DEAR ABBY: Titles and forms of address are confusing. How should a letter be addressed when the husband is a medical doctor and the wife has a Ph.D.?
Another son is a lawyer; his wife is a medical doctor. How should a letter be addressed to the two of them? -- HOWARD STREIM, TRUMBULL, CONN.
DEAR HOWARD: Stay with me on this: According to "Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette," the envelopes should be addressed this way:
The Doctors Streim, Drs. Sally and Howard Streim, or Dr. Sally Jones and Dr. Howard Streim.
If only the husband is a doctor, it's Dr. and Mrs. Howard Streim, or Dr. Howard Streim and Ms. Sally Jones.
If the wife is a doctor and he is a lawyer, the envelope should be addressed to: Dr. Sally Jones and Howard Jones, Esq. (Esq. or Esquire is from British law and indicates the person is a lawyer.)