Etiquette: Invitation Wording & Divorced Parents
One of our most popular etiquette questions when it comes to wording Wedding invitations is “How to word a wedding invitation with divorced parents?”. While we reference “Crane’s Wedding Blue Book” and “Emily Post Wedding Etiquette”, we use etiquette as a guide and not a rule. We always want you to pick wording that is comfortable for you and your family so that no person’s feelings are hurt. Oftentimes, we find that using the line “Together with our parents” or “Together with our families” is a simply solution.
What proper etiquette says…
When the bride’s parents are divorced, the proper way to word an invitation is to list the names of the bride’s parents at the top of the invitation. The mother’s name will appear on the first line and the father’s name is on the line beneath it. The lines are not separated by “and.”
If the bride’s mother has not remarried, she uses “Mrs.” followed by her first name, maiden name, and married name. When the bride’s mother is divorced from the bride’s father and has remarried, she uses “Mrs.” followed by her husband’s full name.
The above etiquette is the same when listing the groom’s parents underneath his name on a “son of” line.
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