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Help with Addressing Invitations / STDs

I've gone through 117 family address groupings trying to write out how I will address each invitation for A) save the dates (which I know I'm behind on) and B) the invitations.  Right now I'm assuming STDs and formal invites will be addressed the same.

  • Do you write Mr. and Mrs.  or   Mr. & Mrs.  ?
  • Ms. versus Miss (is this age dependent?)
  • Mr. versus Master (when the heck do you use Master?)
  • Is it Mrs. or Ms. if the woman is married, but kept her last name?

Okay, and then here are the situational addressing problems:

  • Parents + some Adult children living at home (not the whole family):
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    Mr. Michael and/& Ms. Catherine Last Name
    Follow up question to that one: for adult children, does age or gender go first (little brother, older sister in this case)

 Parents + little kids (whole family)
Mr. and Mrs. First Last
and Family
OR
Mr. and Mrs. First Last
Mr. Sean and/& Ms. Catherine Last Name

  • Parents + 3 little girls
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    and Family
    OR
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    Ms. Tessa, Ms. Lily, and Ms. Maggie Last Name
    OR
    something else?? ("Misses?")

  • Parents + 3 adult sons living at home + one of the sons gets a guest (long term gf/fiance situation)
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    and Family
    OR
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    Mr. Son1, Mr. Son2, and Mr. Son3 Last Name and Guest
    OR
    something else?? ("Misters?")

  • Parents + 4 late teen/adult kids at home + one kid has a toddler
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    and Family
    OR
    Mr. and Mrs. First Last
    Mr. Son1, Mr. Son2, and Ms. Daughter1, Ms. Daughter2, and Toddler Last Name
    OR
    something else??

I've thought about just creating separate invites for the son + guest and for the daughter + toddler (but feel weird sending multiple invitations to the same address).

TIA for the help!





 

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