WHen you give a ck for a wedding gift..whos name do you wrtie it out to?? I think it is usually the Bride. And if that is true why????
Mrs. dleeny
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I always put Mr & Mrs
LaurenluvsTJ
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I usually write it out to both: Mr. and Mrs ______
nov06
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I think I've always written Mr. and Mrs. xxxxxx.
I never knew what to do though - still don't.
hsacks23r
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what if they dont have a cking account together??
MsKitty1274
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I have either given cash, or written the check to cash. When FH's brother was married, he and his wife didn't have a joint acct, and neither of their banks took the checks to Mr & Mrs.
Mrs. dleeny
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what if they dont have a cking account together??
for our wedding, 98% of the checks we got were to Mr & Mrs. the rest were either made out to me or him.
most couples who are engaged have a joint checking. if they don't, it is very easy to open one.
hsacks23r
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I have either given cash, or written the check to cash. When FH's brother was married, he and his wife didn't have a joint acct, and neither of their banks took the checks to Mr & Mrs.
DUH that is a great idea Write it out to cash thanks
JanuaryBride06
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I put Mr. so and so and Mrs. bride's maiden name because you never know if she's done her paper work or if she decided not to change her last name.
LaurenluvsTJ
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Posted by MsKitty1274
I have either given cash, or written the check to cash. When FH's brother was married, he and his wife didn't have a joint acct, and neither of their banks took the checks to Mr & Mrs.
DUH that is a great idea Write it out to cash thanks
Yea, but if you make it out to cash and it gets 'lost' then anyone can cash it.
Mrs. dleeny
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I put Mr. so and so and Mrs. bride's maiden name because you never know if she's done her paper work or if she decided not to change her last name.
when my sis got married, I knew she wasn't taking his name. I still wrote Mr & Mrs and they had no probs cashing it.
Sunrise813
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Posted by LaurenluvsTJ
I usually write it out to both: Mr. and Mrs ______
I agree, and the check has always been cashed.
hmpena
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This was a big issue for us. We didn't have a joint account before the wedding. Before the wedding we received some checks to John H. and Hollie P. They made me go home, get John and have him sign the check, since it didn't say John OR Hollie. DH had to come to the bank and open an account, after the wedding, which isn't such a big deal. Then they made us both sign the checks, because I haven't changed my name yet. They refused to accept a check that said Mr. & Mrs. from just me. They a lso refused to accept some checks where people hyphenated my name, since they said that wasn't legally my name yet (didn't have the marriage license).
As a result, I will be making any future checks out to Mr. John Smith and Ms. Jane Doe.
FallBride05
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I put Mr. so and so and Mrs. bride's maiden name because you never know if she's done her paper work or if she decided not to change her last name.
98% of our checks were made out to Mr and Mrs. We opened a joint account the day after the wedding, and even though I obviously hadn't changed my name legally yet, the bank had no problem with me signing my new name to the checks.
MsKitty1274
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Posted by MsKitty1274
I have either given cash, or written the check to cash. When FH's brother was married, he and his wife didn't have a joint acct, and neither of their banks took the checks to Mr & Mrs.
DUH that is a great idea Write it out to cash thanks
Yea, but if you make it out to cash and it gets 'lost' then anyone can cash it.
Same goes with cash. At our engagement party 90% of our monetary gifts were cash.
stephanielyse
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If it says Mr. and Mrs. His name, he should be able to deposit it into any account that has his name on it. Or you can just put both of their names on it, that seems to be the easiest way to avoid a problem.
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what if they dont have a cking account together??
Of all the checks we got, 95% were made out to Mr and Mrs D. I don't have anything identifying me as Mrs D so I had to sign Gina M and Gina D on every check. I doesn't matter if you don't have a joint account, just both sign the back and deposit it into the account with the name on the check....at least that's what Astoria Federal does...
ali120206
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I usually write it out to Mr. and Mrs. XXX but, after reading some other posts here, I think I'm going to change that. No woman can become Mrs. XXX that quickly legally and some banks seem to have issues with that!
jilmadison
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for those of you who had a problem with cashing the checks made out to Mr & Mrs., What bank do you use? Maybe some are stricter than others
curliegirl
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Posted by ali120206
I usually write it out to Mr. and Mrs. XXX but, after reading some other posts here, I think I'm going to change that. No woman can become Mrs. XXX that quickly legally and some banks seem to have issues with that!
It's really not a big deal, obviously the banks have run into this situation, so they make the bride do extra work by signing both names....as usual!
