[mneclark]

My husband and I were married by a JP in March and were planning a reception for friends and family in August of this year. Unfortunatly my only brother has decided to join the military and will be leaving for bootcamp the second week of June. I have chosen to move the reception date up so that he may attend as it is very important to me that he be there. Our new date is new June 3 and I need to send out invitations ASAP. We will be having a casual reception at a reception hall paid for by my parents. I am having trouble with the wording of the invitations which will be in the form of a flyer/letter sent to the guests on nice stationery type paper. I dont know whether to use my married name or maiden name. Should I include our parents names? Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Thank you.

This is what I have so far:

The pleasure of your company is requested at the celebration of our marriage.

bride's name

daughter of........

And

groom's name

son of.....

Saturday Evening

June 3 2006

Seven o'clock

This post has been edited by TWQadmin: 30 April 2025 - 04:44 PM

[Etiquette Now]

Dear Reception Invitation,

You don't need to list your parents names because you are married. Use your married name because you are married.

Best wishes,

[Etiquette Now]

I'm sorry. I just noticed that you wrote that your parents are hosting. This changes everything. Your example just lists all of the parents as parents, not as hosts. So, you could write your invitations as:

Mr. and Mrs. Bride's Parents

wish to invite you to join us at the wedding reception of our daughter and new son in-law

Mr. and Mrs. You and Your Husband

Etc.

The wording is subjective because this is a casual affair. You can change it. But, since your parents are hosting, it is best that their names are listed at the top as hosts.

[mneclark]

thank you tht is most helpful