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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOuter Wedding Invitation Envelope Etiquette<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Address the outer wedding invitation envelopes with the guests’ full names and addresses. The inner envelope (which we will save for next week) only features the names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since a wedding is about as formal an occasion as you can get, use your guest\u2019s full name and title — including government titles, clergy titles and military titles: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doctor Nancy Manus and Mr. George Manus <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note that you should abbreviate Mr. and Mrs. but other titles do not usually get abbreviated. For example, only abbreviate Doctor and Reverend if there isn\u2019t enough room on the line. Never abbreviate military titles. List the person with the official or professional title first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When mailing to a married couple, always address the envelope to both partners. Using only the man’s first name is an old-fashioned tradition that is falling out of style, so using both spouses’ first names is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Tomsic<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms. Julie Paek and Mr. John Paek<\/p>\n\n\n\n When addressing an envelope to a married couple where the woman uses her maiden name, you can write either name first, but if you\u2019re \u201cold-school,\u201d you may list the gentleman first. A more neutral way to do it is to write the names in alphabetical order, which also works well for same-sex couples and unmarried couples who live together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Thomas Roarden and Ms. Anne Sterling<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the names run onto a second line, put the first name on the first line and the second on next line, indented and starting with “and.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Thomas Roarden Send children ages 18 and older separate invitations from their parents. You may send brothers and sisters a joint invitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To invite all family members who are living at one address, address the envelope \u201cand Family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Potter and Family<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the next blog, we will discuss how to write the street address, guests and inner envelope etiquette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"wedding](\"https:\/\/www.embossedgraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wedding_invitations_by_Embossed_Graphics-2-1024x645.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCouples on Envelopes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
and Ms. Anne Sterling<\/p>\n\n\n\nChildren on Envelopes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n