Post # 1
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Bumble bee
I need some honest feed back about our invitation wording. We are finalizing our invites, yikes!
Anyways, I love the verse
“Because you have shared in our lives
with friendship and love”
then my mother said that she would like her name on the invite. I was kind of annoyed by this, but whatever. Then, Fiance asked that his parents be on the invite as well. I said fine even though they are not contributing as much to the wedding financially, they are contributing and are supportive to us. My mom will prob be upset that their names are on their, but I feel like she needs to get over it, lol
So I have altered our invite wording. Please tell me if you think it sounds weird! I think I just need a few unbiased opinions. Thanks!
Because you have shared in our lives
with friendship and love we
[Bride parents names]
Together with
[Groom parent’s names]
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their children
BRIDE
and
GROOM
on Sunday, the fifth of September
Two thousand ten
at quarter past five in the afternoon
Place
address, city, state
Reception immediately following
Post # 3
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Bumble bee
That sounds good to me. I think whatever you choose to do will work out just fine.
Post # 4
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Buzzing bee
I think it sounds good. You incorporated everything you needed to put in there and it works.
Post # 5
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Honey bee
I think that sounds perfect!
Post # 6
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Bumble bee
Glad to hear. I was just a bit worried because I sort of combined several wording templates together and wanted to make sure it didn’t sound wonky!
Post # 7
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Helper bee
I like the way it sounds! 🙂
Post # 8
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Bumble bee
My only issue is that it sounds like you’re saying that they’ve shared in your parents’ lives, not yours. I imagine there are some people invited to your wedding who haven’t shared in your parents’ lives at all, and have only been part of yours and your FI’s. Obviously I don’t know that for sure! If that’s what you intended, then go for it! If you wanted to make it sound like they have shared in YOUR life I would do it like this:
Because you have shared in our lives
with friendship and love, we,
BRIDE
and
GROOM
Together with
[Bride parents names]
and
[Groom parent’s names]
request the pleasure of your companyat our marriage
on Sunday, the fifth of September
Two thousand ten
at quarter past five in the afternoon
Place
address, city, state
Reception immediately following
Just a thought!
ETA: Formatting is a little wonky, can’t fix it, but you get the idea!
Post # 9
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Busy bee
Just a grammatical thing – if you say WE, parents and parents then it should be OUR children, not THEIR children, but if you take out the we it should be their. Sorry for the caps, just wanted to make sure you knew what I was talking about 🙂
Post # 10
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Bumble bee
Thanks for all of the opinions.
I like your suggestion mrsmdphd! I think I am going to go with this wording because it does convey what I originally wanted to say a lot better. Thanks!
Post # 11
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Helper bee
I agree with mrsmdphd’s thoughts…
And I think that your mother will have to get over it if she is upset. You should either include both sets of parents, or neither. But, I don’t think that your wording is wonky at all!