Wedding invitation wording
From About.com Standard Wording: Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine to Theodore Joseph Johnson at the Newport Beach Club Saturday, the Seventeenth of June Eight o'clock in the evening Both sets of parents are funding the wedding: Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Kwame Johnson request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their children Anne Catherine and Theodore Joseph etc. If Bride's parents are hosting, but would like to include grooms parents on the invitation Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine to Theodore Joseph Johnson son of Mr. and Mrs. Kwame Johnson etc. When the bride and groom are paying for the wedding themselves, the wording should read: EITHER You are cordially invited to celebrate the wedding of Anne Catherine Myers and Theodore Joseph Johnson etc. OR Together with their parents, Anne Catherine Myers and Theodore Joseph Johnson request the honor of your presence etc.
Brides parents are divorced: either Issued by the parent who raised her Ms. Janet Myers requests the honor of your presence at the wedding of her daughter Anne Catherine etc. or Divorced parents are hosting the wedding together Mr. Christopher Myers and Ms. Janet Myers request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine Divorced parent and new stepparent are hosting the wedding: Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of Mrs. Velez's daughter Anne Catherine Myers etc. Child of divorced and remarried parents both hosting the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine etc. OR Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of the daughter of Mr. Myers and Mrs. Velez Anne Catherine to etc.