Couples

  Outer Envelope

Inner Envelope

 

 

Unmarried couple that do not live together

Miss (Ms.) Mary Smith

 

*Address only to person living at the address

Miss (Ms.) Mary Smith

Mr. Robert Wood

or

Mary and Robert

or

Miss (Ms.) Smith and Mr. Wood

 

Unmarried couples who live together

 

Miss (Ms.) Mary Smith

Mr. Robert Wood

 

Same as above

 

 

Married couples

 

 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood

or

Mr. and Mrs. Wood

or

Robert and Mary

 

Married couple if she kept her maiden name

 

Mrs. Mary Smith and Mr. Robert Wood

Mrs. Smith and Mr. Wood

or

Mary and Robert

 

Married couple if her last name is hyphenated

 

Mrs. Mary Smith-Wood and Mr. Robert Wood

Mrs. Smith-Wood and Mr. Wood

or

Mary and Robert

 

Married couple if she has a professional title and he does not.

 

Doctor Mary Wood and Mrs. Robert Wood

Doctor Wood and Mr. Wood

or

Mary and Robert

 

Married couple if both are Doctors

Doctor Mary Wood and Doctor Robert Wood

or

The Doctors Wood

The Doctors Wood

or

Mary and Robert

 

Married couples if both are doctors with different last names

 

Doctor Mary Smith and Doctor Robert Wood

Doctor Smith and Doctor Wood

or

Mary and Robert

Same sex couples

Please list in alphabetical order by last name

Mr. John Green

Mr. David White

Mr. Green and Mr. White

or

John and David

 

Single Guests

 

Unmarried Female

Miss Mary Smith

or

Ms. Mary Smith

Miss Jones (and Guest)

or

Mary (and Guest)

 

 

Divorced female if she kept her married name

 

Mrs. Mary Brown

or

Ms. Mary Brown

Mrs. Brown (and Guest)

or

Ms. Brown (and Guest)

or

Mary (and Guest)

 

Divorced female having changed to maiden name

 

Ms. Mary Smith

Ms. Smith (and Guest)

or

Mary and (Guest)

 

 

Widowed Female

 

Mrs. Mary Brown

or

Mrs. Robert Brown

Mrs. Brown (*and Guest)

or

Mary (*and Guest)

*do not invite guest in the case of recently widowed.

 

Military

He is a commissioned officer

Colonel and Mrs. Robert Wood

Colonel and Mrs. Davis

 

He is a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man

 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood

Mr. and Mrs. Wood

or

Robert and Mary

He is retired commissioned officer

Colonel and Mrs. Robert Wood

Mr. and Mrs. Wood

 

She is a commissioned officer, he is not

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood

or

Captain Mary Wood and Mr. Robert Wood

Mrs. And Mrs. Wood

or

Captain Wood and Mr. Wood

 

Miscellaneous

Reverend

Reverend and Mrs. Robert Wood

Reverend and Mrs. Wood

Judge

The Honorable and Mrs. Robert Wood

Judge and Mrs. Wood