Question about shower invite wording

peachypear

My mom is creating my sister's baby shower invite tonight and had a question on wording. It's a co-ed shower.

So should the invite say "HERNAME and HISNAME LASTNAME" 

or "HISNAME and HERNAME LASTNAME."

Listing the husband's name first is tradition and would accentuate that it's a coed shower - but she's the one carrying the baby.

I can't remember how it's been worded on the (one and only) coed baby shower that I've been to... Thoughts from all of you?

MrsBeckO

My sister's invite says her name first.. but it was obvious it was a co-ed shower because there was an enclosure card with info for the guys.?

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vicki21

If I remember correctly - according to weddingish etiquette, you never separate a man's first name from his last name, so it would be "hername and hisname lastname"

I could be wrong though... personally, I think it sounds better if the girls name is first - that's JMO though

DarcyLongfellow

vicki21:

If I remember correctly - according to weddingish etiquette, you never separate a man's first name from his last name, so it would be "hername and hisname lastname"

I could be wrong though... personally, I think it sounds better if the girls name is first - that's JMO though

This is what I've always heard as well -- woman's name before the man's name (ladies first!).

Neudorfer

guys name first i think

Mrs.Kent

I could be wrong, but I thought it was girls name first pre-wedding and then guys name first post-wedding.  For a shower though, I think girls name first is appropriate.  Just my opinion though, I'm not sure if there are rules when it comes to a co-ed shower.

alli&pat

peachypear:

Listing the husband's name first is tradition

not true...the PPs are correct.  you should never (per etiquette) seperate a man's first name from his last so it should read Her & Him Last name

peachypear

Mrs.Kent:

I could be wrong, but I thought it was girls name first pre-wedding and then guys name first post-wedding.  For a shower though, I think girls name first is appropriate.  Just my opinion though, I'm not sure if there are rules when it comes to a co-ed shower.

Hmmm... this is what I have always been taught. Interesting that everyone has a different idea on etiquette.

I guess I'll tell my mom to put sis's name first. The other way just looked funny to me.

peachypear

MrsBeckO:

My sister's invite says her name first.. but it was obvious it was a co-ed shower because there was an enclosure card with info for the guys. 

What did the enclosure say? My mom is trying to make it really obvious that it's coed (it's not typical for our family.

jexxie

ladies first.