Do you send thank you notes?

[Anonymous]

Do you send thank you notes for gifts after your child’s birthday party? Why or why not? **feeling offended to have not received from a number of people.

[Anonymous]

Always as long as I have a contact/address. We write them as we open the gifts. Very few do it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Yes but I have found most people do not anymore.

[Anonymous]

If I don’t have an address, I send an email or a video text message from my child thanking the person for the gift. I truly find it so rude that people don’t send thank you’s anymore.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

You sound nasty. A generic thank you especially written by a small child is fine.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Always. Everyone I know does too.

It’s actually great practice for the kids to extend gratitude even if with just a drawing.

[Anonymous]

Yes, always.

I have noticed some people call, send a video or picture, or a text.

I think a lot of people feel it’s a “wash” because hey, I paid for your kid to be at Chuck E. Cheese for two hours. I don’t feel that way, but I can see some people thinking that.

[Anonymous]

By generic, some might mean one of those evite thank you notes that goes out to everyone who went to the party and basically emails everyone “thanks for the gift” with no specificity. It’s still tacky, lazy, and impersonal, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

This is absurd. I got a stamp on Etsy that says “Thank you! Love, John” and I give it to my son with a stamp pad and let him go to town on white cardstock. It’s generic, but shows gratefulness and he has a major part in doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

This is absurd. I got a stamp on Etsy that says “Thank you! Love, John” and I give it to my son with a stamp pad and let him go to town on white cardstock. It’s generic, but shows gratefulness and he has a major part in doing it.

Op here- I think this is totally fine! Mostly, I worry whether the gift was received. This acknowledges the gift was received and I think very sweet to send the thank you.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I don't judge those who don't. Life is too short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

You sound nasty. A generic thank you especially written by a small child is fine.

Yes, if the child writes it, but I’m talking about a patent writing “thank you for the gift” without even mentioning what the gift was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but IME not too many people send them back. Yes, I’ll judge you if you don’t send a thank you note. I’ll judge you even more if you send a generic “thank you for the gift” thank you note.

This is absurd. I got a stamp on Etsy that says “Thank you! Love, John” and I give it to my son with a stamp pad and let him go to town on white cardstock. It’s generic, but shows gratefulness and he has a major part in doing it.

If you think it’s totally fine to not write a personal note and just have your kid stamp thank you! Love, John on a piece of paper, then you are absurd.

[Anonymous]

Never. But they thank the person in person