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Wedding Invitation Wording ideas 

Your wedding invitation wording has to fit the type of wedding you wish to have. Long gone are the days of formal invites. What you have to decide is how you want your invite to be worded. Do you want your parents names placed with yours? Does you or your fiancée family name go first? If the brides parents are paying have her parents' names precede hers followed by the groom’s name.

Now you don't have to be formal with your wedding invitation wording. You can simple state both of your names and that you would like to enjoy each guest to welcome in your marriage. Any way for wording works just fine. Thought you could decide that you both want to have your parent's names on the invitation.

With that in mind you can have the bride's parents name come first, that they would like to announce the marriage of their daughter. Then place the brides name and who she is marrying after that you can have the groom's parent's names.

Though things will be different if you have stepparents the wording for your wedding invitation will have to be thought out. If you place one set of parents then you need to place the all the names on the invite. If only one parent is married, mention them first then the other parents name and finally yours. If both are married mention both of their names. This is a choice you both need to decide on; too many names might confuse people if they don't know your family though at the same leaving a parent off the invite might hurt feelings.

Your wedding invitation wording will have balance your wishes and how you want your invite to look. Anything is acceptable right now and it boils down what you and your fiancée want to do.

Wedding Invitation Wording Tips & Ideas

  • The parents paying for the wedding are the ones issuing the invitation. So their names would be on the invitation.  The other parents names are optional.
  • When addressing a wedding invitation to a widow, send it using her husband's name, such as Mrs. Tom Miller.  The inside envelope would be addressed to your guest, such as Aunt Lynn.  If your elderly guest does not have a title, such as "aunt," you can address the inner envelope to Mrs. Miller.
  • Children's names are not written on the outside of the envelope, but they are written on the inside envelope if you want them to attend.   If you want to include them on the outside, address the envelope to Mr. and Mrs. Husband's Name and Family.

  • Sealing each of the outside envelopes with a wax seal, is a wonderful and quaint enhancement to the invitation.

  • Everything is centered except the favor of a reply is requested.

Wedding Invitation Wording Categories:

Mother Remarried

If the mother of the bride has remarried, and the bride wishes to include her stepfather on the invitation, the following wording is used (this wording assumes that the mother uses her new husband's name):

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Adam Waters
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Ann Katherine Johnson

Ceremony Invitation with Reception Card

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Albert Johnson
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Linda Ann
to
Mr. Michael Matthew Miller
on Saturday, the twenty-third of March
at one o'clock in the afternoon
Our Lady of Perpetual Hope
Bangor, Maine

Reception Card:

Reception
immediately following the ceremony
128 N. Main St.
Bangor, Maine

The favor of a reply is requested

Note: if the ceremony is a religious one, the honor of your presence is requested. If the ceremony is a civil one, the pleasure of your company is requested.

Divorced Parents Hosting the Wedding

This example assumes that the mother has remarried and is using her new husband's name, though it could just as well be used if she had reverted to her maiden name, continued to use her former husband's name, or whatever (some people also include the bride's last name in this form, to avoid any possible confusion. Some people also omit the and between the parents' names):

Mrs. Jonathan Adam Waters
and
Mr. Steve Albert Johnson
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding of their daughter
Linda Ann

One or both of the parents might also be hosting the wedding with their current spouse. In that case, the invitation might look like:

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Adam Waters
and
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Albert Johnson
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of
Linda Ann Johnson

A Parent is Deceased

There is no reason why the living parent cannot host the wedding by themselves, which is the same as if one divorced parent hosts the wedding. This would be worded as:

Mr. Steve Albert Johnson
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Linda Ann

However, the deceased parent may be mentioned using the following form. Note that the deceased parent may not host the wedding.

Linda Ann Johnson
daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Johnson and the late Steve Albert Johnson
and
Michael Matthew Miller
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Michael Miller
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage

Couple is Hosting the Wedding

Linda Ann Johnson
and
Michael Matthew Miller
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage

or (the titles "Miss" and "Mr." may also be used here):

The honor of your presence
is requested at the marriage of
Miss Linda Ann Johnson
to
Mr. Michael Matthew Miller

Both Sets of Parents are Hosting the Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Albert Johnson
and
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel James Miller
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their children
Linda Ann Johnson
and
Mr. Michael Matthew Miller

Double Wedding

The older sister's name is listed first:

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Albert Johnson
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughters
Linda Ann
to
Mr. Michael Matthew Miller
and
Ann Katherine
to
Mr. Thomas Samuel Clark
on Saturday, the twenty-third of March
at one o'clock in the afternoon
Our Lady of Perpetual Hope
Bangor, Maine
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