SAME-SEX MARRIAGE INTRODUCES UNIQUE QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE
DEAR CR-ABBY:
I hope you can help with an etiquette question. With same-sex marriage becoming more commonplace, how should I address a letter to a same-sex couple?
Example: Now that Ellen DeGeneres has married Portia de Rossi, would I write to "Mrs. and Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres"? "The Ellen DeGeneres Family"? or "Ellen and Portia DeGeneres"?
None of the manners books that I have checked has been able to provide an answer, and I have not seen the issue in print. What do you think?
DEAR CR-ABBY:
I hope you can help with an etiquette question. With same-sex marriage becoming more commonplace, how should I address a letter to a same-sex couple?
Example: Now that Ellen DeGeneres has married Portia de Rossi, would I write to "Mrs. and Mrs. Ellen DeGeneres"? "The Ellen DeGeneres Family"? or "Ellen and Portia DeGeneres"?
None of the manners books that I have checked has been able to provide an answer, and I have not seen the issue in print. What do you think?
-- STRAIGHT, NOT NARROW IN GLENDALE, ARIZ.
Dear Straight Laced in a Double Wide outside of Phoenix,
Go for simplicity..."To The DeGenerate's"
Just joking, you know ole Crabby doesn't care which side your bread gets butter on,..as long as you like it and are over 18.
This is a little new for everyone so I would think the couple in question would be happy to field your inquiry...they would see your question as a) honoring their union b) wanting to address them in the manner they prefer.
So, just ask!
Cr-Abby
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