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    epsee    June 26, 2010  

    Now is one of those times I wish I were a grammer expert. I need some major help with our invitation wording. We're hosting the ceremony and reception at my family's summer cottage, but I'm not sure how to list the location on the invitations. Normally, you'd have the formal name of the location, but since this is a summer cottage, I'm not sure how to best phrase it.

    Some of my options so far are "the bride's family cottage" ... "the bride's family's cottage" or "the 'Smith' family cottage".

    My favorite option is "the Smith family cottage" but the only problem is that I'm not a 'Smith'. It's my grandparents' cottage and they're 'Smith's' (my mother's maiden name) but I'm a 'Jones'. So my fiance thinks this will be confusing to the members of his family who don't know my grandparents because they won't have any idea who the 'Smith's are'.

    Do any of you think any of these choices are better than the others or could you give me some other suggestions? Any help would be great. Even if it's only an opinion, not a solution.

     
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    Ms. Library    July 17, 2010   Southern Maine

    I like to think of myself as the grammar princess, so wish granted!  :-)  To help with confusion, your best bet is to word it as "the bride's grandparents' cottage."  You could use a last name, but just labeling without names works too.  

    Hope this helps!

     
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    eurekaanchovies    March 27, 2010  

    Can you just list the address?

     
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    elisterine    June 25, 2011   Chicago

    I like Ms. Library's suggestion or the bride's family's cottage. But I think I like "grandparents'" better.

     
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    epsee    June 26, 2010  

    Thanks ladies, I will definetely discuss these possibilities with my fiance to see what he thinks.

    And to answer your question eurekaanchovies, I would list the address, but the cottage is about 40 minutes out of town where street addresses for summer cottages aren't really used. The cottage has a road name, but no house number, so it's difficult to give a street address that people will understand. That's kind of where the whole conundum originated, haha.  

     

     
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    What about:

    the summer cottage of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith,

    grandparents of epsee

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    I like cinnamon roll's wording!

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    Or I would just call it The Smith Cottage.  I don't know if it's just me, but I think who's cottage it is is irrelevant.  Just give it a name like it's a venue.  That's what we're doing!  We're getting married at an estate of a family friend.  We will be the first wedding there (plus they live there) so it's not like it's a wedding venue with a name.  On the invite we just wrote "The Jones Estate" and the address below it (which I guess wouldn't apply to you)

     
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    epsee    June 26, 2010  

    @mandalynn17, it's not just you, I also think it's irrelevant who the cottage belongs to, but my fiance is so concerned that his side of the family will be confused but I keep telling him that it's just like a venue and the guests may not know what it is but they'll know where to go and we can explain it once they get there, haha. but he's persistent so I'm still looking for other suggestions in case there's something out there that will make us both happy.

    Thanks Cinnamon Roll, that suggestion is definitely a possibility!

     
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    iswimibikeirun    May 15, 2010   Houston

    Maybe you can put "Smith Family Cottage" on the invite and explain who the Smith Family is on your direction card.

     
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    mandalynn17    June 19, 2010   Medford, OR

    @epsee if his family knows the grandparents and the general location, wouldn't they know who's cottage it is?  If all else fails, I like @iswimibikeirun's idea about explaining it on the directions.

     
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    epsee    June 26, 2010  

    @madalynn17 ... A lot of his family members live out of town and those who live in town have only met my grandparents once, so he believes that they're not familiar enough with my grandparents or the cottage to understand what The Smith family cottage would imply. Personally, like you said, I think the location is irrelevant, as long as they know where to go, that's what really matters. But he disagrees, haha.

    But overall, I think we will end up going with Smith Family cottage and just include the information about the cottage on our website where we have the driving directions. I think the opinions of the ladies on here have helped me to sway my fiance into agreeing... hopefully, haha.

     

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