Address Etiquette

HI E.,
First let me say, I'm not E. Post LOL. But this is what I'd do. . .
1)Yup, put both their names on the envelope and first names on the inside.
2) I had a friend in this situation. I addressed the card to her and on the inside I wrote "Sarah and Joe". Once I got to know him better, and they'd been together a while, I addressed the envelope to both of them.
Have a great holiday :o)

If they live together (same sex or otherwise), then ask (if you can) for the last name. If they don't live together or you can't ask, then just address to your friend.

On the inside of the card, use both first names "Dear Bob and Chris" or "Dear Bob, We hope you and Chris hav ea great holiday..."

Honestly, it is perfectly okay to put the address without any names - but be sure you hav ethe address correct!!

For families, I address to the **** family, this can work for newly married couples as well. For same sex couples with different last names, than I would address it to both of them by name.

When I send out Christmas cards I always put "and family" this way it includes everyone in the household. When I was little my mother used to do this and I asked her why, her response was that a lot of times when we send cards it is to people we haven't seen in a long time so we don't know if their dating someone, their daughter/son is dating someone, they are expecting, etc. so by putting "and family" it covers you. Makes sense to me so I do the same.

I would address it to "John Smith and Jeremy Stillman". If you want it to be more formal, you could address it to "Messrs. John Smith and Jeremy Stillman"; "Messrs." is the plural of "Mr." and comes from the French word messieurs. On the inside, I would write "Dear John and Jeremy,".

In the second example, I probably would just address it to the person you know.

Never use "Mr. Jones"....always include a name or initials "Mr Thomas Jones" for example. I cringe when I get something addressed like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" What???!!!

I completely agree with the "and family" response. That's how I do it, and it pretty much covers everyone!

1. John Doe/Bill Smith is what I would do, just like I do for heterosexual couples where the woman did not change her name.

2. If you don't know the name, address it to the one person, but put a personal note inside with congratulations, and hope you get a card from them so you know next year!

1. Yes, address to Ms Sarah Smith and Ms Kathy Jones
2. If they live together and you don't know the significant other's last name, address the envelope to the one you know "Ms Sarah Smith" but on the actual card, write "Dear Sarah and Steve,"

Dear E., I am not an expert but I think for the first case you would write: Mr, Peter Smith and Mr. John Adams
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. In the second case you could write: Mr Henry James and Catherine.
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I hope this helps. Grandma Mary

I would say for same sex partners just do both their first and last names...Bob Smith and Jeff Jones. For others I would probably go ahead and find out the last name of their signifcant other. Could you email them and just say hey I don't know Gail's last name, can you send it to me b/c I'm doing Christmas cards! I've done that before. If they're living together I think you should address it to both people.

I think I would do "Mr. Smith and Mr. Miller" for their names. I would guess that's the "formal" way. (Honestly, I'm not really sure what you mean by formal, but that seems pretty formal to me!)

For those that you just send cards to once a year, I would just address it to the person you know until that person is married.

1. Same sex partners, use both first and last names, unless you are more friendly with them, just use both first names. If they have hyphenated their names, by all means respect this and use that name.
2. send a card to the one person that you know better. The other person should be able to understand that if you've not met, then you wouldn't necessarily be sharing a holiday message with them, more than likely.
Hope this helps.