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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always write "Jane and John Doe". [b]I figure that even if you're not Jane Doe, I'm still correct?[/b]

I only write "Jane Smith and John Doe" on my unmarried, living together friends cards. [/quote]

Nope.[/quote]

I think this is correct. Technically her name isn't next to the last name, it's just avoiding using her last name?

What's your family name if you don't hyphenate or take your DH's last name? Smith Family and Jane Doe?[/quote]

OMG, seriously, are you this dense?  The family name would be "The Smith & Doe Family."  They are one family with multiple last names.  It's really not rocket science.  Why would it be Hislastname Family with her as an outlier?  They are one family.[/quote]

exactly. They are one family. But if 3 of them have the family last name and she has her married last name, it's not really Smith & Doe Family.

I assume the women who don't take their DH's last name don't monogram? Or buy thing that say "Smith Family"? There's never enough room for the huge hyphenation or ampersand. [/quote]

Haha, no, neither of us have ever monogram.  Seems like a bizarre thing to do, but I guess we just come from backgrounds where it's not a thing.  Christmas Cards at TinyPrints were a bit of a challenge this year, because some of the formats did not allow enough space to type "Orange & Pumpkin Family", but I found one that did and I managed.  We've even had "Orange & Pumpkin Family" ornaments made.  It's not as easy if we shared one last name, but I can't imagine it's any more work than going through life as a righty rather than a lefty.  We are one family, but family members have different names.  It's no different, really, than the fact that most families have people with different first names, some with same first names, and then with different last names in extended family.  People know who family is.[/quote]

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