http://www.mylot.com/w/keywords/thank+you+cards.aspx MyLot Discussions About thank you cards en-gb http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1866059.aspx I've noticed that with the advancement of technology and the internet, it seems like less and less people write real hand written letters and mail them. Instead it seems like the new normal thing to do is send an email or an ecard. Which do you prefer? Personally, email is fine for keeping in touch but a nice handwritten note in your mailbox is so much better. It's more personal when someone takes the time out of their day to take a pen to paper and write a note and then place it in a pretty envelope and mail it. I do a lot of emailing and I send eCards too but I try to remember to take the time to mail out letters and cards when I have the chance because it know it means so much to the person who receives it. My aunts and uncles are older and some of them do not use email so they get left out by some of the younger relatives who only seem to use the internet to keep in touch. I try to send them a little handwritten card once a month and they always send me one back. And I wonder.. do people ever send "thank you" cards anymore? It seems like manners have gone down the drain with the current generation. My son is 17 but ever since he was born, I made writing "thank you" notes to people a priority when they give him something. When he was too small to write them himself, I would write them for him. As soon as he was old enough to write, he was writing his own. When I give gifts to my nieces and nephews .. I have NEVER received a "thank you" note from them. My nephew is a brat and won't even say thank you when he opens his gift in front of me but you would think his parents would make him write a note. He's 6 years old and old enough to start learning how to appreciate people and the things they do for you. Do you send "thank you" cards? Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:07:23 GMT HeavenUnaware http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1840587.aspx Do you send out a thank you card after receiving a gift? I find that more and more people have lost the art of sending thank you cards. When I receive a gift, I think it is necessary to send a short note of appreciation. I think that modern society has not placed enough emphasis on a simple thank you. What are your thoughts? Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:23:36 GMT surveytaker29345 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1833482.aspx My neighbor son's funeral is over and now is the time to thank all her family and friends. She has asked me to help her with this task of filling out thank you cards and putting a thank you ad in the local newspaper. I told her that the best thing to do is to put an ad in the paper and thank every one once. She will never be able to remember all the ones that gave. And I would hate for her to leave someone out . This is the sample of the ad I am going to help her with. [i]The Family of_________wishes to express their deepest gratitude for the prayers, food, calls, and visits, flowers, cards, and donations during our time of loss. There are so many we cannot possibly mention them all by name. Everyone has been such a blessing during this time. May God Bless each one of you. [/i] There is more but I am cutting this short. How do you like this one? Do you have anymore ideas or tips that will help with this appreciation ad of thanks? Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:16:35 GMT Chevee http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1871719.aspx I cleaned my office on Sunday and Monday. It took me two days because it was piled high with mail, crafts, and anything else I did not know what to do with. I have been having company since June and I would put all the things in my office that I did not know where else to put it and crack the door and walk away. I have been working for the doctor here at home and have piles of paper that I want to use the backs of the paper, I had years and years of mail piled up also. I have two desks and a sewing machine cabinet that I could not see. Then I had crafts that was given to me I just piled up in here. Sunday I started with cleaning the cat box out and then started cleaning my desk off. I took out 2 ~ 33 gallon trash bags of recycling out of here, and a box of papers that need to be shredded I also took out a small trash can of trash out of here. Now that all the mail was take care of and the papers where taken care of it was time to tackle the crafts. I started putting them in piles of what goes together and then I did not know where to go from there. I am not to good at organizing things so I had a friend come over to help me. We worked for 3.5 hours organizing my stuff. I have 5 craft/tote bags that I do not know what to do with I do not want to dispose of them so we hung them in the closet. You see the closet does not have any doors and that is where the cat box sits so I cannot use the floor. I hung a mesh sack full of yarn in the closet by two strong metal coat hangers. I also put an old throw run under the cat box to catch the litter off he cats feet when they climb out of the cat box and another on beside to catch more littler. I cannot believe how much littler gets out of the box and it has a lid on it. I have a shelving unit that I organized my note cards, thank you cards and stationary on, I have one shelf with plastic bins that has scrap booking items in and embroidery thread and supplies in. Mind you I did not buy most of these craft items most of them was given to me. I do do my crafts and use what I have before buying new. I have one shelve of craft books. I want to go through the books and put them in order so I have all crocheting books together and the same with the cross stitching books. I have one more binder to organize, when I am working with word or excel program and I need to learn how to do something I print the instructions out. I then cut the instructions down to size and glue the sheets on to another piece of paper so I fill one page up. I then have the instructions at my finger tips. Well I have lots of instructions I have printed out that I need to cut out and glue then put in my binder. I also have an index so I can find what I am looking for. Now my question to you guys is: do you have a room that you shove stuff in until it will not hold any more? What do you do with all that stuff when you do clean the room? How long does it take you to clean the room out? Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:34:29 GMT teapotmommommerced http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1853747.aspx Every year, nearing Christmas time, we start to get a few cards from family and friends. Every year, it gets less and less. I must admit I don't wonder why. You see, I'm just awful at sending cards. I know it, I admit it and I always resolve to do better...next year....but I never do. I'm awful at birthday cards, Christmas cards, thank you cards....whatever it doesn't matter, I'm awful at remembering them and sending them. I truly admire the dedicated souls that send off their cards, on time, each year. Those dear people who remember the least of their friends and include them in their card list, what wonderful card senders they are! Alas, I'm not amongst them and may never be....no matter how hard I try. Are you a dedicated card sender, or are you like me and just fall short each year? Thank you to my card sending friends! Forgive me? I love you! [em]wink[/em] Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:44:46 GMT Irishfrndly65 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1815407.aspx Do you write thank you letters for your gifts? Do your children write thank you letters? Well of course we do.... We get quite a lot of gifts in our house so it depends who they are from. If its very close family then the children write (well copy waht I write for them as they hate writing thank you letters) short thank you letters from themselfs. Other gifts that come then I normally write the letter but I get everybody to sign there name and do some kisses/smiley face etc. If not they would be there all day. Sometimes I get hubby to make thank you cards of the pc so the children's photo is on the front of the thank you card. Its a chore but its one that just has to be done and it is impolite not to send a thank you letter. We do also say thank you on the phone and in person but we don't always get to see everyone over christmas so letters have to be written. What do you my fellow mylotters do? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:17:23 GMT Anne18 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1727808.aspx I was married a few months back and finally got our thank you pictures and cards done and mailed, everyone has remarked about how beautifully done they are. We had 3 different poses done for our thank you cards so that everyone in the same family didn't get the same pictures. We also had one made for the relatives and friends who responded with a not attending and are out of town, we sent them a sending lots of love thank you for thinking of us card. Did you put pictures in with your wedding thank you cards. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:08:28 GMT teetee195 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1693585.aspx I recently was married and am in the process of writing out thank you cards for the many cards, gifts and well wishes that we received from our wedding. I have searched the internet and was wondering do you send anything to those people who either dropped out just before or on the day of the wedding, I think this would be improper but I have had other people say we should send something just because we invited them and they couldn't show. These people didn't send us a card, or well wishes or anything is it proper to still send them a picture or a card? What would you write in the card in this case? My idea is no unless a card or something was received. I did prepare a thank you card for those who sent a card of well wishes, and cards. I am sending pictures to those who sent a gift of some sort whether it was gift. What's your opinion? Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:30:55 GMT teetee195 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1329105.aspx Okay, so some people did not have very nice things to say about me. Let me clarify myself. I agree very much that if a person takes the time and money to make or buy you a gift, you should DEFINITELY let them know how grateful you are, even if it is a verbal gesture. I am not saying that I do not appreciate gifts from people at all. I make sure to let them know how appreciative I am in person when I receive the gift. I even mention things to them after the fact. For instance, I will tell them how much my daughter plays and likes the toy they buy. I do not think that writing Thank you cards is a bad thing. However, I don't think that people should feel like they "Have to" write thank you cards. For instance, my friend shared that a group of women threw her a baby shower. Not too long after that, one woman made a comment about when she was going to get her thank you card, or something pertaining to that. That is where my ranting comes from. The poor girl was working full time while pregnant, plus getting ready for a baby. Just because she had not written her cards not too long after the baby shower. So, please do not think I am rude. I am anything but... Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:00:01 GMT Songbird425 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/811990.aspx I am just wondering if this is a lost art? I don't think I am so old (47) that I should be saying "I remember when....", but I do remember when...when you used to give someone a gift, wedding, shower, baby, housewarming, etc, that it was appropriate to send a thank you card or note. At the very least, to let the person know you actually received the gift. I can not count how many weddings we either gave a gift or sent a very generous one if we could not attend, and never received a thank you. Same goes for all other occasions. Is it just me, or are their others out there who are having some issues with this gimmie attitude from people. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:48:14 GMT BreeLee123