Addressing envelope help!

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• bburkel

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  I am not in any way the etiquette police, but we addressed ours as Mr. John Doe and guest.  Or, if we knew their significant other, it was Mr. John Doe and Ms. Jane Smith.  We didn't have inner envelopes with our invites, so we just put that on the main envelope it was mailed in.  If there were kids, we added "and family" to it.

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• SSaltzman87 member

  

  April 2013

  Yeah we just did Mr. John Doe & Ms. Jane Smith. If we allowed a plus one in general we wrote and guest.

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• LiLe422 member

  

  April 2013 edited April 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2013-weddings_addressing-envelope-help?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:ea657a87-d1dc-4588-999f-31c9deeef720Discussion:a85e8cf4-c5c2-4bfa-8e91-53153e42523cPost:cb9c0254-4b9a-4805-8ab9-fe789ba5dc78">Addressing envelope help!</a>:
  [QUOTE]Hey May ladies! I'm sure most of you recently addressed envelopes or are starting to. I need some help. <strong>How did you go about addressing envelopes for couples who aren't married and do not live together?</strong>  I know etiquette says each person should get their own envelope.. but it seems silly since they are obviously going together. And in some cases I never met the significant other of the person I'm inviting, so it feels weird to send them their own invite.  My invitations have inner and outer envopes so I am thinking of either writing both names on the outer and inner like couples who live togeher, or the person who we are sending it to on the outer and both names on the inner.  Suggestions?  Thank you!!
  Posted by drumstheword[/QUOTE]
  
  You might want to try posting this on Invites and paper.  You will get proper<em> </em>advice over there.  In the meantime, you have to ask yourself, would both individuals would be invited if they were not in a relationship?
  If the answer is yes...send individual invitations to their respective home addresses. 
  If the answer is no...you send it to the invited guests home.  For example, if Mr. John Doe is the invited guest and Jane is his SO:
  Mr. John Doe
  Ms. Jane Smith
  123 Anywhere Street,
  City, State zip
  It is incorrect to use the word "and" in between a un-married couples name.  Also, if the couple is un-married but lives together, use the same format as above just ladies name will go first.  Hope that helps!!
  
  ETA:  Reading fail on my part.  I missed the part where you have inner and outer.  In that case, on the outer, address to the name you are mailing it too.  On the inner, address it to both names, using same format as above.  Also, like I said above, if you would invite both people regardless of their relationship status, send an invitation separately to both. 

  
  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

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• Sharpschruter22 member

  

  April 2013

  In Response to Re:Addressing envelope help!:[QUOTE]In Response to Addressing envelope help!:Hey May ladies! I'm sure most of you recently addressed envelopes or are starting to. I need some help. How did you go about addressing envelopes for couples who aren't married and do not live together?nbsp; I know etiquette says each person should get their own envelope.. but it seems silly since they are obviously going together. And in some cases I never met the significant other of the person I'm inviting, so it feels weird to send them their own invite.nbsp; My invitations have inner and outer envopes so I am thinking of either writing both names on the outer and inner like couples who live togeher, or the person who we are sending it to on the outer and both names on the inner.nbsp; Suggestions?nbsp; Thank you!!Posted by drumsthewordYou might want to try posting this on Invites and paper.nbsp; You will get proper advice over there.nbsp; In the meantime, you have to ask yourself, would both individuals would be invited if they were not in a relationship?If the answer is yes...send individual invitations to their respective home addresses.nbsp; If the answer is no...you send it to the invited guests home.nbsp; For example, if Mr. John Doe is the invited guest and Jane is his SO:Mr. John DoeMs. Jane Smith123 Anywhere Street,City, State zipIt is incorrect to use the word "and" in between a unmarried couples name.nbsp; Also, if the couple is unmarried but lives together, use the same format as above just ladies name will go first.nbsp; Hope that helps!!ETA:nbsp; Reading fail on my part.nbsp; I missed the part where you have inner and outer.nbsp; In that case, on the outer, address to the name you are mailing it too.nbsp; On the inner, address it to both names, using same format as above.nbsp; Also, like I said above, if you would invite both people regardless of their relationship status, send an invitation separately to both.nbsp; Posted by LiLe422[/QUOTE]
  
  No need to post elsewhere now. The above is correct information.

  

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