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How do I name FI in Invite?

karenvaidenkarenvaiden
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I have looked all over and asked several people and keep getting different answers. 
should invite have Fi name, then underneath "Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy"

Or do I address his title in front.  One website said Captian or above you put the title in front, ranked below you put it underneath.  No one seems to know for sure.  
 

BTW, sorry about the username.  Knot won't let me change it now.
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Re: How do I name FI in Invite?

  • kaynix21kaynix21 member
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    edited December 2011
    I didn't really research it, I probably should have, but when aI did our STDS I put "Corporal FI"

    By the time we're married he'll be an officer, so I was going to put "2nd Lieutent FI" on the invites...but I'll probably look it up then. He won't be a 2nd L by the time I send otu invites...but he will be at the wedding....
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  • kyrgyzstankyrgyzstan member
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    edited December 2011
    If he hasn't earned the rank, don't put it on the invites. Put it on the programs or something once he's pinned it on. But don't call him by a rank he's not, no matter when he's scheduled to pin on. It'll offend people.

    Edit: What the final poster said.
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  • ladystoutladystout member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_name-fi-invite?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:13Discussion:d1ba6d90-81cf-4ce4-9a19-458c8229d6d6Post:47e36384-2537-412c-b9cc-423c7700a577">Re: How do I name FI in Invite?</a>:
    [QUOTE]I didn't really research it, I probably should have, but when aI did our STDS I put "Corporal FI" By the time we're married he'll be an officer, so I was going to put "2nd Lieutent FI" on the invites...but I'll probably look it up then. He won't be a 2nd L by the time I send otu invites...but he will be at the wedding....
    Posted by kaynix21[/QUOTE]

    Absolutely do not put his officer rank on the invites. If he has not been commissioned and pinned with his O rank then he is impersonating an O and that is illegal.

    Ditto what Stan said about putting something in the program with his new rank.
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  • Smudges*MomSmudges*Mom member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_name-fi-invite?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:13Discussion:d1ba6d90-81cf-4ce4-9a19-458c8229d6d6Post:ac71ae06-9dba-454b-925d-e4606383e149">How do I name FI in Invite?</a>:
    [QUOTE]    BTW, sorry about the username.  Knot won't let me change it now.
    Posted by karenvaiden[/QUOTE]

    The other ladies have given you good advice.

    About your screen name--no, the Knot won't let you change it.  You need to create a new profile and everything with a SN that is less revealing.  For your own safety, you should stop posting under this SN.
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  • JLForbes86JLForbes86 member
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    edited December 2011

    What I found when I was looking it up said that captain or below you put after his rank after his name and above that, you put before. My FI is a 2LT, so the invites read:

    John Smith
    Second Lieutenant, United States Army


    Hope that helps!

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