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Thank you letters.

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Charleygirl Tue 22-Apr-14 11:44:36

I either send a short thank you letter or I may send an email especially if something has been sent by post and these days one does not know if the item will arrive. This is especially where I live, we receive mail from the PO and 10 minutes later something else from TNT, that is if it has not been dumped in a bag behind a bush.

I think that it is common courtesy and politeness.

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Nonu Tue 22-Apr-14 11:16:07

My DGC always send thank you letters.
I taught their parents to , so they have just carried on , IMO is NOT outdated at all.
Just common good manners and taking a little time .

[tbusmile]

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annodomini Tue 22-Apr-14 11:09:43

My DS2's partner makes 'thank you' cards with a picture of one or both of the boys (depending on the occasion) and gets them to add a message.

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glammanana Tue 22-Apr-14 11:05:54

My DD always picks up little "ThankYou" notelets from the card shop when she is on her travels and keeps them for when the children have been given anything,you can buy a pack of 10 for 99p so it is not something that will break the bank and it gives the children a clear message about manners and thinking of other people's feeling.

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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 22-Apr-14 10:52:36

Ooooh <hijacks thread>

Well my DD turned six a couple of weeks ago and the following day we sat her down to write 15 or so proper letters to various relatives and friends who had been kind enough to send her gifts. With school parties we tend to send a thank you email with photos because there are lots and lots of children - but for everyone else it's a written card without question.

As a grown up I might send an email or make a call to thank someone for a gift (wedding presents and prob "special" birthdays different) but would certainly make sure that the individuals were thanked appropriately. But for DD definitely letters/cards at birthday time etc.

Oh and while we are at it <draws breath> ALWAYS a thank you if we have been to someone else for a meal. Text, call or email totally acceptable but I get very cross (inwardly grin) when we have gone to the trouble of making a lovely meal for someone and we don't hear from them afterwards - so would never do it to anyone else.

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Elegran Tue 22-Apr-14 10:50:55

Several typos in that post. Sorry.

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Elegran Tue 22-Apr-14 10:50:05

I would have asked how you could know that it had not been stolen lost in the post if you did not get an acknowledgement that it had arrived, and while telling you it had arrived? And if she had handed it over on person, would they have thanked her then, or just grabbed it without a word?

Good grief, they are children receiving a generous gift from someone who has no obligation whatsoever to give it, not venerable gods being placated by offerings at their shrine and loftliy ignoring both offerings and woershippers.

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dorsetpennt Tue 22-Apr-14 10:37:32

I can't remember if this subject has previously been discussed, if so I'm sorry but here goes.
I have a very good friend who very sweetly always sends my two granddaughters , ages 2 and a half and 5 , a book token for their birthdays and Christmas . I was never sure if she had ever received a thank-you. So this weekend whilst visiting the family I asked my daughter-in-law if they'd ever thanked my friend for her gifts. Apparently this isn't done these days. My son said one only thanks people for wedding presents . It's an outdated Victorian habit. Well I'm not Victorian but as a child I do remember sending thank you cards and so did my children. What do you think Gransnetters. are good manners Victorian?

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