thank you notes....

[luvmyfam444]

Do you still write thank you notes? For what occasions? To everyone? including family?

 

[NMAmy]

Yes, I still write thank you notes when I'm given a gift or someone does something special or kind for me. Not to my immediate family or to my mother or sisters but pretty much to everyone else.

 

[luvmarypoppins]

I wrote notes to all the people who cooked us meals in Feb. and March when I was recovering from cancer surgery.

 

[goodeats]

Definitely for showers/weddings. Any baby gifts.

I do not send them for birthdays/Christmas if the giftgiver saw me open it. I verbally thank them then. I'm pretty sure this is a breech of etiquette, but I'm OK with it.

 

[Christine]

Well, I just had my DD write thank you notes to everyone that sent her graduation money.

For Christmas and birthdays, I basically only get gifts (in person) from my immediate family so I generally do not send a note for that because I've done it all in person.

I would defintely do it for showers/weddings or any type of big event.

 

[lspst8]

I still write Thank You notes. I recently received an engagement gift from my mom's friend, and she got a nice card and note in return.

I don't write them for family birthday or Christmas gifts, but I think everything else needs a note. Especially if you had a party or event like a shower, graduation party, birthday party, wedding, etc.... Or if it is a hard to reciprocate gift. About 3 years ago my friend invited me to go on vacation to the beach with her family, and her parents wouldn't even let me buy dinner once or help pay for the condo. They got a very nice note as soon as I got home, because they didn't have to take 26 year old woman with a good job on vacation with them for free!

 

[Meriweather]

Still write them for every gift (except DH ) and any other special things that come along.
Just getting ready to write one to the host and hostess of a dinner we went to last night.

 

[kinntj]

Nope. Not unless it was a situation where we couldn't thank them in person.

 

[Gretchen3ajoshmom]

For parties we've had that people bring gifts..... just made my ds13 write them for his confirmation party.....He was glad we did them in one sitting- He wrote I addressed them....

 

[SplashMtnCrew]

Yes, we still write thank you notes for all occasions except for immediate family. We send them for bday money/gifts and Christmas. A thank you note lets someone know that you recieved the item and also that you appreciated the act. I could never not send a thank you note after attending a dinner party at someone's home And of course I would never consider sending someone an email or online card, it will always be a hand written note.

 

[dismom2]

Yes, we send them for all gifts and when somebody goes out of their way to do something really thoughtful. On the rare occassion that we stay at someone's house for a couple days while on vacation (in-law's, etc...) they get a nice hand- written note later. When someone pet sits for us, they get a hand-written note. When my kids have a birthday party, everyone get's a thank you card a few days later. We send/give thank you's most of the time. I was raised to do this, and I feel it is a nice gesture and a way to show our appreciation, so it doesn't bother me at all, and my kids and I will continue to do so. Hopefully, when my kids are all out of the house they will keep with the tradition. It's really not a bother or inconvenience for us at all. It's what we choose to do, and we feel good about it.

Just wanted to add: we do this for immediate family, too.

 

[Darcy03231]

We send them for all gifts, other than immediate family who we've thanked in person.

 

[Kim1964]

I write them for gifts and to people who host holidays at their homes. My kids write them for gifts from family and from their friends. My kids are (almost) 13 and 7 and they send thank you notes to their friends for birthday gifts.......and they are among a very small group that do. My kids get very few notes from other kids.

 

[pigletgirl]

Yep, I still do. Some of the older generations really appreciate it, and I dont mind doing it, so its a win-win thing!

It just shows that you care.

 

[Jeafl]

If it is a holiday, such as Christmas where everyone is exchanging and receiving gifts, I do not write them. I write them for every other occasion though, and my kids do the same.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

I always used to send a thank you card for everything...and I made my DS do it also. But the last few years it seems like I'm the only one ever doing it, I feel a little silly.

 

[Ohiodislover]

My kids write them quite a bit. Our family is all out of state, so they send $$ for b-days, and Christmas. They write them a note and tell them or sometimes send a pic letting them know what they bought.

My youngest writes them alot for a lot of things. Last year she wrote one to her math teacher who came in early a few mornings to help her out. I was rather proud of her for thinking of that. She also usually writes one for her friends moms for a sleepover etc. What can I say-she is a suck-up

 

[PollyannaMom]

Do you still write thank you notes? For what occasions? To everyone? including family?

Yes. I write them for any gift that was mailed, so the person knows it was received, and I have DS send them for party gifts as well. - I figure the gift-opening at a party is often so quick that it's nice to say something specific later.