Check for wedding

ThankfulSnail

I'm leaving to go to a wedding in about an hour and realize I don't know what to do about the check. I've never written a check as a wedding gift before; who should I make it out to? I'm friends with the bride and have never met the groom; I imagine she'll be changing her name soon, as she is a more traditional type, so would I get into trouble if I made it out to Firstname MaidenName? Should I make it out to her new name? If I make it out to both of them, could that be a problem? Should I just make it out to him so I know they'll be able to cash it easily? I'm probably overthinking this.

ThankfulSnail

Thanks, Chrissy! That makes total sense.

Anysunrise

I'd make it out to "Her LastMaiden/Married or Him Last". That should pretty much cover all your bases.

mica178

All of my guests either wrote checks to H or me (with my maiden name) or to Mica and H Lastname.  I deposited the checks with my name on them, and H deposited everything that had his last name on them.  "For deposit only" was able to  overcome the fact that we didn't have joint checking.

HockeyFan4

Definitely make it out to just her in her maiden name...and in the note section put "Congrats herfirstname and hisfirstname"

That way she can deposit it right away.  I had to double sign all checks made out to my married name because I didn't change my name for a few months. 

DramaGeek

When we give a monetary gift, we either do cash or write it out to the groom, even if he's not the one we're friends with.  I only know one guy who changed his last name after marriage, so it's a pretty good bet that the groom's name is going to stay the same.