Wedding Invitations

I will try to address in this post, some of the common questions we receive about addressing wedding invitations. Q: I am inviting a man and woman who are living together and not married. Whose name should go first on the envelope? A: The woman’s name should go first.

Q: I am inviting two sisters who live together. Whose name should go first? A:

Q: We are inviting a couple with
children and we want to include the children. How do we address the
envelope? Do we put “and family?” A: Not on the outer envelope as wedding invitations are to be sent to
adult members of the household. If you want to include the children,
their names should go on the inner envelope under the parent’s names. More about children, if you don’t want to include them, in the next post.

Q: A number of our friends are in a dating relationship and want them to
feel free to bring them to the wedding. How do we indicate that?
A: The best way if you know the names of the other individuals is to send
them their own invitation, but a less formal but acceptable way is to
write on the inner envelope either, Mr. “Stephen Sampson and guest,” or
Miss Karen Brown and escort” or “Miss Karen Brown and guest.”