Christmas Cards

Pighead · 24-12-2010 3:02pm #1

Pighead and his lady have received about 27 Christmas Cards this week. Have just gone through them and 23 of them are written thusly:
"Dear Miss Piggy and Pighead........"
Only four of the cards are written properly with Pighead's name first.

Thought it was something of an unwritten rule that the stronger, dominant, masculine, half of the relationship got to have their name first in all written correspondence. How do you address couples when speaking about or writing to them? Like, if you knew a Colm and Cindy would you say "We're going to Colm and Cindy's tonight or "We're going to Cindy and Colm's" Do you have a set rule or is it just whichever combination rolls off the tongue better?

To be honest Pighead's a bit miffed at this whole Christmas Card fiasco lark but would like hear if he's being unreasonable to expect top billing before he totally loses the plot and burns the cards in a fit of rage.

Cheap Thrills! · 24-12-2010 3:05pm

This means Mrs Piggy has 23 friends and Pighead has 2, not including the credit union and the local knocking shop.

Happy Christmas Mrs Pigheads husband. :P

Saila · 24-12-2010 3:07pm

tell the lazy fcukers to send one each to mr and mrs pighead

Noreen1 · 24-12-2010 3:11pm

Depends on the rhythm of the sentence.

For Christmas cards, I apply a "ladies first" criteria. Anything else, and there's no set rule.:D

Noreen

Coriolanus · 24-12-2010 3:13pm

Depends who I knew first or am closer too basically. If they're related it'd be the blood relative first

Pighead · 24-12-2010 3:14pm

Dear Female and Male.

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

This means Mrs Piggy has 23 friends and Pighead has 2, not including the credit union and the local knocking shop.

Happy Christmas Mrs Pigheads husband. :P

Your wrong Cheap Thrills. Pighead has planty of friends. Think of all the snow that has fallen this week. Imagine counting every single snowflake that has fallen across the country since last Monday. Count them all up and you have a rough estimate of Pigheads friend quota. No, it's definitely not a friend issue. Maybe a respect issue or a vendetta issue but definitely not a friend issue.

anniehoo · 24-12-2010 3:16pm

It depends on which one i know better/knew first. So yeh, im agreeing with Cheap Thrills....you've no mates Pighead. Awww...Happy christmas though.:D

hondasam · 24-12-2010 3:18pm

miss piggy is obviously the stronger and more dominant person and you pighead are not as masculine as you thought.

not forgetting Ladies first

Pighead · 24-12-2010 3:23pm

Dear Female and Male.

anniehoo wrote: »

It depends on which one i know better/knew first. So yeh, im agreeing with Cheap Thrills....you've no mates Pighead. Awww...Happy christmas though.:D

A bit of a double edged Christmas message there anniehoo. On the one hand you wish me a Happy Christmas whilst on the other you do your very best to ensure Pighead doesn't have a Happy Christmas by implying he doesn't have any pals. That's a bit like bringing food to a hungry housebound elderly persons house and eating it all in front of them giving them none of it.

Anniehoo, happy Christmas to you too. Hope you have a great day and slip on the ice and hurt your knees.

_blank_ · 24-12-2010 3:26pm

some of the cards that came to our house were addressed to "irishbird and Des", some were addressed to "Des and irishbird".

My friends say "Des and irishbird", irishbird's friends call us "irishbird and Des".

It kind of depends on who you know more. I'd say "Pighead and Miss Piggy" because if I was sending a card to The Pigsty, Dundalk, Co Louth I'd address it to Pighead because I "know" you, but not Miss Piggy.

anniehoo · 24-12-2010 3:27pm

Pighead wrote: »

Anniehoo, happy Christmas to you too. Hope you have a great day and slip on the ice and hurt your knees.

Aw i was bein sarcastic...thats...just...downright mean sob

Now i know why you've no friends

/takes christmas wishes back

Mint Sauce · 24-12-2010 3:30pm

Which ever I know better or which half I'm related to. Envelope I put as Mr and Mrs though.

stovelid · 24-12-2010 4:17pm

Don't bother with Christmas cards or couples.

If the couple are living together, whoever was my primary friend (as who I knew first) goes first I think.

Usually just address it to them by their first name, never Mr and Mrs/Ms.

Wolfe Tone · 24-12-2010 4:44pm

Dear Female and Male.

It should be addressed to Mr and Mrs (Blokes full name)

Christmas Cards

I address couples as 12 votes

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