Invitations - wording with Divorced Parents?

[dreajoyanne]

Alright ladies, I need some advice from those of you with divoced parents, or who know of people with divorced parents etc.

First of all, both of my parents have remarried and I would like to include all of their names on the invitations..... at the same time, I would really like it to be in keeping with the fairytale theme..... Any suggestions? (The groom's parents names will NOT be on the invitations)

ALSO, I'm looking for help regarding "Aisle Walking." I want both my parents to walk me down the aisle, but I don't know if I want them to do it together or have some sort of switch?

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

 

[PrincessJewel]

First of all there are some great ideas for theme-ing the wording of your invites. versethis.com has all sorts of ideas. Also say you want a "fairytale" theme for instance, if you go to any of the wedding sites that carry cinderella invitations I know they have wording suggestions that match that you can search through once you select the invitation (you don't need to order it, but you can go through the process just to see some of the options and get ideas).

For the invitation wording for divorced parents you can just list their names on seperate lines, or I have seen a lot of people list the step parents too. For example...

Mrs. Jane X
and
Mr. John Y
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter

or

Mr. and Mrs. X
together with
Mr. and Mrs. Y
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter


As far as walking down the aisle it is hard determining what to do. I do know I have seen people try to have 2 people walk them down the aisle at the same time and it looks a little crowded and akward depending on the size of the aisle. You could walk with your dad and then honor your mom in another way...for instance say you are riding in the coach, maybe ride with your mom to the wedding. Then walk with your dad. ALso with a unity candle the moms get noticed because they get to light the candle. There are a lot of options and do what you feel good about. Or maybe tell your mom you would like to walk down the aisle with her and see what she says, she may not be expecting that.

 

[jroland]

as far as walking down the asile i would have them walk you togetheri hope everything turns out great

 

[ElleBren]

Both of my parents walked me down the aisle. It was nice. I have some photos if you want to see how it might look.

 

[dreajoyanne]

I'd LOVE to see how it looked! I'm really curious! Thanks!

 

[ElleBren]

Here are two of my favorites

I love the one from behind, I don't seem to have any straight on, but I don't have them all uploaded and I packed my disk because we are moving. Maybe I can find some others.

Also it was nice since we did the sand ceremony his parents brought out his sand and my parents brought mine out then came back to get me while my DH & bm walked out.

 

[dreajoyanne]

Oh wow I really like that! It didn't look crowded at all! Did your parents have their hands on your back?

What a beautiful wedding!

 

[ElleBren]

Yeah it was akward having both arms linked so it worked well with both their arms across my waist.

It wasn't my idea in the beginning, but I am glad both of them were there with me walking down.