Do you send thank you notes?

[Anonymous]

Nope. We send thank you's for 1 off gifts, showers, things like that but not birthdays

[Anonymous]

We don't do thank you notes for kids birthdays. Partly because I feel busy with small kids and writing these are not a priority for me (and the kids can't write yet), partly because I have never been very timely about thank you notes (even before kids), and partly because I explicitly state no gifts for birthday parties (although that is not because of thank-you cards).

I do say thank you when the parent or child hands it over (we only get 1 or 2 each birthday). And we call or facetime family to say thank you when they send something.

[Anonymous]

Yes

_Raised by immigrants in Maryland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I record a video message of my child as she opens the gift saying thank you and immediately text it to the gift giver. Done.

I think this is lazy.

[Anonymous]

So many people with no manners here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thank in person, or if someone sends something by mail we send a card or a an email. All I care about is that a gift is acknowledged so that I know it arrives. I honestly don't care how it happens (text/email/note).

My goal is to give a gift, not to be "properly" thanked for it. As long as I know they received it I'm happy.

My kid calls her grandparents to thank them for gifts, because a phone call is more personal. I don't really care how people say thank you--in person is great, a card is great, a text with a photo of your baby wearing the outfit I bought is great, an email is great. Just take the time to (1) let me know you actually received the gift and (2) that you like it. The formalities don't mean much to me, but the thought does count.

+1 If the giver is there when the present is opened, I wouldn't require (or expect!) a thank-you note. They got verbal thanks on the present being opened. If the gift came in the mail, then it must be acknowledged just so the poor sender knows if it arrived! How the thank-you comes is pretty immaterial I feel. When my grandparents were alive, I wrote them long chatty letter twice a year as part of the thank yous (my mother insisted) and I will probably have my kids do the same to my parents when they get old enough, but for casual friends and extended family a shorter notes is totally fine. Personally, I don't use stamps or generic thank-yous, but I'm definitely not offended when I received them!