In my quest to provide my reader's with the most up to date information in one place, I searched some forums and q&a's to find some up to date responses to questions I see often in forums and on blogs - what is the proper wedding invitation etiquette for divorced parents? Below is one of the questions most often posed and can be conformed to meet almost any scenario of divorced parents.
"My fiance's parents are divorced and his father is remarried. His mother is not remarried but never changed her married name back to her maiden name. How would I word this invitation other than "Together with their Parents" which I feel is too informal."
You eliminate the idea of designating a host entirely. In modern times, we rarely have the "traditional" wedding in which the brides parents bore all expenses and hosted everything from their home, so the old form in which the bride's parents issued invitations is obsolete. Since it would be gauche for your invitation to reveal private information, like who paid for what, one of the most tasteful ways to issue your invitations is in the passive voice.
The pleasure of the company of
[invite each guest by name, even nursing infants]
is requested at a dinner dance
to celebrate the marriage of
Bonnie Bridella, daughter of
Joyce Bridella Newman and James Newman, and
Thomas Bridella, to
Gregory Groomly, son of
Victoria Groomly and
Robert Morris,
at Two O'Clock etc etc etc
Please feel free to add your own comments or suggestions. Helping readers with all the different scenarios is a group effort. Hope this helps.
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