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	OUTER ENVELOPES	INNER ENVELOPES
	Single Guests
Unmarried Female	Miss Jane Jones or Ms. Jane Jones	Miss Jones and Guest or Ms. Jones and Guest
Divorced Female-kept married name (Smith)	Mrs. Jane Smith or Ms. Jane Smith	Mrs. Smith and Guest or Ms. Smith and Guest
Divorced Female-back to married name (Jones)	Ms. Jane Jones	Ms. Jones and Guest
Widowed Female	Mrs. Jane Smith or Mrs. John Smith	Mrs. Smith (and Guest) *never use 'and guest' if recently widowed.
	CHILDREN
Children under 18	*Do not put on outer envelope Only list parents.	And Kayla (1 child) Kayla and Johnny (2+children) *List by age-oldest first.
Child 18 and over	Miss Kayla Jones	Miss Jones and Guest
	COUPLES
Unmarried couples who do not live together	Miss Jane Jones *the only name on the outer should be the person who lives at the address.	Miss Jones Mr. Davis
Unmarried couples who live together	Miss Jane Jones Mr. Carl Davis	Miss Jones Mr. Davis
Married couples-*notice the use of 'and' to signify marriage in the following:	Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis	Mr. And Mrs. Davis
Married Couple-She kept maiden name	Mrs. Jane Jones and Mr. Carl Davis	Mrs. Jones and Mr. Davis
Married Couple-She has hyphenated last name	Mrs. Jane Jones-Davis and Mr. Carl Davis	Mrs. Jones-Davis and Mr. Davis
Married Couple-She has a professional title and he does not.	Doctor Jane Davis and Mr. Carl Davis	Doctor Davis and Mr. Davis
Married Couple-both are doctors	Doctor Jane Davis and Doctor Carl Davis or The Doctors Davis	The Doctors Davis
Married Couple-both are doctors with different last names	Doctor Jane Jones and Doctor Carl Davis	Doctor Jones and Doctor Davis
Same sex Couples-list in alphabetical order by last name	Mr. Fred Smith Mr. Mark Jones	Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones
	MILITARY
He is a commissioned officer	Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis	Colonel and Mrs. Davis
He is a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man	Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis	Mr. and Mrs. Davis
He is a retired commissioned officer	Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis	Mr. and Mrs. Davis
She is a commissioned officer, he is not	Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis or Captain Jane Davis and Mr. Carl Davis	Mr. and Mrs. Davis or Captain Davis and Mr. Davis
	MISCELLANEOUS
Judge	The Honorable and Mrs. Carl Davis	Judge and Mrs. Davis
Reverend	Reverend and Mrs. Carl Davis	Reverend and Mrs. Davis

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