Excelsior! Academy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) If I knew how to add a poll, I would. Do you sign your name as the author of the note, then dh, then the kids? Do you sign dh, you, then kids? Do you sign with titles Mr. And Mrs. X? Do you just sign your name? Other, please explain. I am curious to see what others do and what is proper letter etiquette. Edited August 11, 2011 by Excelsior! Academy Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If I knew how to add a poll, I would. Do you you your name as the author of the note, then dh, then the kids? Do you sign dh, you, then kids? Do you sign with titles Mr. And Mrs. X? Do you just sign your name? Other, please explain. I am curious to see what others do and what is proper letter etiquitte. That assumes I write cards. :) :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign "David, Genevieve, Madeleine, Henry, Olivia, Louisa & Vivienne" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It depends on who the card/letter is to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign, "M & K," on the first line and then "D, J & A" underneath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign "David, Genevieve, Madeleine, Henry, Olivia, Louisa & Vivienne" I've done a lot of b-day cards recently and this is how I sign it. If it is specifically a note from me, I just sign my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign "David, Genevieve, Madeleine, Henry, Olivia, Louisa & Vivienne" This, subbing our names and sometimes adding in our last name. I won't pretend to know what's proper etiquette, but that is what I do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's from all of us, I write first names: DH, Me, DS, DD, DS. If it's just from me, I just write my first name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it is from the entire family, I will often write "The ___________ Family". If I'm going to spell it out, I'd write "Tony, Kristin, Shaylyn, Malea, and Easton". If it's just from me, I would just sign my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Do you sign dh, you, then kids? :iagree:This is what I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It depends on who the card/letter is to. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Dh first, then me, then kids' names and last name (if it is a more formal card..if it is to my mom, I would leave off the last name!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It depends on who the card/letter is to. :iagree: Formal correspondence is completely different from a birthday card to a close friend or family member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 You mean like Christmas cards? Right now I would sign... Merry Christmas!!!! Love from: me, dh, kid, kid, kid, cat, cat, cat, cat, bird, bird, fish, and hamster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If the card is from all of us we all sign it ourselves, 3 yo included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) If the card is from my dh and me, my name goes first. If the card is from the entire family, then I sign it - dh, me, children. (oldest to youngest) Everyone in our house has the same last name. Edited August 11, 2011 by Jan in SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Dh, me, children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If the card is to someone in DH's family/circle of friends I sign his name, then mine, then the dc. If it is for someone in my family/circle of friends, I sign my name before DH's. If the recipient is someone I would consider to be equally close to both of us I would sign my name first (it's not like DH ever buys cards anyway!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 On something like a holiday card, I do husband, me, older kid, younger kid. I don't put my husband's name first because he's a man but because it's ingrained in me not to put myself first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Do you sign your name as the author of the note, then dh, then the kids? This is what I do for things like B-day cards for family because I am the one writing the little note. For our family picture Christmas cards that are printed with our names (I don't actually write them myself), I put: DH, Me, Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Usually if it's someone from my side of the family or a closer friend of mine, I write my name first, followed by my husband's name and the kids' names. If it's someone from my husband's side of the family or a closer friend of his but I'm the one writing out the card, I'll write his name first, then mine, then the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it is a holiday card from our family to another family I sign The Lastnames. I address it to The Lastname Family. If it is a personal note such as a thank you, I sign it from me as I'm the one writing it. Dh and dd can do their own personal correspondences. If it is a holiday type card from my family to relatives, I sign our first names starting with dh, then me, then dd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If the card is to someone in DH's family/circle of friends I sign his name, then mine, then the dc. If it is for someone in my family/circle of friends, I sign my name before DH's. If the recipient is someone I would consider to be equally close to both of us I would sign my name first (it's not like DH ever buys cards anyway!). :iagree: This exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign everything me, then him and then kiddo if he's on it. And actually reading this, I don't think I've ever actually signed "Mrs." on anything. EVER. I've filled in the little electronic bubble on forms, but I've never written it. I've always just used my name. I did work as a teaching assistant for year, so I introduced myself to the kids as Mrs., but that's been the ONLY time I've ever used that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's from all of us, I write first names: DH, Me, DS, DD, DS. If it's just from me, I just write my first name. Me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Usually if it's someone from my side of the family or a closer friend of mine, I write my name first, followed by my husband's name and the kids' names. If it's someone from my husband's side of the family or a closer friend of his but I'm the one writing out the card, I'll write his name first, then mine, then the kids. :iagree: I put the name that the recipient is likely to recognize first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beimao Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's to my husbands side, then him. My side me first, sometimes, though the rhythm of our names sounds better with him first :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyB Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If they are from our family - we each sign them. If it's from me, just my first name. But we never send out cards to people who wouldn't know who we are, so I never bother with last names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If the card is from all of us we all sign it ourselves, 3 yo included. That's what we do too (except I don't have a 3yo, lol). If one of the family is not around in time to sign, I'll write that person's name too. Everyone ends up signing in a different place, at a different slant, etc..., so there's really no particualar order to it. :D I hardly ever put our last name on card signatures unless it's something like a wedding card for folks we don't know that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Do you sign dh, you, then kids? This is how I usually sign cards; if it is really informal, then just the B family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Usually if it's someone from my side of the family or a closer friend of mine, I write my name first, followed by my husband's name and the kids' names. If it's someone from my husband's side of the family or a closer friend of his but I'm the one writing out the card, I'll write his name first, then mine, then the kids. :iagree: This. Assuming we're talking about Christmas cards or casual cards for another occasion. Formal correspondence has totally different rules. But since I've haven't whipped off a note to the queen of England lately, almost all of our correspondence is the informal kind. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's just from me, I sign my name only... first (casual) or first and last (formal) but never Mrs. If it's a card from all or some of us, everyone signs their own name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 depends on who the card is for. People generally know who is the sender of cards, and it ain't my Dh. But yes, I sign for the both of us, and depending on who it's for, his name and then mine, followed by hatchlings if appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I write my husband's name, then mine, and then the kids' names in birth order if it for a non-family member. I write my name and the kids' names on cards for my husband's family and I have dh sign it for himself. I write my name first, then my husband's name, and then the kids' names in birth order if it is to my family. If it is to my son's friend I sign it "Auntie ____" and "Uncle _____." (I do not approve of children calling adults just by their first name, unless the adult requests it.) Saddly, I have no one to whom I am "Mrs. Warde" to, except here :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Everyone signs the card themselves. I don't sign for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I usually do DH, me, then the kids, unless it's to my family or someone who is more my friend than ours/his. Then I'll put my name first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It's Me, DH, DS, DD. I figure I bought the card and present, I wrapped them so I should get top billing.;) I never use Mrs., but then I kept my maiden name when I got married, DH did offer to change his to mine but I declined, you have to be born a Fox:D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahRah Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 What I learned and use in our cards: If it's to extended family or friends - wife, husband, children in age order oldest to youngest If it's to business associates - wife, husband and family; or wife, husband and children in age order (if appropriate) If it's to immediate family (parents, siblings) - husband, wife, children in age order, oldest to youngest Envelopes are address to Mr. & Mrs., Dr. & Mrs. Mr. & Dr., Drs. XYZ, with the male first in the couple, female to follow within the line when last names are same; otherwise it's his name then her name in full...either way if family is also included, "and family" follows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxanne23 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) . Edited January 4, 2023 by roxanne23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it is just from me I just sign my own name. If it is from the family I make everyone sign their names--I don't sign it for anyone who is old enough to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Do you sign dh, you, then kids? I do this. I don't sign Mr. and Mrs., unless it's to a child who is not a family member (children of friends, for example). Then I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign it "Dhname and Myname, Kid, Kid, Kid" We always go by "dhname and myname," even to my own family. (You know how certain couple's names just sound better one way or the other?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If it's just a card with no note, I sign my first name then dh's name and underneath I add the kids names (and our last name on the third line). With very close relatives I have the kids sign their own names for fun. If it's a card with an added note, I sign my own name and on the next line I add everyone else. This differentiates between the person responsible for the remarks and those who simply wish to be part of the congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepymommy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign it: dh, me, ds7, ds4, then last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I'll either sign my name first or DH's. I don't think I've ever referred to myself as Mrs. ____. That's my MIL. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Usually I sign it all our names. I have been known to sign cards The _______ Family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 If I am doing the signing, I sign me, dh, kids. Most cards, I sign my name and maybe dh's and then pass the card for the kids to sign themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylk in tx Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 if it's a card for his side of the family, i sign his name, my name, then kids in order of birth. for my side of the family, i sign my name, his name, then kids in order of birth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I sign, "M & K," on the first line and then "D, J & A" underneath! This is how I do it, too. DH + me Kid, kid, kid, kid + kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Depends on what the card is. Most casual cards (for baby gifts, etc) I just sign 'The ____s" For Christmas cards, birthday cards, or cards to close family I sign Dh, me, kid 1, 2, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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