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I have a friend who had a similar situation (further complicated by the fact she has a great relationship with one step parent, and a very bad relationship with the other). They went with "Together with their parents, Bride & Groom" after checking with the parents to confirm that was okay with them.
Is your dad going to your wedding? If you don't have a relationship with him, (I guess even if he is making an appearance at your wedding), and he doesn't want to contribute, I think you should be fine listing something like:
Amyeileen and FI, together with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. amyeileen's Mom and stepdad, Mr. and Mrs. FI's mom and stepdad, and Mr. and Mrs. FI's Dad and stepmom....
I think it's the cleanest way to get to the point. I know that makes an implication that you are hosting. But given the situation, I would hope the parents wouldn't be insulted by that.
If you word it as Mr. and Mrs. ....parents of, and Mr. and Mrs. parents of...., I think it will stand out more awkwardly, that your dad isn't listed. It might also look more awkward to list your mother and stepdad as your "parents". (Although perhaps that is how you view your stepdad). Yet, if you word it as Mr. and Mrs........, mother and stepfather of the bride, it becomes waaaaayyy too wordy. But I think by saying "together with their parents", grouping your parents with your FI's, doesn't look awkward to lump stepparents in there.
Hope that made sense.
Both FI and my parents are divorced and both sets of FI's parents are contributing some to the wedding, whereas my parents are not. However, FI's mother did not want her name listed next to his stepmom's. So after checking with them, we just left all the parents off the invitations. It was the easiest way to word it. Our wedding is not very formal anyway, so this worked out all right for us.
Together with their families is a nice way to word it to include everyone with out having a really long list of names.
Thank you SO much for the feedback, everyone!
My fear with "Together with their families" is that it makes it look like we're financing the wedding, and I just don't want that to offend our parents who are actually the ones paying for it (we are only paying for smaller things like the wedding bands, wedding party gifts, etc.). Do you all think that is a legitimate concern or something I should stop being worried about? I was wondering if something like this might work, too--
The parents of
AmyEileen80
and
Mr. AmyEileen80
request the honour of....
Thoughts? Thank you all again!
Amy
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Hi bees!
I am looking for some opinions on invitation wording. FI's parents are both divorced and remarried, and he kind of considers all four of them parents. My parents are divorced, my mom is remarried, and I don't particularly have a relationship with my dad. All the parents (including step) are contributing towards the wedding, except my dad. FI and I are paying very little towards the wedding. What in the world do we write on the invitation???
Thanks!