A medical doctor was recently married. I want to give the newlywed couple a wedding present. How should I address them on the card?
Dr. and Mrs. (assuming the wife doesn’t have a doctorate)
or you can use their first names, if you know them reasonably well.
No, it’s someone we know from work. So in closing, should I use, sincerely, or in friendship?
Mr. and Dr.
Dr. and Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dr.
Warm regards, or best wishes would be my recommendations for closings.
“When addressing…to a Doctor, proper etiquette dictates that the spouse with the professional title is listed first. If the woman is a doctor, but her husband is not, write: Dr. Lucy Wallford and Mr. Christopher Wallford, or, if they have different last names, Dr. Lucy Jones and Mr. Christopher Wallford.”
A whole 'nuther set of guidelines applies to same sex couples. Dr Lucy Jones and Ms Sally Smith. Or Dr Lucy Jones (the one you know first) and Dr Sally Smith.
If you don’t know the spouse, agree to check his or her credentials and whether a woman changed her name or not. But in the end, don;t go nuts. Though some recipients will be particular about this, your thoughts are in the right place.
I personally, though it may not be proper, give anything addressed to Dr. and Mrs. I would always say Dr x and Ms x. If
If you err and only put Mr. and Mrs. Smith – the doctor probably won’t mind.
My FIL, a medical doctor, said all his title gave him was a 10% premium on everything he bought. He preferred “Mr” in all but his professional circles. LOL
Don’t put “Mrs. Dr.” Just don’t. I don’t know a single person close to my age who would find that acceptable.
Also don’t put Mrs. unless she took his last name. Ms. is the proper/acceptable term for women who have different last names than their spouses.
Personally, I loved when people just used our first names on wedding cards. I do that for all wedding gifts now. I’d rather they think I’m too informal than screw up their names or titles. (I bristled every time I was called Mrs (Mr R) because I remained Ms. Romani and will be Dr. Romani soonish.)
Also, honestly, we went through so many cards that I don’t remember any one card. It’ll be one of many cards that they skim through.
Mrs. Dr. was a joke, I need to load up on these things: :(|) 
Re: “Mrs. Dr.” - I woman I want to college with “Sally Jones” is an MD and is also married to her college boyfriend , “John Smith”. I saw in a college publication where she identified herself as " Dr. Mrs. John Smith".
I am 59 years old and thought this was bizarre.
I would duck the whole thing and address it to Jane and John Smith (or Jane Jones and John Smith if she didn’t take his name).
But I’m married to someone with a PhD, and most PhDs are notably indifferent to whether they’re addressed as Dr. Medical doctors may be different.
In Germany you say “Herr Doktor” and “Frau Dokter”, but obviously not here! Sometimes they’ll even be “Herr Doktor Professor”.
Since this is someone you see, I’d just ask them how they like to be addressed.
Hi mathmom, don’t the Germans also have the possibility of addressing someone as Frau Professor Doktor?
The wife, even without the degree, can be Frau Doktor Schmidt.
Some people like to have the proper titles, so I think it is nice to make an effort to follow protocol. My daughter and son in law are tricky and almost no one gets it right. It is supposed to be Dr. Son in law’s Name and The Reverend Daughter’s Name. They get Mr. and Mrs., Dr. and Mrs., Rev. and Mr. etc.
When I first read this, I thought the bride was the doctor. It’s the groom in an opposite-sex couple?
I would put Mr and Mrs. or their first names. But I don’t understand, if you don’t know them reasonably well why are you sending them a present? I would just send a card…
We’ve been knowing the medical doctor for 5 yrs, in a working environment. The doctor has given to us in many ways.
@QuantMech yes indeed Frau Doktor Professor QuantMech!