Wedding Invitations For The Second Time Around

By Chris Morton

Traditional wedding invitations were designed for the couple getting married for the first time. However, if you are planning your second wedding you may be confused about how to word your wedding invitations. Should the bride return to the maiden name or should the couple refer to their children? Sometimes you want to go beyond the traditional for the second time around. Here are some alternative ways to word the wedding invitation:

If the Bride’s Parents are Throwing the Wedding:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Susanna Smith-Johnson

to

Jackson Paul McKenna

Saturday, the third of March

at six o’clock in the evening

Lapis Hotel

Jacksonville, Florida

If the Couple is Throwing the Wedding:

The honor of your presence is requested

at the marriage of Susanna Smith-Johnson

and

Jackson Paul McKenna

Saturday, the third of March

at six o’clock in the evening

Lapis Hotel

Jacksonville, Florida

If You Want to Acknowledge the Second Wedding:

Please join us

As we celebrate a special time of love, laughter, and new beginnings

At the marriage of

Susanna Smith-Johnson

and

Jackson Paul McKennna

Saturday, March 3, 2007

at 6 o’clock in the evening

Lapis Hotel

Jacksonville, Florida

If you want to include children there are several ways to accommodate this request on your wedding invitations. Here are several samples of wedding invitations that added the children:

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Wedding Invitations From A Child

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For a Child Participating in the Wedding:

Please join

Susanna Smith-Johnson

and

Jackson Paul McKenna

as they share their marriage vows

together with their daughter Alexandra

Saturday, March 3, 2007

at 6 o’clock in the evening

Lapis Hotel

Jacksonville, Florida

If Your Child Is the Host of the Wedding:

Miss Alexandra Johnson

requests the honor of your presence

at the marriage of her mother

Susanna Smith-Johnson

to

Jackson Paul McKenna

Saturday, the third of March

at six o’clock in the evening

Lapis Hotel

Jacksonville, Florida

About the Author: Chris Morton ran hotels and restaurants for 10 years, organising many successful weddings in the process. His wife Sue is a wedding coordinator who has help many nervous brides and their families. Visit http://www.theweddingwizards.com for 100′s of tips showing you how to plan a great wedding day.

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Congratulations! Your getting married… and you are looking for help with wording your wedding invitations. If the bride or groom have parents that are divorced and single or remarried you need to pay special attention to the wording on your wedding invitations.

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When a bride is the daughter of her mother’s first husband, the wording of the invitations may be suitably changed to

Mr. and Mrs. William Printer
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Pricilla Marie Brown
to
Captain Michael Anthony Smith
United States Marines
Saturday, the Thirty Second of September
Two Thousand and Seven
at one o’clock
Valley Country Club
Any Town, Any State

Divorce in a family can be a complicating factor when you’re trying to word your wedding invitations. Most of your friends and family know the situation… you just want to include every one of your parents on the wedding invitations… wording them correctly.

If the bride’s parents are divorced, the invitations may be issued by her mother, with her present husband as host, if she has remarried. Except in most unusual cases, the absent parent is invited to the wedding, and members of the family should behave without bitterness toward each other.

If the wedding is to be a small home affair, with only members of the immediate families present, the matter is a simple one except in problems of close relatives by blood or marriage who have been cut off from the family by distance, divorce, or estrangement.

It is wise to invite all such family members as is possible. To exclude them from such an important occasion will often lead to widening the breach and to make for feelings of guilt and uneasiness among those present. Whether or not they are included, the decision should be the joint responsibility of all the family members planning the wedding.

The mature bride whose parents are divorced may send her own invitations and announcements and walk down the aisle either alone, or on the arm of a favorite uncle or other older male relative.

Mrs. Mary Johnson
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Linda Robertson
to
Jonathan Elliot Smith
on
Saturday the Thirty Second of September
Two Thousand and Seven
at one o’clock
Valley Country Club
Any Town, Any State

Mr. James William Johnson
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Linda Robertson
to
Jonathan Elliot Smith
on
Saturday the Thirty Second of September
Two Thousand and Seven
at one o’clock
Valley Country Club
Any Town, Any State

Traditional: Divorced unmarried parents co host

Mrs. Linda Johnson
and
Mr. David Ryan Johnson
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
Linda Sharon
to
Jonathan Elliot Smith
on
Saturday the Thirty Second of September
Two Thousand and Seven
at one o’clock
Valley Country Club
Any Town, Any State

Traditional rules of etiquette do not always cover difficult situations… you may encounter situations that may be difficult to include in the wording of your wedding invitations.

As always… don’t try to complicate the situation if you can help it. Keeping things as simple as possible in all situations is always preferable. Make sure to only use wording that makes you happy and comfortable with the decisions. It is your wedding after all.

It’s very simple to resolve the entire issue with complex parent issues. You might have some parents who insist on having their names on the invitations… or you might think you are slighting a parent by not including their name.

Keep it SIMPLE!

One of the most commonly asked questions is regarding how to word wedding invitations when the bride or groom’s parents are divorced. Here are some examples of divorced parents as the hosts of the wedding:

Along with their parents

Bride and Groom

request the honour of your presence

Or if you prefer:

Bride
and
Groom
Together with their parents

Here is another example if the parents are divorced but have not remarried:

Mr. William Smith And Ms. Barbra Smith Request the honor of your presence At the marriage of their daughter

And if the groom’s parents are divorced:

Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Request the honor of your presence At the marriage of their daughter Julie Lynn Smith To Andrew Carl Adams Son of Mr. Richard Adams And Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Johnson

If you are having someone that isn’t a parent announce your wedding you might use something like this:

Mrs. Jennifer Livingston

Requests the honor of your company

At the wedding of her niece

Cindy Smith

to
Jonathan Jones

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones

On Saturday, the Seventh of April

Two Thousand and Six

 

Just because your parents are divorced… you invitations can be simple to word. Just make it easy,don’t try to complicate the situation. Keeping things as simple as possible in all situations is always preferable. Make sure to only use wording for wedding invitations that makes you happy