Can I please get some help with invitation wording?

One final tip...can you tell invites were a major headache for me :)...discreetly number the reply cards corresponding with your list. That will help with messy handwriting from your guests. I heard this tip and forgot it and really wished I had done it when the reply cards came back with names scribbled on them. Is that mr. Smith or mr. Syed?? Would have helped!!

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Whiterice: OMG that’s such a great tip! :k: I didn’t even think about it. :smack: But am grateful that you mentioned it. My fiance has horrible scribble handwriting and I usually can’t it read it. Now that I think about it…I’m sure there will be quite a few where this might be an issue. Thanks!

SGC: Thank you very much for all the tips! :slight_smile: A few more questions:

  1. On the line for the name, “M_____________”…Can I leave the “M” out? For some reason…fiance thinks the “M” looks weird. I have tried explaning to him that is the “traditional” way but he still thinks it looks weird (once again…no logic behind this feeling of his). :smack:

  2. With all the doctors…is it a “must” for me to include the title on the invite?

  3. With married people where the wife did NOT change her name…do I include the full name back to back? Example: Joe Smith is married to Mary Cooper. So invite would be Joe Smith and Mary Cooper correct?

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1) Just as long as it is clear what that line is for. That blank line may just look like a divider and silly people will ignore it.

2) Be as consistent as you can. Especially if both husband and wife are docs (don't want to give one the title and not the other!). If you are concerned, maybe leave it out? Though I think it's nice to acknowledge not just the MDs but the PHDs.

3)Yes, both full names.

And yes, whiterice, that is a really great tip!

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Thanks Sahar! :)

I agree that its a nice touch to acknowledge the titles. Question on how to put the names:

1) 1 spouse is M.D.: Dr. and Mrs. Joe Smith (if they wife has same last name) ; Dr. Joe Smith and Mary Jones (if the wife has different last name)

2) Both spouse M.D.: Dr. Joe Smith and Dr. Mary Smith (same last name but both M.D.); Dr. Joe Smith and Dr. Mary Jones (diff. last names)

Would this be the correct way of addressing them?

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1) Ms. Mary Jones

2) I have also seen Drs. Joe and Mary Smith. I don't know if that is okay, but it looks fine to me.

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I would keep the M in... not just because its traditional but because it is what people are used to seeing and a blank line might just look like a divider or a part of your design. When they see the M_____, they'll fill in the R., Rs, or S after it to complete their names.