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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you, but sometimes life happens, and parents forget. I have dutifully had both my kids craft special thank you notes post party for nearly 8 years.  I am very "in" to the lost art of mailing thank you notes.

However, I dropped the ball with our last party. It's been over six months, so it would be awkard to send thank you's at this point.  I know there are some parents' out there judging our family etiquette. I feel horrible.

I like to think that everyone's heart is in the right place, and sometimes we mess up.[/quote]
 
Oh, please!  How can you forget to thank someone for giving your child a gift for his birthday?  You can't.  Ill-mannered parents, particularly mothers, are the norm today.  I think it was incredible tacky to add the gift certificate part.  Not thanking people for any gift, kindness, etc., is simply bad manners.  Also, you are wrong about it being too late to say thank you.  People spend money for your kid and it is inexcusable not to say thank you and, even worse, not to teach your children to say thank you.  Bad role models make for bratty kids and ill-mannered adults.  Congratulations.[/quote]

Hmm....how can you forget?  Well, my dh works 70 hrs a week and is never home and, I suspect, having an affair.   I have 3 young and very busy kids, 2 of whom likely have adhd.  I have adhd.  I also have a child with a chronic medical condition and mounting debts, and I have a parent w/ Alzheimer's who lives nearby and whose care I am responsible for coordinating, nevermind wanting to spend as much time with as possible before they slip away completely.    Sorry I forgot the note.  but that how.   Thanks, btw, for adding to the stress in my life.  Congratulations.  [/quote]

If its really THAT overly stressful to take 10 secs to write out a quick "thank you" note and mail it, then don't have the party, event, whatever. I'm sure that's way more stressful. Welcome to life. Sorry, but you're not the only one who has SN kids, parents in ailing health, financial issues, etc. you're seriously trotting out all of this and expecting a pity party because you've been asked to write a thank you note for a gift? Now I've heard it all. 
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