When you are writing a husband and wife..... on the LETTER part, do you put the wife's or the husband's names first?
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Aunt Ted
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I think that traditionally you would put Mr. & Mrs. _____.
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Depends who you are better friends with or related to. If I am neutral between the two I'll address Mr then Mrs but I'm a guy. If I knew the woman but not the man I'd put her name first as my way of personalizing the greeting. I have neither political correctness nor ethics education tho so who knows.
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"Dear Mr and Mrs John Wood," is the formal heading. However, if you are writing a friendly letter to a close acquaintance or relative, you could write either "Dear John and Mary,", or "Dear Mary and John," depending on which one you are closest to or feel more comfortable addressing first.
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Mr. and Mrs. (Husband's name here)
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It Depends who it is. If it is my family i put my name first, and if it is to my partners fmaily i put his name first. I dont write formal documents from both of us, so its either his name or my name only.
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Formally, I've always been taught it is Mr and Mrs or John and Mary, so the man's name goes first, however, in an informal card or letter to friends, I put the name of the person I'm closer to first, then the spouse.
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husband's
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I was always taught to list the woman's name first, so the man's first and last names are not separated...i.e. Mary and John Smith. This is from Crane's Wedding Blue Book: Married couples should be addressed as Mr. and Mrs. John Doe. Should the wife have retained her maiden name after marriage or if she uses a hyphenated last name the address should read Ms. Jane Smith and Mr. John Doe or Ms. Jane Smith-Doe and Mr. John Doe. If you are addressing a married couple and want to use both of their first names, the husbands name must be kept next to the surname, for example: Mrs. Gloria and Mr. Howard Jones.
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