word wedding invitations with stepparents
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Wording wedding invitations can be tricky. Adding divorced and remarried parents to the mix makes it an even more delicate task. Etiquette and respect for your parents dictate that you must find a way to acknowledge all the parents involved while making it known who is hosting (or paying for) for the wedding. If a parent has remarried but that parent is not paying for the wedding, the stepparent does not need to be included on the invitation.
Instructions
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Construct the request line. This is the line of the invitation that states who is requesting the presence of the guest, or who is doing the inviting. Traditionally this is the parent who is paying for the bulk of the wedding. If, for example, the father of the bride is remarried, his wife should be acknowledged with him, because her finances are included in his: "Mr. and Mrs. John P. Smith request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his daughter, Jane P. Smith."
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Address the bride by her first and last name. Traditionally the bride is referred to by her first name only, because her parents already have been named in the request line of the invitation. But in the case of divorce and remarriage, it is not as simple. There are many forms of a modern family that might cause the recipient of the invitation to be confused if the bride's last name is not included.
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Include the second parent after the introduction of the bride. This can be done by adding, "daughter of," after the bride's name. If this parent is remarried but not hosting (paying for) the wedding, it is not appropriate to include the spouse on the invitation.
4
Include the groom's parents following the same rules. If they are divorced, their spouses are included on the invitation only if they are contributing to the wedding financially.
Tips &- Warnings
If both sets of remarried parents are contributing to the wedding financially, it is important to list all four people in the request line. An easy way to word this is, "John and Kelly Smith together with Sally and Jeff Jones, request...".
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