If you had two close seniors or friends that you referred to by last name got
married how would you address them? Would you refer to one as their given
name, call them both by the shared last name, or something else?
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How would you refer to a married couple if you were familiar with both prior to marriage?
IMO, starting to use his/her given name suddenly is usually an inconsiderate
option. (It's fine during their wedding ceremony, though.) You can just use
奥さん or 旦那さん if you are in front of them. In uncommon cases where you need to
refer to one of them as a third person specifying the family name, you can say
山田家の奥さん(の方) or something like this. In business settings, you can also use
their full names and titles (e.g., 山田太郎先生 and 山田花子先生) when this is necessary
to disambiguate.

That said, from my experience, in many cases I had been using given names,
nicknames or handles before they married, so I was able to simply keep using
them.
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