I've always wondered what it must be like to hafta try to come up with a personalized thank you note to all the people that got you gifts for a wedding. I mean it's gotta be tough, you've got hundreds to write! And to add to that, the gift was probably something picked off the registry. I went to a friends wedding recently, and picked a knife sharpener off the registry. I didn't even go to the store, just went onto Linens and Things's website and ordered it. I got a thank you note back from the happy couple, and it said glad you could make it, etc., and then:
"Thank you for the knife sharpener. It will help us keep our knives sharp for years to come."
I really do appreciate the effort that was taken to give me a thank you note. I wish I could somehow say hey, I know you guys appreciate it, you don't hafta write me a note.
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as a thank you note crazy person i find writing and receiving thank you notes essential. Jim probably thinks it's unnecessary (like you), maybe it's a guy thing...
i am also crazy about thank you notes. i guess because i like the people in my life to feel appreciated... i even write thank you notes to my mom just for being my mom! i agree that it must be a guy thing.
I agree it's essential. And it bothered me when I NEVER got a thank you note from a friend for a wedding present I gave her and her husband. (I agree it must be difficult to write so many "original" notes at one time.)
To make it clear, I really do appreciate the thought when people send thank you notes. Especially Rachel's thank you note for attending HER party! But I am willing to let the new bride off the hook for a thank you card to me. Even an email or what not would work. I know that that'll never happen because of tradition...
I like thankyou notes!! I even like to write them....
Someone should program an additional feature on sites with registries to automatically send thank you cards with default sayings. They could be generic or based on what was purchased. Either way, that would be a nice short cut for busy couples. Of course they would be allowed to edit them.
I think Rachel sent me a thank you note for our first date.
no, no, no. it was for the first bouquet of flowers he sent me.
What would happen if I sent Rachel a thank you note for her thank you note? Would that alter the space-time continuum?
Yes, Dale, I'm still reading your blog occasionally.
I have a question about the thank-you note conversation. I, too, feel that thank-you notes are relatively unneccessary--not because I don't appreciate receiving a gift, but because the process of writing of a whole pile of notes after getting married or after Christmas seems very impersonal to me. I tend to come up with some kind of "personal-sounding" message and then repeat it in every note.
So my question is this: Is this an engineer thing? Are thank-you notes not something we engineers would consider practical?
Funny, my first thought was "who's Erin?"
Glad to see you're still reading!
I think yes, practicalness is a part of being an engineer. But I think one thing I've been working on is to realize people are human and dealing with emotion is just as practical. With all that, I am happy to give a new bride a free pass. What I'd love is to hear from him/her in a personal email at some time, even if it's months later.
This is a very late post, but I'm finally catching up on blogs...I think thank you notes are great, and important. In this day and age, I think e-mail is fine, especially for people who are really busy, have 3 hour commutes, children, whatever, but real notes that you send in the mail are better. A couple of reasons:
If you're shipping a gift to someone and you don't get a thank you note, you can't be sure they got it. When I got married there were a couple of gifts purchased from the registry that I never got...
It makes certain people in your life feel really good - one of the old German ladies who made cookies for my wedding was thrilled because I write her a note that said, "Thank you for bringing your delicious XXX cookies, they were everyone's favorite." It was cute.
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