Do guests over 18 but living with their parents receive a seperate invite?

I will be sending all over 18s their own invite. Also my 17yr old brother because I'm inviting his girlfriend.

All adults should get their own invite, when you're 18 you are anxious to be treated like a grownup. Not a child.

I know what is etiquette and whats not. but I sent one invite to the entire household. Half the time the parents probably open their mail anyways.

Since you like personal stories that apply to your situation. Yes, send an invite to anyone 18 or older even if they still live at home. My 22 year old brother got his own save the date and will get his own invitation, because he's an adult. He's had some struggles and is learning about being a responsible adult, so we've talked about what is expected of him as a guest, that he fill out the RSVP card and send back to me on time. I let him know if he doesn't we will have to track him down and that's not respectful of our time. He's learning. Send an invite to anyone 18 or older regardless if they live at home.

My vote is for every 18+ gets their own invite. Since being in college there have been 3 weddings (2 in my family, 1 a friend of my Mom's) and one big 80 yr old birthday party. Two of the weddings happened in undergrad, invitations went to my parents despite the fact that I had a college PO box that everyone knew. I was pissed, but whatever. They did invite FH, who I was with at the time, so it was fine. One of the weddings occurred while I was in GRAD school, last year actually. It was my sister, I live literally 15 mins from her now since moving for grad school. She sent the invite for my FH and I to our PARENTS. I was insulted by that one, because of that I knew absolutely nothing of when the wedding related events were (rehearsal dinner, even the wedding itself) because literally nothing came for me. The big birthday party also occurred while I was in GRAD school, just a last month, and went to my parents, because evidently that's not independent enough for people since my permanent address is still my parents home (I live in on campus graduate housing). Because the birthday invite went there I knew absolutely nothing about it until I visited my grandmother's house and the hostess was there talking about it. She let FH and I taste the favors, since I told her I had never received any information about it and couldn't make it now. My parents assumed I had received my own in the latter two, which created RSVP hell for my sister I'm sure, so I never found out about anything until it was really last minute (I knew about my sister's wedding 2 weeks before, and the weddings in undergrad sometime in the month of).

@NatHam I wish the fuck my mom would have opened my mail while I was living with her. That's a crime.

Yep, as PPs already stated, 18 and up are considered adults and merit their own invite despite living at home. My kid brother still lives with our parents and he's 20, going to college, so it'd be strange for me to send an invite to "The [last name] Family" and then have to explain that my brother gets a plus one. So instead, my parents are getting an invite addressed "Mr. and Mrs. [father's name]", and my brother is getting "Mr. Sam [last name] and Guest".

I could've skipped it as they know they're all invited, but its common etiquette, similar to the fact that you shouldn't be putting "Adults Only" on invitations, or where you're registered (not saying it can't be done or that people haven't done it, but its not considered polite).

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18 year old me would be pissed if I didn't receive my own invitation. It would make me feel as if I wasn't important enough.

Thank you for all the responses! After reading everyones input I've decided to just send an invitation to every single person over 18 regardless of circumstance. It seems like that's what etiquitte dictates and sending them to some and not others seems messy.

Follow up question: Now If I'm sending an individual invitation to an 18 year old guest living at home, in addition to an invitation for their parents and the rest of the family under 18, is that invitation still addressed "The Smith Family" or since one of the adult children is getting their own invitation would it be "John Smith, Jane Smith, and Jimmy Smith (young child)?"

We sent an invite to an 18 yr old family friend and he got back to us with his RSVP about a week before his parents did. Dont generalize and assume anything.

OP - You're first instinct was correct. If there's mom, dad, an 18 year old and a child under eight would get one invite to "The Smith Family" and the other to "Mr. (or Ms.) [proper first and last name]" (By 'proper' I mean use Samuel rather than Sam, or William rather than Billy if that's what their full name is.

I'm only 24, and in the past several years, I have been lumped into invitations with my mom, and it always really irritates me. It's fine to send my invitation to my mother's house if you don't know my school address, but I paid for almost all of my bills beginning freshman year of college, and I started dating my fh during sophomore year. I want my own invitation.

Jillian J thank you! That's super helpful! I'll do it that way then. Thank you to everyone for the input!

I think it depends on the situation. My youngest brother is 19 and lives with my parents. I am not sending him an invitation. I feel like sending invitations to any of my immediate family isn't necessary though. They already know the details. I am still planning on sending invites to my two other brothers and my parents though.

UO: I wouldn't care if I was 18 and lived at home and received an invite addressed to my household. Now if I was seriously dating, then yes send me a separate invite. If not, just add my name to the envelope. Not that deep IMHO

I went on a case by case basis. Are they 18 and still in high school? I addressed it to "and family". My 25 year old cousin living at home gets her own invite, christmas card, etc.

Technically they should get their own but I didn't do this. If they all live at the same home, they all got the same invite and envelope with their names listed out. It seemed weird to me to have separate invites going to the same house and a waste of a stamp.

Also when I was younger, I also paid for my own bills but I would not have even thought twice if someone included my name on my parents invite when I lived at my parents, which happened all the time.

Obviously if they don't live at the same place then of course they would get their own.

I got invited to a family friends wedding, I received my own invitation even though I lived at home. I kind of took it as oh they want a separate check from my parents and then from me because I got my own private invitation. I like knowing it was more of an etiquette thing then a I want money thing, although the couple did have a honey fund so for them I am sure it was a more invites more money type of thing.