*Banana* Could you answer this one?

Themis278

I don't know how to address two invites to FI Uncles, they are both older men too.

Case 1: Uncle has been with his girlfriend for 10+yrs they just moved in with each other. I think this one goes as one invite to their address as Mr. Joe Doe and Ms. Jane Smith, am I correct?

Case 2: Uncle started dating a very close family friend about 4 yrs ago. She would have been invited on her own even if not dating the uncle. She has two kids, and they are invited, but they don't live together. Her kids are younger and they've decided too much change too fast wouldn't be good for them. We don't want to insult their relationship by simply sending +1 invites to their seperate addresses because we clearly know they are together. Soooooooooo here is my guess on how this goes, one invite to the Uncles address as:

Mr. John Doe and The family of Mrs. Sarah Smith

mica178

I'm not Banana (obviously), but...

1. do not include the "and" between their names.  The "and" indicates marriage.  Put their names on separate lines.

2. I'd probably send separate invitations to the two addresses (one to the uncle, the other to the family friend).  Address them to the invited people without "+1" as I'm assuming they don't get to bring additional guests.  Put the kids' names on the friend's invitation.

banana468

[QUOTE]Case 1: Uncle has been with his girlfriend for 10+yrs they just moved in with each other. I think this one goes as one invite to their address as Mr. Joe Doe and Ms. Jane Smith, am I correct?[/QUOTE]

No.  The envelope should be addressed:

Ms. Jane Smith
Mr. John Doe

If you also have an inner then the inner would be addressed:
Ms. Smith
Mr. Doe

They aren't married so there is no 'and' joining the names.

[QUOTE]Case 2: Uncle started dating a very close family friend about 4 yrs ago. She would have been invited on her own even if not dating the uncle. She has two kids, and they are invited, but they don't live together. Her kids are younger and they've decided too much change too fast wouldn't be good for them. We don't want to insult their relationship by simply sending +1 invites to their seperate addresses because we clearly know they are together. Soooooooooo here is my guess on how this goes, one invite to the Uncles address as:

Mr. John Doe and The family of Mrs. Sarah Smith[/QUOTE]

This is actually also incorrect.   You can see if they'd prefer one invite at her home/his home.  Or, technically if you're inviting people who do not live together that means separate invitations.  The correct way to do this is that your uncle gets his own and a separate invitation is send to the GF:

1) Mr. John Doe

2) Ms. Sarah Smith (I assume she's not married - make sure you know the correct title)
Child 1 and Child 2.

The use of  "and family" is actually not appropriate on an invitation.  If you're welcoming the children then you should write out their names on the envelope.

Themis278

0 for 2 ! Yickes I'm bad at this game. Ok thanks for the clarification I figured you'd know the right way