Electronic Thank You letters
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- d_rek
I'm receiving a lot of flak from relatives for not sending hand-written thank you letters for those who attended my daughters birthday party this last weekend.
While admittedly cheap they were very personalized and also included a link to download some really stellar photography of the birthday girl in question.
And in all fairness, i'm the only working parent in the relationship, so I can't chide myself on being too cheap. Resourceful perhaps - but not too cheap. My wife is a stay-at-home with our daughter and I pretty much footed the entire bill for the party, not to mention all of our monthly expenses, bills, etc.
While i certainly appreciate a handwritten letter as much as the next does proper etiquette deem it absolutely necessary in the electronic age to produce a hand-written thank you? I'm thinking it would probably be $20 or thereabouts for the cards + postage.
- ETM0
WTF? It's a kid's birthday party and it's family. It's not a wedding. Perhaps you should have also bowed down and kissed their ring when they arrived. Jesus... family is supposed to be casual and fun, what's with the formality?
- An email with links to photos is ace in my book. Better than a card that would go right in the recycling after I read it.ETM
- Melanie0
Not to mention the time it takes to hand-write thank you letters. I think it's great that you even sent out thank you emails. Where do people think the time and money comes from?
Does anyone really, really care if they get a thank you card back?
I will never ever expect a thank you card back for a gift I've given to someone.
- d_rek0
Ok, just wanted to confirm i'm not crazy here. =)
Thanks for the backup. It's a few older relatives who are attempting to guilt-trip me over facebook and email (which i'll admit, is working to a degree). But the way I look at it is that in this day and age what's wrong with an email? This is the twenty-friggin-first-century!
- I would get it if they weren't on Facebook or email. But they are, so... I wouldn't sweat it.ETM
- fadein110
"My wife is a stay-at-home with our daughter and I pretty much footed the entire bill for the party, not to mention all of our monthly expenses, bills, etc."
I really don't advise talking like that in front of your wife.
Whats yours is hers etc... :)
- 23kon0
Buy some pens, paper, glue and glitter and let your "stay-at-home" wife and daughter MAKE some personalised thank you letters to send out to all your relatives while you're out earning money.
Relatives will LOVE the hand-made thank you's much more than a handwritten letter from you.
Sorted!
