Both sets of parents are paying for the wedding, but the groom's parents are...

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...insisting that their names go 1st? I am designing my fiance and my wedding invitations now and I am in a very uncomfortable situation. Both my parents and his parents are paying for the wedding. His parents insisted on having a large expensive wedding which was beyond my family's budget so they are going to pay more than my family. Now his family wants their names first on the wedding invitations since they are contributing more. I think that my parent's names should go first since that is the tradition. I feel like putting his parent's first it is putting down my family. My parents are giving as much as they possibly can- but his parents are very comfortable (financially) and are paying a larger share. How should I word the invite without offending my parents and his??
 
My husband's parents and me & my hubby paid for our wedding. But the wedding invitations still had my parents name first. Our invitations read:

Mr & Mrs xxx
along with Mr & Mrs xxx
request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their children
Sherry Lynn
to
Ralph Henry

my in-laws didn't care how it was worded. I designed our invitations myself and I wanted to keep it traditional.
 
Personally I would go with a wedding that my folks can afford and put their names first. If you insist on letting your in laws pay a bigger portion so you can have a bigger wedding then be woman enough to tell them your folks names are going first. I would never want to hurt my parents and this certainly would.
 
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