Wedding Invitation Wording Question

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I have a question about invitation wording: My fiance and I are paying for the wedding, but we want our parents to be recognized on the invitations anyway. It's important to him to have his mother and her maiden name as well has her remarried last name recognized first in the order (because she's really the matriarch), but we wonder if it's too wordy.

We were going to word it like this:
Mrs. Jane Smith Doe
wishes for your presence at the union of her daughter
Janey Doe
to
John Jacob
son of Mrs. Elizabeth 'Maiden Name' 'Remarried Name' and Mr. James 'Remarried Name'
and Mr. Billy Jacob

Do you think that's too long? Do you have any other suggestions?

Comments

[Alison]

Well, this doesn't help if she has to have her name on it, but we wanted to avoid wordiness so we said

"Along with their parents, Jane Doe and John Doe invite you to join them in celebratng their marriage."

[Kelly]

The problem with the wording is that it makes it sound like "Mrs. Jane Smith Doe" is paying for the wedding (according to wedding invite ettiquette).
I agree with the "Along with their parents" phrasing. If you don't mind the invite being wordy; you can say "Jane Doe and John Doe; along with their parents (names) invite you..."
There are also opportunities to recognize them by name in wedding announcements and your programs. :-)

[jen]

you can do something like.....

Janey Doe,
daughter of Mrs. Jane Smith Doe

and

John Jacob
son ofMrs. Elizabeth 'Maiden Name' 'Remarried Name', Mr. James 'Remarried Name', and Mr. Billy Jacob

putting the parents names in a smaller font

[Amber]

NO ONE STUDIES THESE INVITATIONS. Guests just want to know who is getting married when and where they should show up.

Wedding invitations can become a source of family politics and not about the bride and groom at all.

All the wording needs to communicate is who is involved, so clear up any confusion that you're marrying George Clooney, and set the expectation that guests are going to have a wonderful time.

The invitations should express the personality of the bride and groom, i.e. "Katy and Rico are getting hitched! Yeehaw!"