I'm trying to write the wording on our invitations, but am having trouble because his parents are divorced and I can't figure out a good way, that makes sense, to include all the names. Any advise???

My parents are divorced, and I worded mine like this:

Bride's stepdad and mom
and bride's dad,
along with groom's dad and mom
cordially invite you to join....rest of wording...

maybe you could do:
Bride's dad and mom
along with
Groom's dad's full name (John Smith) and mom (Sandy Smith)
cordially invite you...

Or if they're remarried, do it more like the top example.

Hope that helps!

I too have that problem. My dad and step mom are not being very nice right now either, I am thimking about saying
A tremendous day in our lives is drawing near
we the families of
blah
and
blah
would be honored if you would share ........
etc...


since more then just our parents are helping us with our wedding also, such as his brothers and sister in laws, my aunts etc.. that way everone is recognized but noone knows that certain people are being left out>

Me and my finace were having the same problem.
When it came time to dish out the money for everything thought, everyone ditched.
So we just put the invitations from me and my fiance and cut the parents out.
The only reason there name is on the invitation is if they are helping pay

that is grea that other people have the same problem and are able to share their thoughts and ideas.

Good advice!! I have a similar problem, trying to word parents/step parents...it's great to find such sound advice. I'm glad I joined this forum!

Traditionally, the parents names are included on the invite if they were helping to pay for it but it is YOUR day as a couple so don't let old traditions get in your way. I personally like it when the invite says "along with their parents". An example is below.

Anna Lee
and
James Michael
Along with their parents
(can include parents names as optional here)
request the pleasure of your company at their marriage
(details about the ceremony location would be here)

With this, you can also include your favorite poem or saying at the beginning.

Good luck!

I am in the same boat as many of you. My fiance's parents are divorced and both are remarried. I would like to put both parent's and step parent's names on the invite. The thing is, my fiance doesn't really like his stepmom, but he does like his stepdad. So I can't put one step parent's name and not the other. The other problem is my dad died almost 20 years ago and my mom never remarried. I don't know if I should still put.... "and the late (father's name)"? We are not inviting anyone from my father's side of the family so no one would be offended, and my mom said it's up to me. I just don't want it to look so uneven, my one parent to his four parents. I'm so confused.... please help!

You have quite the complication there girl lol. Personaly, if I were in your shoes, I would just go with 'along with our parents' or 'together with our parents'. You may not have enough room on the invites to list all those people lol. I will probably go with something like that as well. My fiance's parents are still together but mine are divorced. If my mom didn't keep my dad's last name, then I'd probably would've listed all names ~ but to me, it looks odd to have printed 'MR. JOE SMITH AND MS. SHARON SMITH '. So, we're just going with 'together with our parents'. Go to ask.com and search for wedding invitation wording. You'll get more help there too. Good luck.

Try this:

Divorced parents are jointly hosting:

Mrs. Michelle Wright
and
Mr. John Monroe
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth Ann Monroe
to
Kevin Charles Black
son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black

Best Wishes,
Christine