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Do
you have an unusual family situation? Do you have more than one set
of parents and you don’t want to alienate one or the other of them
at your wedding? Do you want your children to be involved as much
as possible in your wedding? Perhaps you are marrying the same
person for a second time? All of these situations are more common
than you might think they are, but if you are living them you may
find that the standard wording on wedding invitations simply isn’t
right for you. This is something that stresses a lot of people out
and they aren’t quite sure what to do next. The fact of the matter
is that you can write your wedding invitation the way you want it to
be, you don’t have to follow any template.
Invitation wording is no longer one size fits all. People
divorce, people have children before they get married, and many
people may have several parent and step parents to consider. It can
be difficult when you have these situations to make everyone feel
welcome and invitation wording can be off putting if you don’t do it
just right. If you don’t have what many consider a traditional
family situation there are some great ways to write your invitation
that will include everyone and make everyone feel welcome at your
wedding.
If you are marrying when you are older or you have more than one
set of parents to worry about you may want to consider avoiding a
mention of any specific set of parents in the wedding invitation.
In the past many would choose invitation wording that read like,
“Mr. and Mrs. John Smith invite you to nuptials of their daughter
Mary Jane to John Brown on January 1, 2007” but that doesn’t work in
some situations. Instead of mentioning parents you could use
something more vague such as “You are cordially invited to…” or
“Mary Jane and John Brown cordially invite you…” This invitation
wording does away with the awkwardness of being very specific.
Some other options for untraditional invitation wording are “The
children of Mary Jane and John Brown invite you to join them and
their parents…” or even something like “The family of Mary Jane and
John Brown would like to invite you…” as this will include all
family members and even make children a part of the wedding
invitation process. As you can see, invitation wording doesn’t have
to be awkward or make people feel left out of the process. When you
are marrying and the traditional invitations don’t suit your needs,
you simply change it and make it fit your needs and your style.
When you are paying for your invitations you can decide what they
say, so be sure that they say exactly what you want them to.
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