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Joanna
Savvy December 2019

Addressing Envelopes Etiquette?

Joanna, on April 9, 2019 at 6:04 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11
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Hey everyone, I'm wondering what the etiquette is for names on envelopes?


I have couple friends that are invited. They are friends with both my FH and me but they don't live together. Should I send each of these people individual invitations or just send to one knowing who the plus one will be?



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Latest activity by Courtney, on April 10, 2019 at 4:16 PM
  • Meghan
    Master October 2019
    Meghan ·
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    Send one invitation addressed to both of them and just pick the residence you want to send it to. I’d suggest the guy (or if it is a same sex couple, just pick one).
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  • Nicole
    Devoted November 2019
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    Agreed--this is what we did as well. We have some friends in committed relationships and we are friends with all parties. We addressed the envelope to the couple and just sent it to the person we were closest to (or whichever one provided an address in some cases).


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  • T
    Savvy June 2019
    Tia ·
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    My sister and her boyfriend do not live together. We sent them each their own invitation with no plus 1 since they are obviously coming together
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  • F
    Super April 2019
    Future Mrs. Polar Bear ·
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    Hmmm...if the friend in question (example) is my FH friend, and he has a girlfriend but they don't live together I'd send the invite only to the friend and let him choose about the girlfriend (who knows if they will still be together by the wedding date, yea know?)

    If one of the friends were your guys friends BEFORE they got together I'd do separate invites, so if something were to happen they know they are still invited no matter what happens in their own relationship.


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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    We sent individual invites to couples that don't live together.

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  • Joanna
    Savvy December 2019
    Joanna ·
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    Yeah, that's what I think we decided on-- those two were our friends separately before they got together and my FH and I got together. I'll be sending them separate invitations.


    For the engaged couple living separately, I'm only sending one invite to the girl because we were friends before she met her fiance.


    For my cousin and his gf of 8+ years, I'm sending the invitation to him with one +1.


    It was a tricky puzzle but I think I have it settled now.

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  • F
    Super April 2019
    Future Mrs. Polar Bear ·
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    Sounds like you have a great plan Smiley laugh

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  • FutureStephD
    Super March 2019
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    The only negative to this, is what if the couple break up, and they want to bring their new dates? I'm not saying it will happen to you (you would hope sister's BF wouldn't want to come if they break up), but it's happened to others on here before.

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  • J
    Master October 2019
    Jolie ·
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    We have a couple that doesn't live together but we are just addressing it to his house since she stays over a lot. But like there's practically zero chance they'd break up before our wedding so we aren't concerned about that.

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  • Kristen
    VIP June 2020
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    We have a few engaged couples that don't live together yet, and if they don't at the time we send invites, we will just be sending them to the man's address because all of the women will be moving in with the man at some point whether prior to or post marrying them.

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  • Courtney
    Master December 2019
    Courtney ·
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    We have a couple that don't live together either and addressed one to each. Because let's face it... he was probably going to lose his anyways lol.

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