Wedding Invitation Wording Examples for Every Scenario

Gone are the days when wedding etiquette mandated that the bride´s parents, and the bride´s parent´s only, hosted the wedding. Today anyone can foot the bill, and with modern familial arrangements often anything but nuclear, there is no straightforward rule for wording invitations. Below is wording samples for some of the most common arrangements.

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Bride´s Parents Host – traditional

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Jane Marie

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride´s Parents Host – variation mentioning groom´s parents

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith

invite you to share in the joy

of the marriage uniting their daughter

Jane Marie

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride´s Parent Deceased, Remaining Parent Hosts

Mr. John Doe Smith

requests the honour of your presence

at the marriage of his daughter

Jane Marie

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride´s Parent Deceased, Remaining Parent Hosts with New Spouse

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith

requests the honor of your presence

at the marriage of Mr. John Smith´s daughter

Jane Marie

to

Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Both parents and Bride/Groom Host

Miss Jane Marie Smith

and

Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson

together with their parents

request the favor of your presence

at their marriage

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride and Groom Host

The honor of your presence

is requested at the marriage of

Miss Jane Marie Smith,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith

and

Thomas Allan Johnson

son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Joint Hosts – Multiple Friends and Families

Please join family and friends

in celebrating the Marriage of

Jane Marie Smith and Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Reception to follow at

the home of Dave and Carol Murphy

543 Main Street

Divorced Parents are Jointly Hosting

Mrs. Mary Peterson

and

Mr. John Doe Smith

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Jane Marie Smith

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride´s Remarried Parent & New Spouse Hosts

Mary and Bill Peterson

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Jane Marie Smith

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Bride´s Divorced Parent Hosts Alone

Mrs. Mary Peterson

requests the honor of your presence

at the marriage of her daughter

Jane Marie Smith

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Both Parents Deceased, Invitations Issued by an Elder Brother

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Smith

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage his sister

Jane Marie

to

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Both Sets of Parents Host

Mr. and Mrs. John Doe Smith

and Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their children

Jane Marie Smith

and

Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

Two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia

Groom´s Parents Host

Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Johnson

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of

Miss Jane Marie Smith

to their son

Mr. Thomas Allan Johnson

Saturday, the sixteenth of July

two thousand and eight

at six o´clock in the evening

Peachtree Presbyterian Church

3434 Roswell Road

Atlanta, Georgia