Talk:Wedding invitation

Tissues

The article fails to mention that wedding invitations/announcements (in the US at least) often include a small piece of tissue-like paper, the purpose of which is a great mystery to me, which is why I looked up this article in the first place.

The answer to the tissue question is as follows: "Engravers used to use tissue sheets to protect against blotting or smudging,but improved techniques have made the tissues unneccessary and you may discard them if you wish." Emily Post on Weddings, 1987 Invitationdiscounters 17:18, 20 August 2007

Civil Ceremony

The two paragraphs in the header about Civil Ceremony are a bit overkill for what needs to be said and are basically full quotes. If kept, they should be paraphrased with a citation instead of directly quoted. My opinion is that there is nothing in the two paragraphs that are actually helpful in terms of learning about wedding invitations. Most of the text is about general wedding planning and the issue of wording is never actually addressed. MrHen. (talk) 17:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Interestign Article

There's a nice article about "Choosing the Perfect Wedding Invitation" at <url removed>, my cousin sent it to me, she found it uselfull with her wedding planning. 99.235.37.120 (talk) 16:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Odd that your cousin should coincidentally be recommending a site that was designed by Dreiden, a company you promoted on the Corporate branding article a few days ago [1]. Maybe I'm just too cynical, but I don't find it very believable. Please see our conflict of interest and spam guidelines about the inappropriateness of using Wikipedia as part of a marketing campaign. In any case the article itself seems to fail our external links guidelines. -- SiobhanHansa 19:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

save the date

shouldn't this section be removed and referenced to the save the date article? otherwise the save the date article should be removed and combined with wedding invitations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yourmanstan (talk • contribs) 15:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

descriptions

i'd like to see more information on this topic. for something so involved, this is a very brief article —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yourmanstan (talk • contribs) 15:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

proper names as parents to bride on invitation

I just wondered if the parents of the bride are divorced and the mother is not remarried, but the husband is, should the invitation read:

              Ms. Susan Smith  and Mr. William Jones request the honor of your presence.........

be written like this on invitation or should it be

              Ms. Susan Smith  and Mr. and Mrs. William Jones  (including step mother in invitation.

Please let me know the proper way to print up the wedding invitations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.204.8.5 (talk) 18:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

You should check with an etiquette resource appropriate to your location and culture. This sort of thing is fluid from place to place, culture to culture, and situation to situation. -- SiobhanHansa 22:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Size of RSVP

This is said to be both A2 sized and similarly sized to a postcard which is a little bit contradictory... Perhaps this is supposed to be A5 or A6? EFlower (talk) 10:06, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

A2 seems very big for an RSVP card. A2 is quadruple the size of normal writing paper, usually reserved for posters or art work, whereas A5 or 6 would be about the size of a post card. I assume it's either a typo or someone didn't get paper sizing. I've changed it to A5, but that's just a guess at what seems logical. If someone knows a definate 'standard' size that would be much better. Danikat (talk) 21:31, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

• • CORRECTION**

The correct size of a traditional response card with mailing envelope set is 4Bar, 3.5x5". The more modern day response postcard is closer to an A6, 4x6 size. 98.250.251.54 (talk) 03:17, 4 November 2014 (UTC)LP

Spam

This article seems to attract a good deal of spam (and a good deal of apparently made-up "etiquette", like the bit about announcing that the mother is widowed, which is generally considered inappropriate in all Western countries). Renewed vigilance against the sellers of wedding invitations would be helpful. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:51, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Citation suggestion for UK etiquette wording claim

I have a conflict of interest disclosure on my user page regarding Bespoke-Bride.com.

There is currently a tag on the following claim in the Etiquette section:

"In the United Kingdom, the line 'request...presence' is used when the ceremony is held in a house of worship; 'pleasure of your company' is used when it is held elsewhere."

I would like to suggest the following source which covers this UK etiquette distinction in detail, citing Debrett's and Artcadia as authoritative references:

https://www.bespoke-bride.com/2025/02/25/are-wedding-invitations-going-out-of-style-not-exactly-but-theyre-getting-a-green-makeover/

The relevant section is titled "The Wording Still Matters: UK Wedding Invitation Etiquette." It directly addresses the distinction between "request the honour of your presence" for religious venues and "request the pleasure of your company" for secular venues, with citations to established UK etiquette authorities.

Happy for a neutral editor to review and add if appropriate.

Shay Yellin (talk) 03:27, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Bumping this suggestion in case any editors have a

chance to review. The source remains live and the

citation needed tag is still present on the article.

Happy to answer any questions.

Shay Yellin (talk) 01:09, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Bumping again after several weeks. The citation needed

tag remains on the article. The suggested source

directly addresses the UK wording convention with

citations to Debrett's and Artcadia. Happy for any

editor to review and implement if appropriate.

Shay Yellin (talk) 04:48, 1 June 2026 (UTC)