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[quote=Anonymous]I am a consummate thank you note writer.  My mother DRILLED into our heads growing up.  It was painful and miserable to sit down and the table and do it when we were young and just wanted to play.  I love her for it now.

HOWEVER, posts like yours make me freak out that if one of my thank you notes got lost in the mail some crazy b*tch is holding a grudge.

I write the notes and make my kids write the notes to show appreciation.  Also- to acknowledge gifts by mail, etc. I write them (or help) my kids write them for all bday, Xmas gifts, etc.  About 50% of the kids whose parties we attend send thank-you notes.  I don't think any differently of the people that don't send them.  My kids do LOVE getting them in the mail from friends. There is so few letters sent these days-it is exciting to see their name on the envelope.

I have heard that the Obama administration does not send thank you notes to donors....even major donors.  Bill Mahr contributed $1 million and it was not acknowledged..another rich celebrity on his show said the same thing and it was the talk of the town. Many questioned donating again.  NOW--I KNOW, I KNOW--the President shouldn't be writing them.  We need him focused.  But--WTH???--doesn't he have a Social Secretary like every President before him?  Things like this turn me off.

As you get older--not writing a thank you note after an interview for a job, etc. or for a nice dinner, etc. does reflect poorly on you.  I will continue to teach my kids social manners since it is a valuable life skill.[/quote]

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