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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I don't always know how to address such envelopes. John and Jane Doe, John Doe and Jane Crow, John and Jane Crow Doe, John and Jane Doe Crow, (or any variation thereof with hyphens), John Crow and Jane Crow Doe. All of these are possibilities and frankly, when I'm addressing several dozen envelopes (or even just one) I don't have the bandwidth to deal with it or what will or won't offend your delicate sensibilities. I am sure there are very few people who are annoying you on purpose and quite a lot who just aren't sure what your preference is and how you want your name to appear on the envelope and whether there will be enough room.[/quote]

Jesus, how is this difficult?  If they have different names, it's just "John Doe and Jane Crow".  Not rocket science!!!  If they hyphenate, that's a different name entirely.  Wouldn't you know that?

Addressing people the way they wish to be addressed is a basic courtesy.  If you're really lost about such things, you could wait until they send you a card and see how they put their return address.  Last year, DH and I were "John Black and Mary Brown".  This year, now that we have a child who carries my last name, we are simply "The Black & Brown Family".  It's really not difficult to be courteous.[/quote]

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