wedding open house for 1st marriage & 2nd marriage sons
I have 2 sons getting married this year. We would like to host an open house for both of them and their 'to be' wives. Our friends are not invited to either of the weddings, so we would like to celebrate with our friends,family, & sons in a big way at home.The 1st son is in his 1st marriage and the 2nd son is in his 2nd marriage, but 1st marriage for his fiance.How do word an invitation and handle 'gifts not necessary' for the 2nd son?The open house would be in between the 1st son's marriage and the 2nd son's weddings.
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Re: wedding open house for 1st marriage & 2nd marriage sons
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Dear Ladyruths,
Gifts are never mentioned on the invitations and this is not a gift giving event anyway. It would never be appropriate to host a party where it is gift giving event for one person and not for the other--very awkward.
It wouldn't be proper to host a prewedding event for your son who wouldn't be married at the time of the reception. Only those invited to his wedding could be invited. Plus, mothers wouldn't host something that might be viewed as a shower, albeit not a proper one.
If your son and his wife wish for this to be held in their honor, the invitation would be for a wedding reception. It could be worded informally.
wedding open house for 1st marriage & 2nd marriage sons
