help with wording

shaina925

If someone has an apartment number, how do you put that with their address?

123 elm street
apartment 10D

Or

123 elm street Apartment 10D

maribeth721

You can list it either way, if you are listing it on the same line i would make sure to use a comma in between the two,
123 Elm Street, Apt # 10D

shaina925

Also, I researched proper etiqutte and it for a couple who is not married, it said to list the person who you are friends with first, and then their bf/gf.  My FI said he always thought the guy was first...

shaina925

And would you do it:

Mr. John Doe and Ms. Jane Smith

Or:

Mr. John Doe
Ms. Jane Smith

??

shaina925

Hmm. so my FI was right!  But I didn't know about the unmarried separate line thing.  It is so funny because everyone does it differently.  I am sure if I do things a little out of order, no one will even notice!

shaina925

Ah, thank you so much for pointing out the "and" indicates marraige!  I was about to do that for unmarried couples!

aragx6

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_wording-40?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:bebdc758-15b7-4dbe-9cd4-97e45b5ab038Post:dab03cee-c8e9-43e3-a1de-fe5965cbde3a">Re: help with wording</a>:
[QUOTE]You can go with the person you are closer with. BIL was living with his gf when we sent out invitations and since he was the best man, I listed him first then her. My bridesmaids were listed first with their boyfriends under. Anyone not married gets separate lines. "and" between names indicates marriage.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

This!

LeiselEB

"and" doesn't necessarily indicate marriage, but it definitely indicates a social unit. It's better to list names on separate lines, but if you really want them together, it's not technically wrong.

Also - the woman's name ALWAYS goes first - it has nothing to do with who you are friends with. However, if you're sending something to a couple that does not live together, put on the first line the name of whose residence you're addressing to. If you're doing one line, the woman goes first.

shortee426

You can put the person you are closer to first (ie, put your cousin and then his GF that you've met only once). Etiquette says the woman goes first, though.

Ms. Jane Smith

Mr. John Doe

123 Any Street

Apartment 10D

City, State Zip

tenofcups4me

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_wording-40?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:bebdc758-15b7-4dbe-9cd4-97e45b5ab038Post:cb0f02d9-65b1-4ccf-8ac1-30183c2e37b7">Re: help with wording</a>:
[QUOTE]I am pretty sure proper etiquette says the man goes first, regardless of who you know better, but I wouldn't worry about it. If they are married, it's one line.  If they are unmarried, it's two lines.
Posted by edielaura[/QUOTE]

Edie, you've got that backwards! The woman is supposed to go first.

However, we made the first name the person who we knew better or we "really" friends with. If we were truly friends with both, we followed the woman first rule.

The "rule" for addressing is that nothing is supposed to be abbreviated. Since we wrote out Apartment ###, we put it on the line underneath the street address, where it fit better than trying to get it all on long.