Thank you Cards
Have A Nice Day!
I will be the first to say that I very rarely send thank you's. I used to do that, and then a friend of ours (who was a friend of my husband's) told me not to bother, bec. she doesn't expect that.
So, I stopped sending them unless it was a special occasion. For example, last fall we had Shabbot dinner with an Orthodox family that we'd never met but that had offered to have us over so we could learn more about it.
I sent them a Thank you card because I didn't know how soon I'd be in touch again and I wanted them to know we appreciated it, even if we didn't come back again for a long time. (Sunset at rush hour just doesn't work well in the city :o)).
But I don't send cards for gifts anymore. There is one family who gives us amusement park tickets almost every year and I think maybe we should give them something...but then we do give them gifts at xmas and stuff too.
And then there's my neighbor who watched our dog when we went camping in September...well, I forgot to pick something up for her at the beach and I am bad at remembering thank you cards anyway (and she gives thank you's for everything!), so I got her a nice xmas gift and a card that I wrote "good friends, good neighbors" on, and got a little something for each of their kids. And then when I had a chance to talk to her, I told her that I hadn't forgotten all the nice things they had done throughout the year for us, and I was happy they were our friends.
I just don't do it routinely. Is that good or bad? I'm just wondering :o).
Kristen
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So, I stopped sending them unless it was a special occasion. For example, last fall we had Shabbot dinner with an Orthodox family that we'd never met but that had offered to have us over so we could learn more about it.
I sent them a Thank you card because I didn't know how soon I'd be in touch again and I wanted them to know we appreciated it, even if we didn't come back again for a long time. (Sunset at rush hour just doesn't work well in the city :o)).
But I don't send cards for gifts anymore. There is one family who gives us amusement park tickets almost every year and I think maybe we should give them something...but then we do give them gifts at xmas and stuff too.
And then there's my neighbor who watched our dog when we went camping in September...well, I forgot to pick something up for her at the beach and I am bad at remembering thank you cards anyway (and she gives thank you's for everything!), so I got her a nice xmas gift and a card that I wrote "good friends, good neighbors" on, and got a little something for each of their kids. And then when I had a chance to talk to her, I told her that I hadn't forgotten all the nice things they had done throughout the year for us, and I was happy they were our friends.
I just don't do it routinely. Is that good or bad? I'm just wondering :o).
Kristen
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Mary
From: "Have A Nice Day!" <litlrooh@...>
<<I just don't do it routinely. Is that good or bad? I'm just wondering
:o).>>
Well coming from someone who loves cards, I can say that it seems like you
acknowledge an appreciation in other ways. I realize not everyone likes to
or even remembers to send cards. So I don't expect them. I like them. And
what I like more is to know that what I have done has made a difference to
someone. It sounds like you convey that and it sounds very nice to me.
Mary B
<<I just don't do it routinely. Is that good or bad? I'm just wondering
:o).>>
Well coming from someone who loves cards, I can say that it seems like you
acknowledge an appreciation in other ways. I realize not everyone likes to
or even remembers to send cards. So I don't expect them. I like them. And
what I like more is to know that what I have done has made a difference to
someone. It sounds like you convey that and it sounds very nice to me.
Mary B