help with wording

Re: help with wording

• maribeth721

  

  January 2012

  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

  

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• shaina925 member

  

  January 2012

  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...

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• shaina925 member

  

  January 2012

  And would you do it:
  
  Mr. John Doe and Ms. Jane Smith
  
  Or:
  
  Mr. John Doe
  Ms. Jane Smith
  
  ??

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• shaina925 member

  

  January 2012

  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!

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• shaina925 member

  

  January 2012

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

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• aragx6 member

  

  January 2012

  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!

  

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• LeiselEB member

  

  January 2012

  "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.

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• shortee426 member

  

  January 2012

  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

  
  
  

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• tenofcups4me member

  

  January 2012

  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.

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