Thank you's

[Libra Gran]

I wonder how other Granny's feel, but I am always pleased when we recieve a thank you letter or card from family and especially the GD's for gifts received on Birthdays and Christmas, it's a tradition I started with my children. Even now after an invite to a meal etc I always send a thank you card. For me it is good manners to respond with a thank you. Had a lovely card from M and T today, and did recieve one from E and T, I sent thank you cards to family to acknowlege their lovely gifts. A dying art I feel

[Gemini]

I think they are lovely Libra.
Both my DDs order photo cards like that from the children after birthdays and Christmas each year. I have a drawful, I will never part with them.
Any sort of thank you is lovely.
A bit of a dying art maybe, as you say. OH has bought presents for her friends children since they were born ( now 13 and 8) and never receives a thank you, which I think isn't on.

[Oma]

As you say a dying art , we always get a thank you from GS1 DD and our friends , DS on the other hand wouldnt give it a second thought, we lucky if we get a verbal thank you from him although thats NOT how he was brought up .
even a ecard or a email ,text any form would do but never happens from him , in fact i would be shocked if he did now

[Daisy]

I'm sitting on the fence on this one. Yes, it's nice to have a thank you, whatever form it takes, but when I give a present, that's it - it's given to that person, and I've given it without expecting anything in return - not even a thank you.

Funnily enough I was talking to DIL2 about it today - she's off work, poorly, and was saying they had intended to make their own photo thank you cards last week-end, but both of them were ill and it was all they could do to get through the most basic chores. There's absolutely no time in the evenings by the time the girls have had tea it's bath time and GD1 often has 'home learning' to do!

[Plantaholic]

If I personally give a gift to someone and they thank me, I wouldn't expect a thank you card but if I send the present I would expect a thank you card

[Gemini]

I don't generally send thank you cards for presents, although we did for our wedding presents. I do always text everyone to thank them for my Christmas and birthday presents however. I do it on the day, so I don't forget!

[Nanto2girls]

It is a dying art. When i get a thank you,it's usually a text message.
I have sent thank you cards in the past, but not for a long time.
Libra, your card is lovely.

[Clover]

I always taught my children to write thank you letters to people that had sent gifts and not handed them over personally, when they would say thank you there and then. I'm pleased to say my DD expects my GC to write short thank you notes and I know the recipients appreciate them.