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Wedding Etiquette
In modern times, many people do become very confused over what wedding invitation wording to use, particularly in situations where parents are separated, divorced, widowed or remarried. In fact, wedding etiquette is relatively simple and covers every such case: all that is required is for the wedding invitation wording to make clear the identity of who is hosting the wedding and their relationship with the bride.

Our approach to Wording your Wedding Invites
At WI4U, we have given you complete flexibility in creating your own wedding invitation wording. In our ordering process, we provide ten free-format fields for wording both the day invitation and evening invitation wording. As such, you can craft your own marriage invite wording. However, we also provide (on this page) examples to help guide you:

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording
Generally, formal invitations are written in the third person, referring to the hosts using their full names. Our ordering page includes standard examples for day and evening invitations. In addition, below, we have set out six example invitations to cover the most common alternative hosting situations. If the wedding invitation wording to match your situation is not shown here, it should be possible (by observing the conventions used in the following examples) to arrive at a suitable alternative. All invitations should have R.S.V.P. (which stands for ‘répondez s'il vous plait’) printed in the bottom left hand corner of the invitation, indicating that a response is required from the party invited.

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Invite Wording Heading 1~Bride’s parents divorced, mother remarried, hosting wedding together~~~844~3375~~

Invite Wording Heading 2~Bride’s parents divorced, mother absent or deceased, father remarried~~~844~3379~~

Invite Wording Heading 3~Bride’s mother widowed, not remarried. Hosting wedding alone~~~844~3378~~

Invite Wording Example 1~
Mr. John Wilkinson &
Mrs. Sarah Simmons
request the pleasure of the
company of

....................................


at the marriage of their daughter
Sandra with Mr. Phillip O'Rourke
at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.

11 Andover Road
Alston
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.
~~~844~3381~~

Invite Wording Example 2~

Mr. & Mrs. John Wilkinson
request the pleasure of the
company of

.....................................


at the marriage of their daughter
Sandra with Mr. Phillip O'Rourke
at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.

11 Andover Road
Alston
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.
~~~844~3385~~

Invite Wording Example 3~

Mrs. John Wilkinson
requests the pleasure of the
company of

....................................


at the marriage of her daughter
Sandra with Mr. Phillip O'Rourke
at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.

11 Andover Road
Alston
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.
~~~844~3384~~

Invite Wording Heading 4~
Bride’s parents deceased or absent, groom’s parents hosting~~~844~3391~~

Invite Wording Heading 5~
Bride and Groom host their own wedding (formal)~~~844~3390~~

Invite Wording Heading 6~
Bride and Groom host their own wedding (informal)~~~844~3389~~

Invite Wording Example 4~

Mr. & Mrs. Sean O’Rourke
request the pleasure of the
company of

....................................


at the marriage of their son
Phillip with Miss Sandra Wilkinson
at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.

5 Badoch Avenue
Carforth
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.

~~~844~3388~~

Invite Wording Example 5~

Miss Sandra Wilkinson &
Mr. Phillip O’Rourke

request the pleasure
of your company
at their marriage


at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.


11 Andover Road
Alston
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.

~~~844~3387~~

Invite Wording Example 6~

Sandra Kate Wilkinson &
Phillip Brendon O’Rourke

invite you to share in their love
and happiness as they marry and
begin a new life together


at St. Marks Church, Alston
on Saturday, 7 July 2007 at 2pm
and afterwards at a reception in
The Connaught Rooms, Alston.


11 Andover Road
Alston
Hampshire
R.S.V.P.

~~~844~3386~~

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