It doesn't matter whether the bride or the bridegroom writes the letters of thanks for wedding presents provided that these go out immediately after the arrival of each present and are not in the handwriting of the bride's mother.
Judith MartinThe only way to enjoy the fun of catching people behaving disgustingly is to have children. One has to keep having them, however, because it is incorrect to correct grown people, even if you have grown them yourself.
Judith MartinPeople will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140?
Judith MartinA small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the person you are addressing is not invited.
Judith Martin