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Announcing Your Engagement

ANNOUNCING YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE NEWS

Depending on your situation, there's many different ways to publish your engagement. One word of advice, you shouldn't give the exact date or your exact address because of security reasons. You don't want anyone breaking into your house after you've gotten all your wedding presents, not to mention your diamond ring.

Let's say Tami Smith and Greg Brown are getting married.

This is the easiest and most common way to announce it. The city is mentioned only when it's different from where the newspaper is published.

"Mr. & Mrs. John Smith of Main Street announce the engagement of their daughter, Tami Smith, to Greg Brown the son of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown of Nashville. No date has been set yet (or the wedding will take place in December)."

ANNOUNCING YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH DIVORCED PARENTS

If your parents are divorced, the parent you live with makes the announcement but both parents are mentioned. Let's say you live with your mother, she could use a combination of her maiden and married name, or her first and last name.

"Mrs. Johanna Smith announces the engagement of her daughter, Tami Smith, to Greg Brown, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown of Nashville. Miss Brown is also the daughter of Mr. John Smith of Memphis."

If your parents are divorced, but still friendly, they may choose to announce together.

"Mr. John Smith of Memphis and Mrs. Johnson Smith of Main Street, Texas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tami Smith, to Greg Brown, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown of Nashville."

If your mother has remarried she uses he current married name - Mrs. Euclid Cormier.

Mr & Mrs. Euclid Cormier announce the engagement of Mrs. Cormier's daughter, Tami Smith, to Greg Brown, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Richard Brown of Nashville. Miss Tami Smith is also the daughter of Mr. John Smith of Memphis.

ANNOUNCING YOUR OWN WEDDING

Say both your parents hate each other and you're arguing about this announcement, so do it yourself. The guy's family is never to announce the engagement (BAD, BAD ETIQUETTE), even in their own city's paper.

"Judy Cormier, Elementz of Fotographie, is to be married in November to Mel Gibson, actor for Paramount Pictures of Los Angeles. Miss Cormier is the daughter of Mr. Euclid Cormier of Vancouver and Mrs. Paula Johnson Cormier of Grand Bend. Mr. Gibson is the son of Mr. & Mrs. John Gibson of Sydney, Australia."

 If your fiancé's parents are the ones that are dead or divorced, just adapt the etiquette from the bride's divorced parents above.

SECOND MARRIAGE

Nowadays it's perfectly acceptable to announce a second marriage. Of course, no mention of the first marriage please. You could use the first announcement on this page.

NEWSPAPER

Check out your local newspapers to see how their announcements are worded. When you decide to publish, get in touch with the lifestyle editor.

 

 

 

 

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