Wedding Etiquette Forum

Addressing the invite

We are inviting FI's great aunt to the wedding. She is a widow and would come to the wedding with her son. Should we write them both specifically on the envelope? I know adult children are supposed to get their own invitation, but we would not invite him on his own. Should we just put and guest and let her write him in? Thanks!

Re: Addressing the invite

  • I think I'd give him his own invite, especially if he doesn't live under the same roof.
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  • I'd like to see what others say here, but IMO, since you would not invite him on his own and he really is her +1, I would list him on the same invitiation, on the line below your great aunt. I would only do this if you are SURE that he is who she wants to bring as her guest. It's not polite to just put "and guest" if you know the guest's name.
  • Any two people that live together and are not a couple that are over the age of 18 should each get their own invite. 
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  • Thanks for advice so far. I should have been clearer though...we aren't really considering giving him his own invite. We don't actually want to invite him (that sounds harsher than I mean it to, but he is kind of "creepy" according to FI, and no other relatives that far removed are being invited), so we'd only want him to come if it is for the purpose of bringing his mother. I guess I am leaning more toward just giving her a guest at this point. Any other opinions?
  • Could you ask her before you send the invite, whom she is wanting to bring as her guest (even though it will probably be him), then list them.

    Or, you could address the envelope just to her, and have a note inside with the invitation saying she is welcome to bring her son as her guest/escort.
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