Good morning! And Happy Friday! I'm ready for the weekend, even if it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow.
My question this morning deals with Thank You notes (and my thanks to @catsknowme for talking about what to get for a wedding gift because that got me thinking)
Do you send out Thank You notes? Do you receive them when you gift somebody at a wedding or for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, etc.? I lurk on another board and most of the women there are quite older, I think, and their favorite pastime seems to be lamenting the "lack of manners" shown by many people these days. There were 20+ pages of posts from women who discussed no longer receiving Thank You notes from anybody and talking about how society's morals have gone so far downhill because of it.
Many many moons ago (OK, 46 years), I wrote out Thank You notes for the wedding shower gifts, wedding gifts, and then baby gifts that I received from people. My sister sat with pen and paper writing down who gave what, so that I could acknowledge properly. (My MIL was adamant that notes would be mailed out.) And during the last baby shower that I went to, the same thing was done; in fact, I was the "recorder" at that shower. We still get Thank You notes from people. So not only was it expected way back when we got married, but our family still acknowledges gifts and such.
When our grandkids were younger, our DIL always sent out a Thank You note after Christmas and their birthdays to thank us for our gifts and she always enclosed a picture of the kids (or the birthday kid) enjoying his or her gift. Now that the grands are older, they write their own Thank You notes to us. My granddaughter and I spend a lot of time baking together and, last Christmas, she gave me a beautiful little candy dish that she spent her own money to buy. When I wrote her a Thank You note, she was thrilled.
So....what's your opinion on Thank You notes or the lack of them?
My question this morning deals with Thank You notes (and my thanks to @catsknowme for talking about what to get for a wedding gift because that got me thinking)
Do you send out Thank You notes? Do you receive them when you gift somebody at a wedding or for a birthday, anniversary, graduation, etc.? I lurk on another board and most of the women there are quite older, I think, and their favorite pastime seems to be lamenting the "lack of manners" shown by many people these days. There were 20+ pages of posts from women who discussed no longer receiving Thank You notes from anybody and talking about how society's morals have gone so far downhill because of it.
Many many moons ago (OK, 46 years), I wrote out Thank You notes for the wedding shower gifts, wedding gifts, and then baby gifts that I received from people. My sister sat with pen and paper writing down who gave what, so that I could acknowledge properly. (My MIL was adamant that notes would be mailed out.) And during the last baby shower that I went to, the same thing was done; in fact, I was the "recorder" at that shower. We still get Thank You notes from people. So not only was it expected way back when we got married, but our family still acknowledges gifts and such.
When our grandkids were younger, our DIL always sent out a Thank You note after Christmas and their birthdays to thank us for our gifts and she always enclosed a picture of the kids (or the birthday kid) enjoying his or her gift. Now that the grands are older, they write their own Thank You notes to us. My granddaughter and I spend a lot of time baking together and, last Christmas, she gave me a beautiful little candy dish that she spent her own money to buy. When I wrote her a Thank You note, she was thrilled.
So....what's your opinion on Thank You notes or the lack of them?