One of the most stressful parts of the wedding invitation process can be figuring out how to list the hosts of the event. I can't tell you how many people have visible stress on their faces when this gets brought up. You don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or make someone feel left out, we get it.
Luckily, there's an answer here. These have all been developed from proper etiquette, and updated to share how modern situations should be handled on your wedding invitations to ensure you've covered your bases.
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Obviously the easiest thing is to say "Together with their families" but a lot of parents would like a mention on the invite. In our last post, we covered how to word your wedding invitations, and that briefly covered the hosting situations. But here is an exhaustive list of EVERY SINGLE hosting combination you might need.
In all of these cases, to indicate a hosting situation, we would place these names at the top of the invitation. So if you list all four (or six, or eight) parents above your names, all 4 or 6 are hosting. If they are under your partner's name, it doesn't mean they are hosting, but that you are honoring them with a mention on the invite. Keep in mind putting a parent on a separate line is shown here and indicates they are no longer married.
Note, it's up to you/your parents to list their titles, ie: Mr. Mrs, Ms. Dr. Most formal invitations use titles.
Here's how to List Hosts on your wedding invitation:
• Parents of the bride:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seymour
(Request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter)
• Parents of the bride and parents of the groom:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seymour and Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ortiz
(Request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their children)
• Parents of the bride; Divorced:
Ms. Linda Seymour
Mr. Richard Seymour
(Request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter)
• Parents of the bride; Divorced, one has remarried:
Ms. Linda Moorhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seymour
• Parents of the bride; Divorced, both have remarried:
Linda and Paul Horvath
Carol and Richard Seymour
• Indicates joint hosting of both sets of parents, bride and groom, combination of both, or bride and groom are sole hosts:
Together with their parents or
Together with their families
• Bride and groom are sole hosts:
Together with their parents, Together with their families, or
Margaret Chen and Charles Edward Lee
(request the pleasure of your company at their wedding... )
• Deceased Parent
A lot of people want to mention a parent who has passed away on the invite. Typically we suggest that you honor this parent on the program or another way in the ceremony or reception, but one way it's acceptable to list them on the invite is if they are under the name of the person getting married, as they wouldn't be an active host of the wedding. Here is an example of a rather complex list of parents, but a simple hosting situation. Let's break it down:
1. Mrs. Kathleen Manning is the mother of the bride and the sole host of the wedding.
2. The Late Mr. Bernard Hartt is the father of the bride, and we are simply honoring him here.
3. Ms. Laura Bruno and Dr. Robert Bruno are the groom's parents, are divorced, (separate lines) and are simply being honored here.
Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments!
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