It depends on what you mean by proper. Would Amy Vanderbilt or Emily post choke on the notion of a monogram on a wedding invitation -- no. Would they choke on the particular monogram you describe? Absolutely! Here's why: A wedding reception is just a special case of a formal party, with hosts, guests, and guests of honour. A formal party requires that there be only ONE hostess who is in charge of all social decisions, and that her co-host if any be her husband. As hostess, she is responsible for the well-being of all her guests, she must be there to greet them when they arrive and must be the last to leave, and she must use her own formal writing paper to invite them, using an invariant third-party formula.
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