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I would just put your own name. That is what we did even though we lived together.
Hmm I never heard that it should just be the bride's name (not that I'm all caught up on my etiquette rules)...I think we were planning on having both our names (we live together). I'll have to ask the calligrapher to be sure though!
I'm just putting our address - no names and on the RSVP envelope it's just my name.
never even thought of this-- FH and I live together and while we are having a fairly casual wedding as we are doing a destination wedding-- I would like to try and follow some of the rules.. :-)
Does everyone you're sending invitations to know you? FI is inviting old college friends I've never met, so I'm using both last names and then our address, so people will recognize the name right away.
FI and I are hosting our own wedding as well. For the return address on the invites I'm doing:
His Last Name/My Last Name
Address
That's a real mix of responses. I'm not any more sure! But I kinda think now that I agree with Summergirl that maybe you don't put any names on the return address, just the address? 'cause the names are inside.... hmmmmm.
You could not put names on the return address for the invites but what are you going to put on the RSVP cards?
I'm consulting an etiquette book b/c I'm moving in 2 months before we get married b/c heck it take time to merge two households! We'll be both at same address.
That's what I'd do and when there's a question of etiquette, I either do that or pay a visit to my local RSVP store. They're really helpful.
I don't think etiquette matters here. No one will notice or care. I say just put the address of whoever is dealing with stuff. Etiquette is important in order to prevent hurt feelings and other important issues, but I think in 2010 etiquette for it's own sake is not important. So I would do whatever is practical for you and move on.
Fi and I also live together, and I felt like if I only put my name his feelings would be hurt (he's touchy about some things, ha), so as the return address I put my last/his last name wedding and then the rest of our address, i.e.
Blue/Red Wedding
123 Wedding Lane
Wedding, OH 12345
ooh. I think I like this last the best actually. 'cept, wait! you can't really send a piece of mail to a wedding though, I mean, a return address has to be to somebody, no? I guess it's okay. I loved it at first glance. maybe. I also liked no name at all, just the return address. !
I think just your name is fine. The reply cards should be sent to the person who will be responsible for keeping track of who is/is not coming. In our case I put both of our names, since we live together and I'm HOPING he's going to be assisting me with keeping track of the guest list.
We didn't have our name, just our address. Also our return address was on the back of the envelope on the flap, not in the upper left hand corner.
We just did our first names. So it was "Her Name and His Name" and then our address. I know a lot of people do things like "The Happy Couple" to avoid this problem.
okay. thanks everybody. just ordered the invites this morning. Thanks MsAsB -- we took your advice and decided just to have return address w/o our names printed the back of the envelope (I mean, our full names are right inside on the invitations). Funny thing -- the stationer, who seems to know his stuff -- told me that our apartment number goes first, ahead of the street address (we're in NYC). O' well. live and learn! one more thing to cross off the giant list on the fridge! (cept ship to calligrapher in two or so weeks, order wedding stamps on line.... oh God).
We're not following as many "Etiquette" rules.
I got a embosser that I want to use for both save the date and wedding invites and after wedding. So I used our first names and address.
Jim & Pam
123 Lovers Lane
Scranton, PA 1234
And I embossed the back flap of the envelope.
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Good morning Bees! What doesn't keep me up these days, three months before the big day? Okay, the return address on the big envelopes (I'm only having one, hehe). We are hosting and FI moved in here in September. But all the etiquette stuff says bride technically should be receiving rsvps and gifts, etc. Should I have only mine name on the back of envelope's return address, or both our names? The invitation is pretty formal, Sat. nite wedding, nyc.... if any of that bkgrnd stuff matters to your reply (I dunno).