The most-used opening line in modern wedding stationery, because it honours everyone and commits to nothing. Here is exactly what it implies, when “our” beats “their,” and twelve invitations that use it well.
The third-person version, used when the invitation speaks about the couple rather than in their voice. This is the form that belongs on formal stationery.
Together with their families Amelia Grace Hart and Julian Reyes request the honour of your presence at their marriage Saturday, the eleventh of September two thousand twenty-seven at four o'clock in the afternoon The Willow Barn Hudson, New York Reception to follow
Together with their families Rowan Michael Avery and Devon Blake Carrow invite you to share in their joy as they are married Saturday, the seventh of November two thousand twenty-seven at five o'clock in the evening The Conservatory Portland, Oregon
Together with their families Ana Beatriz Salgado and Marcus Chen request the pleasure of your company at their marriage Saturday, the eighteenth of September two thousand twenty-seven at half after five in the evening Kettle Hollow Farm Asheville, North Carolina Dinner and dancing to follow
Together with their families and in loving memory of Charles Whitfield Eleanor Rose Whitfield and Thomas James Ashby request the honour of your presence at their marriage Saturday, the twelfth of June two thousand twenty-seven at half after four in the afternoon Saint Andrew's Church Charleston, South Carolina
Together with their parents Rita and Paulo Salgado Wei and Grace Chen Ana Salgado and Marcus Chen request the pleasure of your company at their marriage Saturday, the eighteenth of September two thousand twenty-seven at five o'clock in the evening Kettle Hollow Farm Asheville, North Carolina
Together with their families Nadia Haddad and Elias Fournier invite you to celebrate their marriage Saturday, the fifteenth of May two thousand twenty-seven at half after five in the evening The Fern Room Montreal, Quebec
Set the host line to “families together with the couple” and the generator opens every invitation with this line — in whichever tone you choose.
The first-person version, for invitations written in the couple's own voice. Modern, casual, and text invitations almost always use this form.
Together with our families we're getting married Nadia Haddad & Elias Fournier Saturday, May 15, 2027 at 5:30pm The Fern Room Montreal, Quebec Dinner and dancing to follow
Together with our families we invite you to our wedding Ana and Marcus Saturday, September 18, 2027 · 5pm Kettle Hollow Farm Asheville, North Carolina Reception to follow · RSVP by August 1
Together with our families, and after a truly excessive amount of planning, Sofia and Andrew are getting married. Saturday, May 15, 2027 · 4pm The Grove at Pinehurst, Austin TX Tacos, dancing, one short ceremony
Together with our families and our children Sophie, Daniel, and Ruth Marianne Beckett & Julian Reyes invite you to their wedding Saturday, October 3, 2027 at 6:00pm The Ashcroft Estate Hudson, New York
Together with our families, and with our fathers in our hearts, Nadia Haddad and Elias Fournier invite you to their wedding Saturday, May 15, 2027 at 5:30pm The Fern Room, Montreal Dinner and dancing to follow
Together with our families, we're getting married! 📅 Sat, Sept 18, 2027 at 5pm 📍 Kettle Hollow Farm, Asheville NC 🥂 Dinner and dancing to follow Reply YES or NO by Aug 1. — Ana & Marcus
Its usefulness is precisely that it claims nothing. Five things worth understanding before you commit to it.
Nobody is listed, ranked, or omitted — which is why it is the standard solution for blended families, estranged parents, and couples who would rather not open a discussion about whose name goes first.
It says your families are with you, not that they paid. Use it whether your parents contributed everything, something, or nothing at all.
Formal invitations describe the couple — “Together with their families, Amelia and Julian request the honour of your presence.” Modern and casual invitations speak as the couple — “Together with our families, we're getting married.” Mixing the two is the one real error here.
Because there is no named host, the couple's names come next and the request line comes after: “Together with their families, Amelia and Julian request the honour of your presence at their marriage.”
“Together with their parents” followed by both couples' names is a middle path: warmer than a bare host line, more specific than “families.” It works well when both sets want to be named but neither is hosting alone.
Each is small, and each is visible to every guest.
“Together with their families” on the invitation and “we can't wait to see you” on the reply card reads as two different cards. Pick a person and hold it across the whole suite.
“Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitfield, together with their families, request…” says the same thing twice and muddles who is hosting. Choose the named host line or this one.
For some parents it genuinely does not. If one set is hoping to be named, “together with their parents” followed by both couples' names usually settles it — ask before printing.
Preset to families hosting together. Switch tone from formal to modern and watch “their” become “our” automatically.
A phone number, a website, or “reply to this text.”
It signals that the couple is marrying with their families' love and support, without naming anyone as host. It makes no claim about who paid for the wedding, which is exactly why it has become the most-used opener in modern wedding stationery.
“Their families” when the invitation is written in third person, which is the formal register. “Our families” when the invitation speaks in the couple's own voice, which covers most modern, casual, and text invitations. The only mistake is mixing the two on one card.
Yes. The line is about support, not funding, and plenty of parent-funded weddings use it. If your parents would like to be named, either give them a host line of their own or use “together with their parents” and list both couples underneath.
It is the standard solution for both, because it names nobody and therefore ranks nobody. If a specific parent needs acknowledging, our divorced parents and late parent pages show how to do that without disturbing the rest of the card.
Your names, then the request line: “Together with their families, Amelia Grace Hart and Julian Reyes request the honour of your presence at their marriage.” Because no host is named, the couple's names lead the invitation.
“With the love and support of our families,” “together with our parents,” or simply nothing at all — leading straight with your names is entirely correct when you are hosting yourselves. Our couple-hosting page covers each option side by side.
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