How to word invitations to include divorced parents
Hello Wedding Experts,
I am in some serious need of help with the wording for my wedding invitations. My parents are divorced and my mom has a fiancé and both of my parents and my moms fiancé are helping with the wedding. Both my dad and mom’s man are very important to me and I don’t want any feelings hurt, but want to have all the names on the invitations.
Please help
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edited by TWQadmin on Feb 8, 2008, 6:24 PM)
Traditionally, you would not mention your mother's fiance' because he is not your parent. Your invitations would read,
Your mother's name (one line); Your father's name (next line); request the honour of your presence (next line); at the marriage of their daughter (next line); Your name, etc.
If you are creating a custom invitation and throwing tradition out the window, you can list anyone you want. However, how would you list your mother's fiance' before your father and not hurt his feelings? It would probably be better to follow the invitation etiquette and simply treat your mother's significant other as you would her spouse at your wedding. Just a thought.
Dear Sunshine, This is tough. If you mom was married, then your step-father's name could easily be included. But since they are not, it makes the wording just plain awkward. The mother of the bride's name goes first. If she was married, it would be accompanied by "and" and the step father. Since they are not married, his name would be listed without the "and" on another line. Which would either mean that the mother's fiancé would be listed above the father, a big no-no. Or the mother's fiancé would be listed below the father, just strange. perhaps the future step-father will be a gentleman and allow the invitations to go out listing just the mother 's and father's names. Jodi R R Smith
How to word invitations to include divorced parents
