The draw to that title was powerful. Many of the ideas floating around out there are, indeed, barf-worthy. Examples of suggested wording I found in my wanderings include the following:
Because you have shared in
our lives
by your friendship and love, we
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
together with our parents
invite you to share
the beginning of our new life
together
when we exchange marriage
vows ....
Something borrowed and
something blue
some things are old, some
things are new
Someone to care and share
your life
the dream of every husband
and wife
Please join us
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
as we are married
on ....
You work, you play
and then, one day...
love just happens!
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
invite you to be a witness
to one of life's loveliest
surprises
as they are joined together in
matrimony
on...
Friends forever we will be
whether walking on the beach
or sailing on the sea...
Please be our guest as we,
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
join together
on ....
He asked, and she said yes...
or was it the other way around?
However it happened
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
are getting married
and they ask you to join them
on ....
He proposed to her on bended
knee,
He asked "Will you travel
through life with me?"
Mary Nolan
said "Yes!" to
David Muñoz
You're invited to their wedding
on.....
Just like a page our of a
fairy tale the storybook romance
comes true...
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and David Antonio Muñoz
invite you to share in the joy
when they exchange
marriage vows on ....
Like the leaves on an
Autumn breeze, our hearts are
uplifted by love...
It is with great joy that we
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
will pledge our love as one
on...
From the first Tee
we knew we Wood spend
the Course of our lives together
We,
Mary Nolan
and
David Muñoz
Wood be delighted if you'd join
us
at our wedding
on ...
We found the days were much
too short for all the dreams we
wanted to share and all the love
we wanted to give
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and David Antonio Muñoz
request the honor of your
presence as we begin a life of
dreaming loving and sharing
together on...
our lives
by your friendship and love, we
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
together with our parents
invite you to share
the beginning of our new life
together
when we exchange marriage
vows ....
Something borrowed and
something blue
some things are old, some
things are new
Someone to care and share
your life
the dream of every husband
and wife
Please join us
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
as we are married
on ....
You work, you play
and then, one day...
love just happens!
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
invite you to be a witness
to one of life's loveliest
surprises
as they are joined together in
matrimony
on...
Friends forever we will be
whether walking on the beach
or sailing on the sea...
Please be our guest as we,
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
join together
on ....
He asked, and she said yes...
or was it the other way around?
However it happened
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
are getting married
and they ask you to join them
on ....
He proposed to her on bended
knee,
He asked "Will you travel
through life with me?"
Mary Nolan
said "Yes!" to
David Muñoz
You're invited to their wedding
on.....
Just like a page our of a
fairy tale the storybook romance
comes true...
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and David Antonio Muñoz
invite you to share in the joy
when they exchange
marriage vows on ....
Like the leaves on an
Autumn breeze, our hearts are
uplifted by love...
It is with great joy that we
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and
David Antonio Muñoz
will pledge our love as one
on...
From the first Tee
we knew we Wood spend
the Course of our lives together
We,
Mary Nolan
and
David Muñoz
Wood be delighted if you'd join
us
at our wedding
on ...
We found the days were much
too short for all the dreams we
wanted to share and all the love
we wanted to give
Mary Kathryn Nolan
and David Antonio Muñoz
request the honor of your
presence as we begin a life of
dreaming loving and sharing
together on...
ad nauseum.
How about something along the lines of XXX and XXX invite you to their wedding party on such-&-such a date at this location...?
Doesn't that do it? I mean, doesn't the fact that we're marrying each other come with all the bromides already embedded? Must they be ink-jetted onto lokta and stuffed into a hundred 100% recycled/30% post-consumer waste, green certified envelopes?
The 'wording that won't make you barf', by the way, isn't really any better. I eschew all adverbs. I won't "joyfully" request anyone's presence. It's a party. I'm not qualifying it as a pity party, so I think "joy" is already implied.
And I just have to say about that one about the lovely surprise; "...invite you to be a witness to one of life's loveliest surprises as they are joined together in matrimony...," if one is standing at the altar in a state of shock, completely surprised to find oneself in such a position, it may not be a good sign, no matter how "lovely" the surprise might be. I think I recall feeling numb at my first one, probably because I was repressing the shock.
On a somewhat related note, because it's about invitations, I recall as a youth my mother telling me of the day when people (that would be women) would run their fingers over received wedding invites to see whether or not they were engraved, and that the social standing of the bride's family was ultimately determined by the presence or absence of this quality marker. Today the ultimate marker is letterpress. I would have to expect to spend a bare minimum of about $500 for my invitations if I were to have them letterpressed. They could easily get upwards of $2000. Expect homemade jobs, my friends, and damn my reputation.
How about something along the lines of XXX and XXX invite you to their wedding party on such-&-such a date at this location...?
Doesn't that do it? I mean, doesn't the fact that we're marrying each other come with all the bromides already embedded? Must they be ink-jetted onto lokta and stuffed into a hundred 100% recycled/30% post-consumer waste, green certified envelopes?
The 'wording that won't make you barf', by the way, isn't really any better. I eschew all adverbs. I won't "joyfully" request anyone's presence. It's a party. I'm not qualifying it as a pity party, so I think "joy" is already implied.
And I just have to say about that one about the lovely surprise; "...invite you to be a witness to one of life's loveliest surprises as they are joined together in matrimony...," if one is standing at the altar in a state of shock, completely surprised to find oneself in such a position, it may not be a good sign, no matter how "lovely" the surprise might be. I think I recall feeling numb at my first one, probably because I was repressing the shock.
On a somewhat related note, because it's about invitations, I recall as a youth my mother telling me of the day when people (that would be women) would run their fingers over received wedding invites to see whether or not they were engraved, and that the social standing of the bride's family was ultimately determined by the presence or absence of this quality marker. Today the ultimate marker is letterpress. I would have to expect to spend a bare minimum of about $500 for my invitations if I were to have them letterpressed. They could easily get upwards of $2000. Expect homemade jobs, my friends, and damn my reputation.
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I like your suggestion - short, simple and to the point.
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