If your name is Emily and his name is Scott, I would leave out the Ms. and Mr. I dont know if there's a rule or etiquette to that aspect of it--that would just be my preference and probably less confusing.
I personally think all parental units should be included on the invite, regardless of how involved they are.
I'm not sure...maybe the Ms. Should just be changed to Miss?
I haven't even started thinking of how we're doing our invites yet. It's a 2nd marriage for both of us, and we're doing it all ourselves. I'm going to have to brush up on the 'rules' for that!
Well to my knowledge, Ms. is an abbreviation for an unmarried woman. Ms (without the period) is an abbreviation for a woman who doesn't want to disclose her marital status.
If you two and your parents are chipping in, it's nice to include his, especially if you're using that 'together with their families' line...
If it's just your parents, then you could use some variation of this: Mr. and Mrs. Bride's Parents invite you to share in their joy at the wedding of their daughter Bride Name to Groom Name son of Mr. and Mrs. Groom's Parents
Oh man, I confused myself. YOU TWO are hosting, and right now it reads as if all parents are co-hosting, right? Okay well...Just my personal opinion, but financial support isn't the only thing that gets you on the invitation, so I support including ALL supportive parents.
that brings up another question (which is why I wanted it to just be 'parents')
His father hasn't been in the picture since he said "See ya!" and left him & his pregnant mother in a supermarket parking lot. His mother is getting remarried some time soon, but my fiance has said he doesn't want this nth stepfather to have any part in the wedding (and his mother is understanding, we have talked about it)
so would it be just son of Groom's mother's name?
ETA to your other question: my parents are helping us with the big things, but we are paying for the smaller things (flowers, cake, rings, attire)
If his mother shares that opinion, then there's no reason to include any 'parent' other than his mother. My husband hasn't spoken to his father since he was 15. So our invitation listed my parents and his mom.
Together with their parents Angela Lastname and Adam Lastname invite you to share in their joy blah blah blah
My dad is paying for 1/3 of the wedding. FH's parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner and gave us money towards our honeymoon. FH and I are paying for the majority of our honeymoon and close to 2/3 of the wedding ourselves. My mother is...maybe attending the wedding.
We just did "together with their families" and will take my father and FH's parents for all of their help at the rehearsal dinner. We really didn't want
Mr. Gary Lastname and Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lastname blah blah blah
because my dad's fiance is helping with certain things and she'd be made if we didn't include her but mentioned my dad...however I didn't want it to be
Mr. Gary Lastname and Ms. Irene Differentlastname along with Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lastname
plus, in one mockup I did that had just my dad's name two people thought that this meant that my mother was dead!
Well, if what you're trying to convey is blessing and support rather than back-patting for the financial contribution, than what about either of these two wordings (the latter the more formal of the two...I don't know what the formality of your wedding is).
Bride Lastname and Groom Surname together with the blessing and support of their parents invite you to share and celebrate in their marriage blah blah blah
or
Ms. Bride Middle Lastname and Mr. Groom Middle Surname together with the blessing and support of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Father T. Lastname & Ms. Mother T. Surname request the honor blah blah blah
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I personally think all parental units should be included on the invite, regardless of how involved they are.
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I haven't even started thinking of how we're doing our invites yet. It's a 2nd marriage for both of us, and we're doing it all ourselves. I'm going to have to brush up on the 'rules' for that!
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"Together with their parents,
You
and
FH
..."
I don't see why it would matter. Are your extended family members going to be asking for an itemized list of who paid for what?
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If it's just your parents, then you could use some variation of this:
Mr. and Mrs. Bride's Parents
invite you to share in their joy
at the wedding of their daughter
Bride Name
to Groom Name
son of Mr. and Mrs. Groom's Parents
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Okay well...Just my personal opinion, but financial support isn't the only thing that gets you on the invitation, so I support including ALL supportive parents.
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His father hasn't been in the picture since he said "See ya!" and left him & his pregnant mother in a supermarket parking lot. His mother is getting remarried some time soon, but my fiance has said he doesn't want this nth stepfather to have any part in the wedding (and his mother is understanding, we have talked about it)
so would it be just son of Groom's mother's name?
ETA to your other question: my parents are helping us with the big things, but we are paying for the smaller things (flowers, cake, rings, attire)
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Together with their parents
Angela Lastname
and
Adam Lastname
invite you to share in their joy
blah blah blah
My dad is paying for 1/3 of the wedding. FH's parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner and gave us money towards our honeymoon. FH and I are paying for the majority of our honeymoon and close to 2/3 of the wedding ourselves. My mother is...maybe attending the wedding.
We just did "together with their families" and will take my father and FH's parents for all of their help at the rehearsal dinner. We really didn't want
Mr. Gary Lastname
and Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lastname
blah blah blah
because my dad's fiance is helping with certain things and she'd be made if we didn't include her but mentioned my dad...however I didn't want it to be
Mr. Gary Lastname and Ms. Irene Differentlastname
along with
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Lastname
plus, in one mockup I did that had just my dad's name two people thought that this meant that my mother was dead!
Yeesh...
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Bride Lastname
and
Groom Surname
together with the blessing and support of their parents
invite you to share and celebrate in their marriage
blah blah blah
or
Ms. Bride Middle Lastname
and
Mr. Groom Middle Surname
together with the blessing and support of their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Father T. Lastname &
Ms. Mother T. Surname
request the honor blah blah blah
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