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[nun ya]

On 5/26/2014 SugarNSpice said:

It starts with the parents teaching them to send Thank you notes and Thank you cards. It should start at a young age.

My business partners who have children have them send Thank you notes and/or cards all the time. We did the same, my mom and aunt did the same and so on.

I agree. From the time my daughter was little the rule was, she couldn't spend the money or play with the gift until she wrote a Thank You. It worked pretty well.

[SugarNSpice]

On 5/26/2014 nunya said:

On 5/26/2014 SugarNSpice said:

It starts with the parents teaching them to send Thank you notes and Thank you cards. It should start at a young age.

My business partners who have children have them send Thank you notes and/or cards all the time. We did the same, my mom and aunt did the same and so on.

I agree. From the time my daughter was little the rule was, she couldn't spend the money or play with the gift until she wrote a Thank You. It worked pretty well.

[spud188]

Our rule too nunya.

[ive been framed]

That was ours as well, nunya! And no generic 'thank you for the gift it will come in handy' nonsense!!

[SugarNSpice]

Besides being the right thing to do in general. I don't believe people in business realize how far a Thank note and/or card will go.

[stilltamn8r]

i would be so flabbergasted that she wanted to send thank you notes, that I would make it as easy for her as possible...

I was beginning to think that only my family even did this anymore....

[pinkskates4]

If karma really worked, the people that can't be bothered to send thank you notes for wedding gifts would be the same people who had guests refuse to RSVP - and then show up anyway.

[JobGirl]

They know the address to not only send an invitation but a ""save the date"" before that

I don't know what bothers me more-the people who don't send them or the people who make excuses for those who don't send them.....

[Hooty]

This new generation, does not send thank you notes, half the time they don't even tell you thanks verbally!

I sent a thank-you note to my Granddaughters (ages 5 & 18 Mos.) for the lovely tulips they sent me for Mother's Day!

[FUTURE]

It really annoys me when I don't get a THANK YOU note, even though it probably shouldn't in this day and age. And for the record, I'm in my early 30s, and I ALWAYS send THANK YOU notes. My mother drove that one home from a VERY young age. A lot of people were just not raised yo do that, but honestly, I don't see it as an excuse. It really is common courtesy. The I-don't-have-your-address thing is just ridiculous. If they can come to your shower and buy a gift, you can get their addresses.