Same-Sex Invitation Etiquette- Page 2

[Weez]

Posted: 6/19/10 at 7:34am

I think TheatreFan4 has it. I second "significant other"!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 4:41pm

Is it so hard to address your guests by Name?

Betty & Phil Ward.

Mr & Mrs. Phil Ward.

Phil Ward and Terry Min.

Betty Lance and Caryl Lane.

and if you don't know your guest's partner's names- well, pick up the phone and find out. When I get a wedding invite nowadays that says "Joe and Guest" I figure that if they don't know my boyfriend's name, they aren't that good of friend.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 10:26pm

But Guest might give them the wrong idea. If you aren't married or in a "marriage-like" situation, you are not cordially invited.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:30am

If you only want couples who are married or as good-as-married then here's an easy way around it. Only invite those couples, don't invite your single friends. Then you won't have to worry about them bringing an apparently unwanted guest.

[jessica0414]

Posted: 6/22/10 at 1:59am

I think if you are only inviting couples you've already found your solution. Address the envelopes to "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Jane and Jill Anderson," "Sam Seaborn and Joshua Lyman," etc. Then on the invitation itself say something like "[your name here] cordially invites you to attend a dinner party, Saturday the 5th of November, 2010..." If you aren't inviting single people or people in non-serious relationships you don't need to worry about how to tactfully tell them not to bring a guest, because they will presumably not even be aware that you're having this party.