Addressing a widow living with her daughter

Re: Addressing a widow living with her daughter

• LeiselEB member

  

  May 2012

  They should each get their own invites, even if living at the same house. Same goes for anyone 18 and over still living at home. I would just ask her or her daughter how she prefers to be addressed.

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• banana468 member

  

  May 2012

  It's not pointless.  It's completely correct.
  
  The widow is Mrs. John Smith unless she prefers otherwise.  The daughter and her husband get their own invitation.

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• HobokensFury member

  

  May 2012

  Send them each their own invite.

   
   

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• Simms1593

  

  May 2012

  If you are trying to send on postage, I would put their seperately addressed invites into one envelope.  I am sure the etiquette police would slap my hand, but none the less, that is what I would do.

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• LeiselEB member

  

  May 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_addressing-a-widow-living-with-her-daughter?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:d76cb85c-1e54-4ce7-86b5-a95e0f224f02Post:7ddbd046-9486-485c-aec8-2b3de65e5d5a">Re: Addressing a widow living with her daughter</a>:
  [QUOTE]If you are trying to send on postage, I would put their seperately addressed invites into one envelope.  I am sure the etiquette police would slap my hand, but none the less, that is what I would do.
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  </div><div>OP, please don't do this. That would actually cost you more to put two envelopes into one large mailing envelope. Just mail two invites.</div>

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• Lisa50 member

  

  June 2012

  The husband and wife should receive an invitation.  The mother should receive a separate invitation.  The point is this: each adult is invited on his/her own, unless part of a social unit.

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