How to address certain people on Invites

flawlessfay · March 2011

Hey LadieS,

I need some help. I am trying to figure out how to address my invitations to certain groups. For example, My I am inviting my Uncle his wife and my 18 year old cousin so i am trying to figure out how to address the envelope.

Also i am inviting my other Uncle, His wife and their children (18, 17, AND 15 year old). I really don't want to do "and family as i need to be as specific as possible.

How are you guys writing out your invitations?

TysWife2Be · March 2011

1st Case (I saw this on another board)

Mr & Mrs John Doe
Bobby Doe
123 Honeymoon Street
Wedding, CA 48761

2nd Case
Not too sure...thats a difficult one since there are 4 children

flawlessfay · March 2011

Thanks Honey.

Now i need to figure out how to address people in relationships and their BF. I am inviting my friend and her BF so would i address her first?

prettymami2 · March 2011

Fay- I am doing exactly what Ty stated above. Also if you plan to send the invitation with a

Mr and Mrs. + 4 I think it speaks for itself.

The outside of the envelope would say the Family name and inside would list the + 4 names.

Carla1019 · March 2011

be careful inviting BF/GF of friends unless they live together or you are friends with both. Couples have broken up in between receiving the invite and the wedding day so if you are only friends with one person out of the pair just put +1 and let them decide.

flawlessfay · March 2011

I know but all my friends who are dating guys live with them

kiyamurph · March 2011

For the first scenario, the 18 year old cousin should actually get their own invitation because they're considered an adult. That's the proper way to do it but I'm not sure if you want to use another invitation for that.

For the second scenario, you would can put Mr. and Mrs. Uncle's name and family on the outer envelope and on the inner envelope put the names of the people actually invited. For the 18 year old, they would also get their own invitation.

For your friend who's boyfriend is invited, if they're living together but not married then her name would go first. It should look like this:

Friend's name

Boyfriend's name

Address

If they're not married it shouldn't say "and" in between their names on one line. I hope that made sense!

flawlessfay · March 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_address-certain-people-invites?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:48bfbf0f-6c25-41e2-86a5-d1aebee5e346Post:86b40e4e-7f21-47e3-aaf8-8732b2848f4c">Re: How to address certain people on Invites</a>:
[QUOTE]For the first scenario, the 18 year old cousin should actually get their own invitation because they're considered an adult. That's the proper way to do it but I'm not sure if you want to use another invitation for that. For the second scenario, you would can put Mr. and Mrs. Uncle's name and family on the outer envelope and on the inner envelope put the names of the people actually invited. For the 18 year old, they would also get their own invitation. For your friend who's boyfriend is invited, if they're living together but not married then her name would go first. It should look like this: Friend's name Boyfriend's name Address If they're not married it shouldn't say "and" in between their names on one line. I hope that made sense!
Posted by kiyamurph[/QUOTE]

Thanks HOney,

This was helpful. I would love to send the 18 year his but he lives with his parents and i can afford to send 2 invites to the same house...Now to mail them out

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