How Do I Word A Wedding Invitation When The Groom's Mother And Step Father Are Paying For The Wedding And The Bride's Parents Are Paying Just For The Rehearsal Dinner (opposite Of The Usual)?
The groom's father is giving some money for the honeymoon but not the wedding. We don't think he should be listed on the invitation. Also, does the bride's name always have to be listed first?
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The people to keep in the forefront of your mind here are the future Bride & Groom.
You won't ever change peoples perception of which way you say, so don't try and buck convention with the Grooms name first. Could the invitation read Mr & Mrs.....together with
Mr and Mrs (Brides parents) and Mr ...(Grooms father) Cordially invite you?
answered 3 months ago
Bride's name and bride's family go first on wedding invitations. Always.
I don't know why you think the groom's father's name should not be on it, but if you want to do it right, then yes he does go on there, as well as his wife, if he has one. Otherwise put only the groom's mother's name and his father's name, and leave all the step parents off, which seems unnecessarily cruel. ALL THE parents are listed unless none of them are.
Example:
1. Marilyn and Steven Birch (bride's)
&nbs... and
John and Diane Murphy and Robert and Lynn Smith (groom's)
Invite you to celebrate the marriage of their daughter and son
Jane Birch and Joseph Smith
On Saturday, June 14th, 2008
at 7 PM, St. Philips Church,
(Address)
2. Marilyn and Steven Birch(bride's)
and
Diane Murphy and Robert Smith. (groom's)
3. Or leave the parent's off entirely:
Jane Birch (bride)and Joseph Smith (groom) invite you to help them celebrate.....
Whomever is paying has nothing whatever to do with the invitations and to leave a parent off is not only tacky it is incorrect. Presumably invitations will be extended to the groom's father's family. Leaving him off is definitely wrong. Whatever problems the groom's mother and father have had, this is not the time or place for revenge.
answered 3 months ago
I sincerely appreciate this objective opinion, and you are probably right. It was partly the fact that every etiquette book I picked up said that whoever is hosting the wedding, (which maybe I interpreted to mean paying for, too), should be doing the inviting on the invitation. I will re-assess this whole thing in light of these comments, though. Thank you.
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thank you - I'll certainly take your thoughts into consideration. I appreciate your reply.
comment made by Hollyc2 3 months ago
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