How to address certain couples on a single wedding envelope?
Whether or not guests are invited to the ceremony is irrelevant, as a reception-only invitation can be either formal or informal. If this is a casual reception the invitations should be informal to signal that fact to the guests. The rules for correct form are that a) you must invite every guest by name, and that b) you must be consistent: – formal forms use *titles* and no first name for *everyone*, – informal forms use first names and no title for *everyone d) Eldest daughters are Miss Lastname; all other children are “Miss/Master Firstname” c) the correct form of a person’s name is the form they use themselves, and their preference takes precedence over all other rules 1a) Children of a married couple, formal: Mr. and Mrs White Miss White, Master George, Miss Susan 1a) Children of a married couple, informal: Jane and Joe White Annie, Georgie, Suzie 2a) Couple with different last names, formal Ms. Smith and Mr. Reynolds Miss Jones, Master Scott, Master George 2b) Couple with differen
