thanking in the program

[dolcezzaom]

Just curious who I need to thank in the program. My parents paid for the majority of the wedding, so I feel they need the biggest thank you. My FH parents only are paying for 400 of the flowers and the rehearsal dinner. Do I have to still thank them both in the program? I feel like I'm out shadowing the large monetary contribution from my parents, when I also thank his parents for the little amount they did contribute. What do you think?

[KMS]

I think that you need to thank both sets of parents as well as anybody who not just spent money on the wedding but spent a considerable amount of time helping you. It's not just all about money, but about support as well.

[hummingbird521]

I agree with KMS. It would be more inappropriate to only thank your parents and not then your fh's as well. i would also place a thank you to the pastor or whom ever is performing your ceremony.

[thatgirljenn]

I agree with KMS. This is what I've got for my thank you's in the program:

To Our Parents
We would like to thank our parents for being so supportive and for teaching us what it means to love unconditionally. Thank you for your patience, your guidance, your love, and generosity.

To Our Family and Friends
Thank you for sharing the first day of the rest of our lives together. We are very lucky to have such special people in our lives. We hope you have a wonderful time at our wedding celebration, and look forward to many more joyous times with you.

[thinking_much]

I agree with KMS. This is what I've got for my thank you's in the program:

To Our Parents
We would like to thank our parents for being so supportive and for teaching us what it means to love unconditionally. Thank you for your patience, your guidance, your love, and generosity.

To Our Family and Friends
Thank you for sharing the first day of the rest of our lives together. We are very lucky to have such special people in our lives. We hope you have a wonderful time at our wedding celebration, and look forward to many more joyous times with you.

I hope you don't mind if I use this in my program. It just fits right. Thank you for sharing.

[thatgirljenn]

I hope you don't mind if I use this in my program. It just fits right. Thank you for sharing.

Not at all :D

[shelbyoliver]

We did a big thank you for everyone who came and how they helped us grow in the way to find eachother. We are going to toast my parents and anyone else we want to at the reception! We like the idea of a personal thank you. Plus we are going to send them to Hawaii for their 25th anniversary. =)

[RevMatty]

I agree with KMS. It would be more inappropriate to only thank your parents and not then your fh's as well. i would also place a thank you to the pastor or whom ever is performing your ceremony.

I agree, thank the wedding professionals in some way. We do take a loooooooooong time with planning your wedding to make it special. A simple thank you card, phone call, etc. Plus it helps us, to better serve others if we know there was something you liked or didnt like.

[WebLady]

I agree with KMS. This is what I've got for my thank you's in the program:

To Our Parents
We would like to thank our parents for being so supportive and for teaching us what it means to love unconditionally. Thank you for your patience, your guidance, your love, and generosity.

To Our Family and Friends
Thank you for sharing the first day of the rest of our lives together. We are very lucky to have such special people in our lives. We hope you have a wonderful time at our wedding celebration, and look forward to many more joyous times with you.
This is nice; pretty much what I was thinking :D

Also if your parents (both yours and his) paid for something, you may want to get them a little gift too. Maybe an embroidered hankie for the mothers, and an engraved money clip or keychain for the dads.

I also agree about thanking your vendors; I have seen alot of programs that list the names and phone numbers and a "Special Thanks" to them. Something like "Special thanks to our vendors who helped us make our dream wedding a reality"

[kevinsbride2B]

I'm thanking our parents and my grandparents for being so supportive (which is already 1 lie seeing that his parents would throw a party if Kevin left me). And I'm goign to mention something about the families coming together. I won't be mentioning anything about funds or so on.
I'm thanking the bridal party for their help and support. And I'm going to thank everyone involved in the wedding. I'm not going to get into detail from vendor to vendor about saying thank you and what they did and so on. I'm going the more so general route and in my speeches I'll be more detailed.