& Guest on invites

tanyavreeland

Just wondering how you worded the and guest... im not having inner envelopes.. i cant put this on the outside and i dont wanna write on the rsvp.. what did you do?

mbcdefg

If it's a situation where you're inviting a significant other whose name you don't know (example, Cousin Betty and her boyfriend that you've never met), call and get the person's name.

If it's a situation where you're inviting a single person to bring a date, you can put "Ms. Nancy Gribble and Guest" on the envelope. If you don't want to do that, you can just address the envelope as "Ms. Nancy Gribble" and then include a small card with the invitations that says, "You are welcome to bring a guest. Please respond with their name."

JandP51212

I agree with PP. I like the little card idea.

Heather822

Totally agree with PP'er.... thats exactly what we did. (We didn't have inner envelopes either.)

jaimelody

Agreed with MB. We didn't do inner envelopes either. Most times it was just Ms. Jane Smith and Guest unless we knew their sig. others name.

jrgoogrl

I agree with PPer's.

Danes983

Agree as well. We will have a small tag holding the invitation together (its a tri-fold) that will have the names Jimmy and Lisa on it. I like it alot because you can really make it personal.  So when my Aunt opens it will say Aunt Debbie and Uncle Ronnie.

TuffysMommie

I'm another "I agree with above posts." I just have to say, it really irks me when people write "and guest" on invitations to me or SO. We have been together for 5+ years - longer than 90% of the couples who are getting married.  They know his name, they've met him, they can get it from facebook if needed!

If you know someone is in a relationship, call and get the name. I'm horribly sensitive about it and to this day, know which friends wrote out his full name (or my full name!) and who wrote "and guest." SO always says, "Who else do they think you're/I'm going to bring?"

kasabby

I actually just had something similar happen to me...FI and I have been together for almost 9 years. One of FI's friend's is getting married next week (I have known him for 5 or so years). They sent the invitation to our apartment--the outer envelope was just addressed to FI (we live together) and then the inner envelope said FI & Guest. I was livid! FI thought I was making a big deal about it but it just seemed crazy to me. We are engaged and we live together and the person getting married knows me. I just don't get it.

littledaisies

I didn't use an inner envelopes for my invitations. For single guests I addressed the outer envelope to them but on the RSVP cards I made a line, _____ seats have been reserved in your honor. I would fill in 2 or whatever the number was depending on the guest.

cvl105

Why can't you put it on the envelope?  That's what I did.

DandT1206

I didnt' have an inner envelope either, and I wrote "& Guest" on the outer envelope.   Why is that not an option?   If I knew the guest's name, then I wrote it, but if I wasn't that close to them and didn't know their guest's name, then I wrote "& Guest."  I don't see a problem with that at all.  I don't think it's worth the hassle to attach a note inside the invitation

tanyavreeland

thanks girls i totally appreciate the advice! i didnt think you could write it on the outside envelope but im totally going to thats the easiest