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what about saying Mr and Mrs. __(your parents)__ and Mr. ___(his parent)___ request the honor of your company in the marriage of ___ to ___.
so for yours you could add his side right after the names of your parents.
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I would personally use this in your specific situation (IDK how proper it is):
Mr. and Mrs. Your Dad
along with
Mr. and Mrs. His Dad
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
You
to
Him
....
OR
Mr. and Mrs. Your Dad and Mr. and Mrs. His Dad
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
You
to
Him
Something along those lines...
@sweetcandy53704:I think it would be appropriate to include his mother on the invitation. Just place son of, "bio mother plus his father on the invitations." This would be a great way of honoring his mother's memory.
thanks for the tips. But, my fiance didn't feel it was appropriate to add his mother, and then not have his step mom listed on the invite. Not really sure what to do here... So far this has been the biggest struggle with planning the wedding.
i think the question is - is the step mom contributing or is it solely the dad? its kinda mean to leave her out of the invite if shes contributing?
if you want to be completely PC and all inclusive heres a few examples:
The Smith and Johnson family
invite you to share in the joy of
the marriage uniting
their children
Rachel Ann
and
Thomas Christopher
on...
OR
The families of
Joanna Leigh Roberts
and
Andrew Rex Hargreaves
invite you to join in the celebration
of their marriage
OR
Miss Mary Ann Smith
and
Mr. Edward Malcolm Jones
together with their parents
The step mom is contrubing to the wedding, so we do want to have her on the invite.
The Knot says you don't list deceased parents, period. However my Crane's book recommends:
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dad Lastname
and the late Mom Lastname
(I think that even though FI is not technically his stepmom's son, he is her son via marriage).
My personal take: Don't list deceased people. It's ok to list his stepmom if he thinks of her as a mom, but he doesn't have to just because she helped to pay. If I had to list all the people who chipped in money or time to my wedding, my invitations would have had an entire list of "credits" on the back, just like a movie.
I like Allyser's suggestion best. Here are a few options:
Mr. and Mrs. your parents
and Mr. his dad
Request the honour of your presence at the marriage of
You and FI
Together with their parents (avoid their names altogether)
You and FI
Request the honour of your presence at their marriage
The honour of your presence is requested at the marriage of
You and FI
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Hi everyone. I have a dilemma regarding the wording on my formal invitations. My fiance's mom passed away when he was 17. His father is remarried. I have been looking at wording on the formal inviations and most of them say "son of" or "join our children", etc. But technically, he isn't the son of the stepmom or the child. Maybe I'm just thinking about it too much and should just choose one, but I was wondering if anyone else has come across a better way to handle this situation.
As an extra note, both sides of the parents are giving us money for the wedding, so I think properly you are to include both sides of the family.
Any help would be great.
Thanks again,
Janelle