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    Ferris Wheel    10/24/09   New Orleans, LA

    Hey all.  I'm in the process of addressing invites.  A few friends of mine share a house.  I'm not very close to any of them, but they threw us an engagement party so we are inviting all three.  Can I put all three of their names on one invitation?  Or is it proper etiquette to send three invites to one house?

     
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    MsHymanRoth    October 24, 2009   Boston

    Well the proper etiquette is to send each person 18 and older their own invite + guest. Obviously, there's many different brides with all different situations, so that doesn't work for everyone.

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    Proper etiquette is to send one to each adult. I care less and less about what's proper, though, and more and more about what will offend individuals. If you are fine sending only one, and are sure they won't care, send one. If you're inviting them with dates, though, this could be confusing.

     
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    Ferris Wheel    10/24/09   New Orleans, LA

    They don't get dates...we have too many people as is, unfortunately. 

     
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    mdarrah    4/4/09   Los Angeles, CA

    If its a group invite and they dont get dates, make it a cute group addressing a la "The lovely ladies of 123 Smith Street".  Yes, Emily Post would say they each get one, but if you dont feel these women would care so much about Ms Post, go for fun.

     
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    frenchbulldog    August 22, 2009   Dana Point, CA

    I like mdarrah's idea :) That way it is less obvious that they aren't getting dates too.

     
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    December    December 12, 2008   Minneapolis,MN/Jackson,MS

    Yeah, I had a similar situation and sent one to (not their real names) "Sarah, Mary, Jane, and all relevant gentlemen," (or something like that) as two had long term BFs and one I wasn't sure of. But we were all college students and I hand delivered it, I dunno. I did see that they ended up putting it on their fridge, so I think an invite to each would have been unnecessary -- one would have gone on the fridge and the others probably would have been either tossed or lost in the piles of paperwork college students tend to accumulate. :)

    So I'd say just do what you think they would be comfortable with... if none are etiquette mavens or pretty-paper-hoarders, just do the one.

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    My friends have done that. It's totally fine.

     
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    Jenniphyr    February 2, 2013   Alberta, Canada

    Proper etiquette is to send each person over 18 their own invite UNLESS they're a couple. I would say try and think to yourself if they seem like sticklers for etiquette, or if they'd be offended. Or you could always put three invites in the envelope, to strike a compromise -- or just three RSVP cards (handwrite their name on the back) in one invite.

     
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    if they threw you a party i would send one each.  they must be somewhat invested in the event and might like their own invites as keepsakes.  

     
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    moderndaisy    June 2010  

    I would send a separate invite to each person. It seems like you would only do the mass invite for children or couples.

     
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    GaBGal    September 25, 2010  

    I would send the invites to each individual person... they are all grownups treat them as such, especially since they threw you an engagement party.

     
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    princessforaday    October 31, 2009   Edinburgh, Indiana

    I have a couple of very close friends who are roomates. They specifically asked if I would send each their own invite that way they would not argue over who actually got to keep it for rememberace purposes. So that is what I did.

     

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