remarried the aunt.
How about:
Mr. and Mrs. John Doe
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Doe
to Tom Jones son of Mr. Jones
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By trueeee on Jan 7, 2010
If you want your wedding invitation to be traditional, the way that you have it written will work. I found this wording also:
http://www.weddingchannel.com/ui/buildArticle.action?assetUID=5276&c=5276&s=105&t=13&p=1500&l=100416
Remember that you can honor your fiance’s aunt in other ways. You can mention her in your wedding program, ask her to do a reading at the ceremony, or give a toast in her honor at the reception.
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By Jess on Jan 7, 2010
my fiance’s father has passed away so he doesn’t go on the invite. you could put his mum’s name in the ceremony program with a dedication.
we are having our like this
______________________________________________
Jane & John Doe
together with
Aunty’s name goes here
request the pleasure of the company of
Name of guest goes here
to celebrate the marraige of
Mary and Tom (first names only)
at
then date and place details. etc.
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By gumnut on Jan 7, 2010
Together with thier parents
jane and john doe……
or
together with thier families
jane and john doe
cordially invite……
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By rhianna_cerridwen on Jan 7, 2010
I used David’s Bridal to order my invitations and they had a section when your ordering the invitations, where you could view all different types of wording styles. There is also a website, http://www.verseit.com, that has different ways to word invitations or ask whoever is printing your invitations they should be able to help with correct wording.
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By bride2b7/19/08 on Jan 7, 2010