Traditional Wording
(Bride's Parents)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
(Bride's Name)
to
(Groom's Name)
son of
(Groom's Parents)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
When both sets of parents are hosting
(Bride's Parents)
and
(Groom's Parents)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at the marriage of their children
(Bride's Name)
and
(Groom's Name)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
No Parents are listed; however, they are recognized
Together with their parents
(Bride's Name)
and
(Groom's Name)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at their marriage (or - as they unite in marriage)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
Bride and Groom are hosting the wedding
(Bride's Name)
and
(Groom's Name)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at their marriage (or - as they unite in marriage)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
Groom's Parents are hosting
(Groom's Parents)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at the marriage of
(Bride's Full Name)
to their son
(Groom's Name)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
When parents are divorced
The mother's name should appear first, whether she is remarried or not
(Bride's Mother)
(Bride's Father)
request the honour (or honor) of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
(Bride's Name)
to
(Groom's Name)
son of
(Groom's Mother) and (Groom's Father)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
When a parent is deceased
Please keep in mind that a deceased individual cannot "host", so with the bride the circumstances can be a little tricky. However, below are a couple of suggestions:
(Bride's Living Parent)
requests the honour (or honor) of your presence
at the marriage of her (or his) daughter
(Bride's Name)
to
(Groom's Name)
son of
(Groom's Living Parent) and the late (Groom's Deceased Parent)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
The honour (or honor) of your presence is requested
at the marriage of
(Bride's Name)
daughter of (Bride's Living Parent) and the late (Bride's Deceased Parent)
to
(Groom's Name)
son of
(Groom's Living Parent) and the late (Groom's Deceased Parent)
on (Day of the Week), the (Date of Month) of (Name of Month)
(Year)
at (time of wedding) o'clock in the (morning, afternoon or evening)
(Name of Ceremony Site)
(Street Address of Ceremony Site)
(City and State of Ceremony Site)
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Love Quotes
My love, my heart belongs to you, and only you, always and forever. Anonymous
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. William Shakespeare
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo
To the world you may be one person, but to me, you are the world. Anonymous
If love is great, and there are no greater things, then what I feel for you must be the greatest. Anonymous
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations; It means full acceptance, even celebration, of another’s. Anonymous
Knot your heart with a unslipping knot. Shakespeare
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. Anton Chekhov
Time never passes that I don’t stop to think of you and your gorgeous smile! I love you!
To love someone deeply gives you strength; Being loved by someone deeply give you courage. Lao Tzu
At last I know what love is really like. Virgil
The heart has reasons that reason cannot know. Pascal
You must get your living by loving. Henry David Thoreau
I love nothing in the world so well as you. Shakespeare
Happy are those who love and cherish one another. Anonymous
The love is all there is, Is all we know of love. Emily Dickinson
The love we give away is the only love we keep. Elbert Hubbard
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust. Nanette
Baby Quotes
A baby is an inestimable blessing. Mark Twain
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as whose legs increase. Anonymous
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. Mark Twain
Sleep sweet baby and have wonderful dreams.
I have no name; I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am; joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! William Blake
Laughter is like changing a baby’s diaper. It doesn’t permanently solve any problems, but it makes things more acceptable for a while. Anonymous
As for me, I know of nothing else but miracles. Walt Whitman
A mother’s children are portraits of herself. Anonymous
A baby’s feet, like sea-shells pink, might temper, should heaven see meet, An angel’s lips to kiss, we think, a baby’s feet. Algernon Charles Swinburne
Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day. Can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay? Longfellow
Where did you come from baby dear? Out of the everywhere into the here. Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the sky as I came through. George MacDonald
Begin, baby boy, to recognize your mother with a smile. Virgil
But what am I? An infant crying in the night; An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry. Alfred Lord Tennyson
O young thing, your mother’s lovely armful! How sweet the fragrance of your body. Euripides
Oh baby dear! You bring us all cheer! Anonymous
Marriage Quotes
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. Honore de Balzac
The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking. Chinese Proverb
Marriage is love personified. Anonymous
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus
Love is the energy of life. Robert Browning
Never marry but for love, but see that thou lovest what is lovely. William Penn
Marriage is the perfection of what love aimed at. Emerson
In all of the wedding cake, hope is the sweetest of plums. Douglas Jerrold
Marriage is an authentic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul. Thomas Moore
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. Sophocles
There is no remedy for love but to love more. Henry David Thoreau
The heart that loves is always young. Greek Proverb
Being deeply loved by someone give you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
Write it in your heart that every days is the best day of the year. Emerson
This day I will marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love. Anonymous