I have a confession.
I am absolutely horrible at something.
I do feel guilty about it, but it seems nothing ever changes.
I know it's rude and not thoughtful at all.
I am horrible at sending out thank you cards.
When is it too late to send a thank you card? You or one of your immediate family members receives a gift or someone does something thoughtful for one of them and you are supposed to send a thank you card. Maybe emails are acceptable now, but I think a handwritten thank you is the best response. When is it too late to send a thank you card? I believe you are supposed to send them within a week. Is three weeks too late? A month? A year???
I still have not sent out thank you cards from my daughter's birthday party in December. Horrible I know!!!! That's not the worst of it! I still have not sent out thank you cards from my son's birthday in November! I'm a heel! I even purchased thank you cards for each in advance, so I would have them readily available. I made the "who gave what present" at the party and still have the lists with the thank you cards. I just haven't gotten around to writing/sending them.
You don't have to tell me. It's just pure laziness and unthoughtful on my part. I start doing other things and just put it aside. It's not that I don't appreciate the gifts or the thoughtful gestures. So should I go ahead and send them out now? I think I probably should. This is not a recent bad habit. I've been horrible at sending them out dating back to my wedding.
I always enjoy getting a handwritten card. My family visited some sweet friends of ours in December and one week later she sent us the sweetest thank you note. I appreciated it very much.
So maybe I'm making this confession so I will be more accountable. I saw the stack of thank you notes I purchased for my daughter's tea party and it reminded me yet again I need to do it. If you are one of those people waiting on a thank you card, you may or may not be waiting a while, but please know I do appreciate your thoughtfulness and gift! :)
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3 comments:
My rule is better late than never, but I haunted by a Grandmother who was a STICKLER for thank you notes!
My thoughts are - sincere expression of thanks - can be in person, or in writing. I LOVE giving and if I get a hug and a thank you @ the time, that's quite enough for me, I don't need a written note. A phone call or an e-mail work too. I'm not as picky as my Grandmother...but I do like to know my gesture was appreciated...somehow. LOL
I am not one for thank you cards. I think they are a waste of money because truthfully, most people are just going to throw them away after they read them. I agree with Kim in that a nice thank you and hug at the time is plenty. Our friends and family members know that our lives are just as busy as theirs and there just is not always enough time in the day to get everything done that we NEED to do let alone the things we WANT to do.
I'm with Kim! No right or wrong way to say thank-you! I have said thank-you in all of those ways, as well as in a text message. :)
I love cards, so I do mail them, but not always. It just depends... I think as long as you let the person know that what they did was genuinely appreciated, you're good!
Too late? Nope... I'm just thinking that getting a sweet thank-you note from you is waaaaay better than getting a bill or junk.
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