How to Sign a Card From a Family With Different Last Names
I fence this every year.
How practice I address cards to a family unit when the husband and wife have unlike last names?
Example:
Julia Smith
John Jones
Kids are Andrew Jones and Olivia Jones (I can only recollect of one family where the kids were given the mom's last proper noun, the residual accept the dad'southward last name).
Cards are sent by us every bit "The Johnson Family" or the Johnsons.
Do you accost to
1) The Jones Family
two) the Smith/Jones Family unit
3) something else
And, how likely are people to be offended if I go this wrong?
Thank you lot!
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I have gotten cards from ii of these families so far and the return address for both said Smith/Jones
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Either address it using their first names or do Smith/Jones family. Why would you lot ever consider knowingly excluding the mothers terminal name? Rude.
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I'd address it as seen on the return address. I kept my name, but I'm Ms. MaidenName, Mrs. Husband'sName. The HusbandName Family is fine by me too. I'm besides Larlo'south mom to many.
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The Smith-Jones family
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We have lots of married friends with dissimilar last names. I employ a dash when addressing: "The Smith-Jones family".
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Anonymous wrote:I'd address information technology as seen on the render address. I kept my name, but I'm Ms. MaidenName, Mrs. Hubby'sName. The HusbandName Family is fine past me too. I'm also Larlo's mom to many.
. Meant to say I legally hyphenated my last name, but become by any combination. Very weird when my husband receives mail addressed to HisFirstName MyMaidenName-HisSurname.
Practise the best you can with the data you lot have (e.g. their return address), or ask common friends. What annoys me isn't whether someone hyphenates our names together or non, but misspelling either or both names does. You won't please everyone, OP.
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Anonymous wrote:Nosotros have lots of married friends with unlike last names. I utilize a dash when addressing: "The Smith-Jones family".
We're a Ms. Smith, Mr. Jones, Larlo Jones family. "The Smith-Jones Family unit" works well.
Just nosotros also get cards addressed to just near every combination - our first names, my last name ("Smith Family"), DH's last proper name ("Jones Family"), Mr. & Mrs. Jones, and Ms. Smith & Mr. Jones & Larlo.
As 22:38 noted, I'chiliad not actually concerned virtually how nosotros're addressed, simply information technology does annoy me if people can't spell our names, which seems to happen a lot.
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Bearding wrote:The Smith-Jones family
+1
In our case, I have my name, he has his, & kids accept both. We send our cards from 'The Smith-Jones Family'. Most people ship to us like that but some call us 'The Jones Family' (husbands name) which, I must acknowledge, annoys me.
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Anonymous wrote: Either address it using their commencement names or do Smith/Jones family. Why would you lot ever consider knowingly excluding the mothers last name? Rude.
I kept my maiden name. We have a family friend who has told me on several occasions how "stupid" for the mom to have a different terminal name than her DH and children. I don't answer. information technology's a personal option. Nonetheless, it irks me when she sees the Christmas carte addressed to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Information technology wouldn't bother me as much if it was John and Jane Smith simply Mr. & Mrs. John Smith seems like she is once again, making her point.
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Sad to derail a bit, OP, just how do people address a letter of the alphabet to a blended family unit in the format of The ___ Family. I'g thinking of the case where stride children with a dissimilar last name(southward) from their custodial parent and their spouse. Would yous write all 3 terminal names? I'd probably wimp out and accost information technology to just the parents, simply if I wanted to make sure my invite or Christmas wishes were intended for the whole family ... hmmm.
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Bearding wrote:Sorry to derail a chip, OP, merely how do people accost a letter to a blended family in the format of The ___ Family. I'm thinking of the case where step children with a unlike last proper name(s) from their custodial parent and their spouse. Would y'all write all three final names? I'd probably wimp out and address information technology to just the parents, merely if I wanted to make sure my invite or Christmas wishes were intended for the whole family unit ... hmmm.
2 ways:
Ms Smith, Mr Jones and Family unit
The Smith-Jones-Doe Family
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For that scenario, information technology's The Jones Family. Despite the mom keeping her name, they've decided that they are the Jones family as evidenced by the last name of the children.
The same would be true had mom hyphenated the last proper noun simply the kids were just Jones. More specifically: simply considering mom hyphenated doesn't mean the rest of the family did.
Signed,
Hyphenated mom with hyphenated kids and DH merely has his terminal name...which means our family's last name is hyphenated
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Anonymous wrote:The Smith-Jones family
If the family unit didn't choose to hyphenate their name, then why would you?
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Anonymous wrote:For that scenario, it's The Jones Family. Despite the mom keeping her name, they've decided that they are the Jones family as evidenced by the last name of the children.
Nope. Wrong.
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