Comments on: Real Etiquette: Complex Invite Wording

By: Coupled Up « The Bridal Addition

Coupled Up « The Bridal Addition — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:45:43 +0000

[...] Wording for your invites. [...]

By: Kathleen Gooch

Kathleen Gooch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:05:53 +0000

You need to make a grammar correction to the invitation sent from the bride’s parents. Don’t switch from our to their. It should read the marriage of our daughter because that is the pronoun that was established in the first wording.

This may be nit-picky to some but as a long time master’s thesis reader and writer, the correct use of language is important to me and I think it should be to everyone.

Thanks for the ideas.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:45:12 +0000

Thanks everyone for your help! I figured I was stressing out by trying to make this all too complicated! I will use 1 of the 2 above wording options and find a way to list all the others in our programs. DIY Bride is the best. Thanks for picking my question and to everyone for ya’lls help!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:16:38 +0000

A good rule of thumb is who is hosting and/or paying is usually mentioned in the invite. “Together with their parents…” is what we did to keep in simple and to avoid the mixed families and names. I agree that the best place to give special thanks to the children is in the program or in a speech. Keeping the invitation simple is the best way to go.

By: Becca

Becca — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:05:20 +0000

The first set of wording looks best to me. There is no need to clutter up the invitation with all the names when the couple can appropriately honor them in the programs. They will also have the room to explain who each person is if they choose to do so.