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daisymay
09-23-2005, 11:15 AM
We are planning to get married in Jamaica next April. It's the 2nd marriage for us both and we both have children from the previous marriage. I want our kids to "announce" the wedding reception that we are having about 2 months after we actually get married. So my question is will this wording be ok for an informal invite?
Son1, Son2 and Son3 last name
With
Miss Daughter lastname
invite you to share their joy
in uniting these two families
With the marriage of their parents,
My full name
And
Fiance full name
Saturday, the fifth of April
at five o’clock
Serendipity Manor
Davis, California

Obviously son, daughter etc will be replaced by our full names. We plan to keep the wedding itself a secret from our families until afterwards. We have the blessing of the kids, but I had the big wedding to my first husband and I had a hard time saying my vows because I was nervous being up in front of everyone focusing on us. I want to be able to say my vows to my fiance and be able to do that for him and us, since that is what the marriage is about. Then we can celecrate the event with everyone after. Also when I told my family that I was getting married, everyone just wants to make another big produciton out of it and I dont want that.

alley06
09-23-2005, 11:17 AM
That's a wonderful idea, although you may need to reword it because it sounds like you are inviting them to the wedding not just the reception. You could do something like "would like to invite you to join in celebrating their recent marriage...".