Wedding Invitation

[Polly345]

If one of your parents was getting remarried would you expect to be 'sent' an invitation or is a verbal expectation enough.
I was told I was invited to the ceremony and an informal reception at home and it was expected that my son would attend the reception only along with our respective partners.
(I had heard from a friend of the bride that there were printed invitations so not as though it was a totally informal affair.)

It's a long time ago now, but I'm pretty sure I had a formal invitation when my father remarried.

I wouldn’t expect a formal invite from my mum or dad, no

Who cares? You got an invite. The end.

I wouldn’t care as long I was invited.

I would expect a formal invitation, especially as it's not straightforward and your partner and son are reception only. Makes it less likely to get wires crossed and less awkward to say you can go to ceremony but they can't.( If u get my meaning)

They've asked you to come I think that should be enough. You know where and when it is. They probably thought it better to invite you verbally so that it was clear who was invited to which bit.

If expect the formal invitation - as a keepsake and for the logistics!

Wouldn't care how I was invited

I wouldn't be going invitation or no invitation. How rude to relegate your dd's partner and your grandchild to B-list guests

When my df remarried when I was a dc I wasn't even invited to any of it!

To be honest I wasn’t going to send my immediate family invitations to my wedding as they knew where it and when it was and that they were invited. I only did because my mum and mil said they’d like an invite to keep.

If there are printed invitations, I'd expect everyone to get them. If it's all informal/text/verbal, then that's fine. I think it's weird to only send printed invitations to some of the guests.

I would have liked an invite so that I had a bit of paper that told me where to go and when. I have a tendency to get times muddled up

A friend gave me a verbal invitation to her wedding a few years ago and I turned up at the wrong time - luckily an hour early rather than late!

I also like keepsakes too, however I'd be happy with a programme or something from the day.

I would always expect a formal invitation and it definitely pays yo send one to avoid errors! Years ago when i was in the early days of dating my now DH, his brother was getting married. He didn't receive an invitation, just a casual advising of the date. He duly booked the time of work and flights back home for the wedding (he was living in north America at the time and his brother was in back in his home North American city about a 5 hour flight away). He called his mom the day before to give her the flight time and arrange where to meet only for his mom to question why he was flying out a week early for the wedding....? His brother and SIL to be had changed the wedding date but forgot to reconfirm to DH and they hadn't wanted to waste paper/money on postage in sending an actual invitation! His mom paid to reschedule the flight! Always send an invitation!

Wouldn’t care as long as I was invited

I would expect an invite, yes.

My mum recently got engaged and I’ve never even given a thought to an invite. It’s a given that I will be there and I don’t expect an invite.

I’d want an written invitation so I could see where I should be and when.

No, not from a parent. It’s not that hard to remember a date and time.

I wouldn't expect a formal invite from anyone I was really close to, i.e. a best friend or a close family member. I didn't get a written invite to my close friends wedding, my stepsisters wedding, or my dad's wedding.