Thank you notes
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I've sent notes for any major event gifts received, ie showers, weddings and births.
The only time I don't sent notes is for kids b-day gifts, we thank them during and when leaving party.
Also if I throw someone a shower - I give them a set of thank you notes as a gift myself and have every guest fill out their own envelope. That way it's easier for that person so send them and they know they're expected to send them. I've seen this done alot lately.
The only time I don't sent notes is for kids b-day gifts, we thank them during and when leaving party.
Also if I throw someone a shower - I give them a set of thank you notes as a gift myself and have every guest fill out their own envelope. That way it's easier for that person so send them and they know they're expected to send them. I've seen this done alot lately.
SEABREEZE 1957
My 401K is now a 201K
Pete said:Well it sounds like this is just another indicator I am an extraordinary guy.
Absolutely!! Etiquette is a one of those tickets to Heaven
It's so sad in this day that a nice hand written note is not a standard...I remember my Mother telling me that a thank you note was not an option...where I work it's always a baby shower here, a wedding there, etc (I'm sure we experience the same)....
Since I have been in Maryland (7 yrs) I've rcvd. 2 written thank you notes...for over 20+ of these events......it's quite an indicator that some children were not raised the same way some of us 'baby boomers' were.
Hubby & I visit in-laws & friends out of state and always send a thank you note. It means more than to recipient then the sender realizes.
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SEABREEZE 1957
My 401K is now a 201K
aps45819 said:Crap, now I have to send a thank you note to the guy I stayed with in Tennessee
Guy to guy stays don't require a thank you note..
I saw you today at the intersection of Town Creek Drive & 235 turning around to head north....at least I think it was you....
around 7:40 pm?
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smoothmarine187
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I think it's fine for women and kids to send out thank you notes, but manlaw #231 states that if a guy friend sends you a thank you note, you can break a beer bottle over his head and call it even.
smoothmarine187
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Makavide said:
AnnieC
New Member
Always send a note. Sent my neice a graduation gift, no thank you card or call.
Mentioned it to my brother, he promised she woudl send one, never got one.
But it is so easy to drop a note and is so sppreciated too!!
Hope my kids continue to remember to send them.
I like the idea of sending notes!!!
Mentioned it to my brother, he promised she woudl send one, never got one.
But it is so easy to drop a note and is so sppreciated too!!
Hope my kids continue to remember to send them.
I like the idea of sending notes!!!
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Yep...
...I was taught to send them as a boy, but, I quit doing it a long, long time ago. My manners are pretty bad in general and, really, there is NO excuse regardless of how one was raised. It's not like it takes a whole hell of a lot of effort to look things up these days.
Things like 'manners' and 'anti-social behavior' etc. Shame on me.
RoseRed said:Now... shame on people that don't even bother to RSVP.
...I was taught to send them as a boy, but, I quit doing it a long, long time ago. My manners are pretty bad in general and, really, there is NO excuse regardless of how one was raised. It's not like it takes a whole hell of a lot of effort to look things up these days.
Things like 'manners' and 'anti-social behavior' etc. Shame on me.
SoMDMama82
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Wow, this thread makes me feel even worse for not sending out all my thank you notes from my baby shower. I started working on them right away, but soon after, due to water weight, I couldn't write anymore. My fingers would start tingling really bad and start to hurt just seconds into writting. So I hand delivered some to my family that I saw, but never finished writting, or sending the rest out. I thought about sending email or typing something generic up to send out to everybody, but just thought that was very unpersonal.
Then she was born, and most of the cards I had gotten around to writting said things like "I can't wait for her to get here so I can see her and hold her". Thought those would sound stupid if I sent them out after the fact.
I still look at those little gift bags full of finished and non-finished cards and feel bad for not sending all of them out. My baby is 7 months old now.
Then she was born, and most of the cards I had gotten around to writting said things like "I can't wait for her to get here so I can see her and hold her". Thought those would sound stupid if I sent them out after the fact.
I still look at those little gift bags full of finished and non-finished cards and feel bad for not sending all of them out. My baby is 7 months old now.
I feel I must put it a word for your mother here so people don't think that she didn't teach you right.Larry Gude said:
Larry's mother and sisters send the nicest thank you notes, even if they just came to your house for dinner. Every gift, every favor gets a hand-written thank you note, even if they thanked you in person. I've saved several of them in my cedar chest because the notes are so thoughtful and sweet.
I send notes for grad, wedding and other gifts of that nature - for birthdays and Christmas, I call the person and thank them, unless I thanked them to their face.