Thank you very much for the $XX you gave me for my graduation. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you very much for the gift off of our wedding registry. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you for the baby gift. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you for the baby gift. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you for the baby gift. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you for coming to my birthday party and bringing XYZ. I really liked it.
In under one minute, I managed to write out six Thank You notes.
Yes, I am venting.
Wanna know why?
The husband and I have given eight milestone gifts this year. Two weddings, four babies, a graduation, a big preschooler birthday party.
Out of those eight, we have received TWO Thank You’s.
Yes, I am keeping tabs. Because it has become a freaking trend. The first two, I kind of swept to the side. Then I started noticing that no one seemed to feel the need to acknowledge receipt of a gift.
My three year old sends out Thank You notes for birthdays and Christmas. He signs them in crayon...of course I write them out, address them and mail them...but geez.
I’m curious as to why a high school graduate, a newlywed that knows better, three sets of parents to-be that know better, and a mom of another preschooler cannot for milestone events.
We took the time to pick out the presents and put thought into them.
The baby gifts were the most fun.
The preschooler was the biggest pain in the tail. Along with the huge party that was thrown. But The Toddler had fun.
The wedding gift was easy….online baby!
The graduation gift was cash, and not a small amount…in a card. Hand delivered to the mom.
But no one has bothered to acknowledge them…no one.
I even went so far as to email the bride about her wedding present to ‘make sure it was delivered…’ ‘Yes, it was delivered…thanks!’
That doesn’t freaking count.
I took the time to write out Thank You’s for graduations, wedding, baby…
It’s manners. It’s etiquette. It’s the proper thing to do.
You sit down with a stack of Thank You cards…write out ... “Thank you for the set of potholders. We appreciate your thoughtfulness” Big whoop. Not hard. Slap a stamp on it, and be done.
And one of them was my very own sister in law.
Geez.
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