Wedding Invitations

I’m afraid that if I don’t include the name of my father’s wife on my wedding invitations, it might hurt her feelings.

As I just mentioned yesterday, the importance of wedding invitation etiquette should never
out weigh the importance of relationships. The purpose is to build
relationships, not to harm them.

I can think of a couple of suggestions I will offer here. Since it
is not proper for her name to appear on the wedding invitations, she could be
listed along with your parent as one of the hosts for the reception. By
doing this she would receive a place of honor on the reception cards
while the invitations are still worded properly.

If you choose to do this, your mother’s name would be on the first
line for the reception card. The second line would have the names of
your father and his wife. The rest of the card reads, “request the
pleasure of your company at the marriage reception” followed by the
date, time and place.

Another way you could word your wedding  invitations that would work would
be not to mention any of your parent’s names. You could issue the
invitations yourselves by putting your name on the first line, your
fiancé’s name on the third line with “and” separating the two and then
say, “together with their parents”…Now this is not proper but would
work if your parents were okay with that wording.