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jlf41 Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:15 PM+

jlf41 MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 1006 WEDDING DATE: Mar 29, 2003

Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:15 PM

addressing envelopes

I really do not want to address the outer envelopes as Mr. and Mrs. John Smith! That just seems so formal to me and it offends my feminist sensibiities.

Are there any other options? Can I do Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Smith? Or even John and Mary Smith? We are doing the inner envelopes informally- John and Mary or Uncle John and Aunt Mary etc.. .

sn00k4 Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:20 PM+

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Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:20 PM

Re: addressing envelopes

Traditionally, the enevelopes are addressed in a masculine way... i don't really like it either...

NovemberSue Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:20 PM+

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Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:20 PM

Re: addressing envelopes

Not sure really. I wrote it Mr and Mrs John Smith

jlf41 Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:25 PM+

jlf41 MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 1006 WEDDING DATE: Mar 29, 2003

Posted: Dec 30, 2002 05:25 PM

Re: addressing envelopes

Look what I just found on theknot.com...

-- Married couple, traditional:

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Paris
92 Pacific Avenue
and so on...

-- Married Couple, modern:

Harold and Emma Paris
92 Pacific Avenue
and so on...

-- Married couple, different names, or unmarried couple, living together:

Professor Connie Chideya
Doctor Darren Duncan (list the names in alphabetical order)
18 Blueberry Road
and so on...