I am getting such different responses to this question regarding addressing invitations. Different calligraphers/websites have said different things. I wanted to be correct, in terms of etiquette. Anyone?
RedHead
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I used Miss for my younger friends 40 and under and Ms. for older guests
julz33
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I used Ms. for almost everyone. I addressed my cousins by Miss (they are 17 and 15 years old).
dukey
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my personal preference is Ms. for 18 and older and Miss for under 18.
september2004
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it's total preference on the part of the recipient. i actually asked 2 of my friends what they prefer as i personally currently like miss better. they rather have the ms., but got back to me after the invites already went out. for the over 40 crew i put ms., the 25's and under i put miss, and the 30 something's i asked or just took a guess...
babybride
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Posted by dukey
my personal preference is Ms. for 18 and older and Miss for under 18.
This was the guide I used to when I addressed them. Miss to mean is very young so I did 18 and under.
june262004
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Posted by oct.2004bride
I used Miss for my younger friends 40 and under and Ms. for older guests
ditto!
Xelindrya
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See I was taught that you would address Miss to a woman who was unmarried Mrs. to a woman who was married (Missus?) as it's just an abbreviation
Ms. was a big to do about NOT giving away you were a Miss or a Mrs. Example: An older widowed woman or a older single woman could be called Ms if she chose.
I HATED being called referred to in writing as Miss. I always corrected them with Ms.
It also has it's uses if you don't know a woman's married or not = Ms.
I always use Ms. when refereing to a woman of any age (young or not) and only use Mrs when it's a Mr & Mrs or if I know she's a widow.
suven
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I think I used Miss for everyone.
I used Ms. when the woman was married, but kept her maiden name...
I had a couple 'Ms.' people respond as 'Miss' and a couple of 'Miss' people respond as 'Ms.'
So, I just copied everything from their RSVP cards and used that as the list for the place cards...
