When you already have children

Couples who marry with children often want them on the card. The opening line is the usual place, “Together with their children” or their first names, before yours. It puts them in the invitation without asking them to host it.

Traditional Warm Modern

Traditional

Together with their children,
Priya & Etienne
request the pleasure of your company
at their marriage
Saturday, the twelfth of June
at four o’clock

The couple host, in the third person, and the children are with them from the first line. It reads correctly on formal paper.

Warm

Maya and Leo
invite you to the wedding
of their parents
Priya & Etienne
Saturday 12 June 2027
at 4pm

The children issue the invitation. Guests tend to enjoy it, and it suits a family that has been one for years. Put in your own children’s names.

Modern

Priya & Etienne
are getting married.
The kids said yes too.
Saturday 12 June 2027
at 4pm

Your news, then theirs. Light enough to make a guest smile at the mailbox.

What people ask

Do our children’s names need surnames?: No. First names are enough on the card, and they avoid the question altogether when surnames differ.
Can stepchildren be named?: Yes, by first name, alongside your other children, all in one line so nobody is set apart.
If our children are named, are guests’ children invited?: Naming your own says nothing about anyone else’s. If the day is adults only apart from yours, say so kindly on the website and address each envelope to the people invited.

Last checked 17 October 2026.

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