tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post9123124782674936138..comments2024-01-26T05:21:36.865-08:00Comments on Motherscribe: TRUE CONFESSIONS...My Thank You Note SHAMEJCKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-17712093277842898942008-04-06T19:50:00.000-07:002008-04-06T19:50:00.000-07:00I LOATHE thank you notes. My sister is the queen o...I LOATHE thank you notes. My sister is the queen of them. When she was a kid, like 9, she would have her birthday thank you notes pre-written. Dear ____, thank you for the ____. Thanks for coming to my party. Love, Mindi. She would hand them out as people left the house crackng up that the word in the ___ were in a different ink than the rest. <BR/><BR/>To this day, I HATE TY's. I asked my ever thanking sister the other day if a TY email was okay. She gave me the go ahead. I still haven't done it.<BR/><BR/>KEEP BELIEVINGAngie @ KEEP BELIEVINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930977696454848345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-77607591264172749812008-04-06T05:52:00.000-07:002008-04-06T05:52:00.000-07:00My confession - I didn't send thank you notes for ...My confession - I didn't send thank you notes for my bridal shower! <BR/><BR/>I feel that this is a nearly unforgivable breach of etiquette. To this day, I am shamed.<BR/><BR/>We use the excuse that I was in charge of wedding thank you's and Andy was in charge of shower thank you's.Manic Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397835927560496425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-77625246363914944682008-04-05T19:56:00.000-07:002008-04-05T19:56:00.000-07:00Oooh, you're brave. I've mentioned this a couple ...Oooh, you're brave. I've mentioned this a couple of times on my blog and I always get a slap or two for it.<BR/><BR/>I'm at the point now where I'm opposed to the whole thing. For weddings, maybe. But for showers where you've already thanked the giver in person? For in-the-hospital gifts, where there is absolutely no way for the new mom to keep track of who gave what? I just don't see it.<BR/><BR/>And I can't think of a time that I've derived any appreciable benefit from the thank-you notes I've received from others. They always sound forced and miserable, as if whatever gratitude the gift inspired had been more than expended in the task of coming up with one more platitude before the obligatory signature. Ugh. I think I hate getting them even more than writing them. (Am I projecting much, do you think?)Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-18848382197519714262008-04-05T19:19:00.000-07:002008-04-05T19:19:00.000-07:00Did you order the book yet? YOu know I wrote that ...Did you order the book yet? YOu know I wrote that post just for you. (Well, and me, too, hoping hubby would take the hint - he's my known lurker.)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-38540752842004783752008-04-05T16:47:00.000-07:002008-04-05T16:47:00.000-07:00I'm pretty good about sending thank-you notes. I ...I'm pretty good about sending thank-you notes. I often send them later than I'd planned, but I usually get it done. It is not something I like doing either - I have 3-4 I have to send right now and I keep putting it off.<BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend J - see you soon - KellanKellanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07882991320065439298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-44459748200332911722008-04-05T16:40:00.000-07:002008-04-05T16:40:00.000-07:00I'm so with you on this. And at almost 30, my mot...I'm so with you on this. And at almost 30, my mother still bugs me about it. <BR/><BR/>I wake up at night sweating because I realize I didn't write thank you's for Dylan's party (3 weeks ago) and I'm just waiting for my mother to say something. The worst part? Dylan opened most of his presents without my knowing, so I have NO idea who gave him what, if anything, becuase I, too, do the "No gifts please" thing because I don't want more crap to clutter my floors. <BR/><BR/>Ah, I feel lighter now.A Mom Two Boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488177415635805201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-4137953150670741422008-04-05T11:09:00.000-07:002008-04-05T11:09:00.000-07:00Let it go. I don't write them either. Just cross t...Let it go. I don't write them either. Just cross this one off your shame list. I insist.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-58803262470332393682008-04-05T10:29:00.000-07:002008-04-05T10:29:00.000-07:00Thank you for writing this. Oh crap, was that a t...Thank you for writing this. Oh crap, was that a thank you note? You sound like my husband who would rather not receive gifts that he would be required to write a note for.Texashollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982077447405220888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-36492133157981567222008-04-05T09:07:00.000-07:002008-04-05T09:07:00.000-07:00I am also really bad about thank-you cards. For t...I am also really bad about thank-you cards. For the big things like wedding, shower, baby ... not so bad. <BR/>But the last couple of years, after the year my son turned 4 and had all of his class and daycare kids - oy. It was a chore just to write out the invitations! Nowadays we don't get thank-you cards from the kids' parties either ... but it's sort of an understood thing. If I see a parent or a kid then I have my boy or myself thank them verbally. But other than that, not really.Karen MEGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834425321020756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-40429863547361705732008-04-05T07:47:00.000-07:002008-04-05T07:47:00.000-07:00Ooooh I hear ya on this. I soo recognize the impor...Ooooh I hear ya on this. I soo recognize the importance of thank you notes and I have gotten progressively worse at sending them over the years.Don Mills Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733674458423525738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-52157983058576723642008-04-04T21:42:00.000-07:002008-04-04T21:42:00.000-07:00ahh, janet, my long lost cousin. no doubt we have...ahh, janet, my long lost cousin. no doubt we have the same grandmother!shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-28884289751256526012008-04-04T21:39:00.000-07:002008-04-04T21:39:00.000-07:00I used to be a pretty good t-y note writer.. but i...I used to be a pretty good t-y note writer.. but i'm sucking at consistently getting my kids to write them. Its especially tough after christmas. My kids do thank the givers on the phone, so sometimes I let that suffice, but I know it isn't the same. and even though my mom says, "you don't have to get the kids to write notes" we all know that doesn't let us off the hook, right? but I randomly opt to keep her at her word.shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-43371875317804669242008-04-04T20:53:00.000-07:002008-04-04T20:53:00.000-07:00I am actually pretty great about thank you notes -...I am actually pretty great about thank you notes - I inherited it from my mom - the queen of thank you notes. She has been known to write a thank you note for a thank you note.<BR/><BR/>Do you send birthday cards, because that is WAY more important in my opinion.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164420416881517854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-56652916594172671192008-04-04T19:21:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:21:00.000-07:00I share in the shame. I'm hit or miss. Or forget w...I share in the shame. I'm hit or miss. Or forget whether I did or didn't. I try. I did send one this week. (just pulled a muscle from patting myself on the back. Ouch.)<BR/><BR/>I vow to have a whole special desk for this someday, with proper paper, and a ledger for marking off gifts received and thank you notes sent. But I don't really need the desk do I?Jennifer Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239563357592230711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-76719512232530867972008-04-04T19:11:00.000-07:002008-04-04T19:11:00.000-07:00I used to be great about it. Now I totally suck. L...I used to be great about it. Now I totally suck. Let's work on this...Livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154719979114564561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-47024843743094024002008-04-04T18:36:00.000-07:002008-04-04T18:36:00.000-07:00I almost always do, wanna hire me to do yours?:)I almost always do, wanna hire me to do yours?<BR/><BR/>:)flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-53474722558668224482008-04-04T18:01:00.000-07:002008-04-04T18:01:00.000-07:00My mother was terrible at this and I was embarrass...My mother was terrible at this and I was embarrassed by it. So I'm a rebel that writes thank you notes!Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-22115015889914762832008-04-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-04-04T15:12:00.000-07:00You just feel guilty because you're from the South...You just feel guilty because you're from the South. I write them because I don't want my grandmother to rise up out of her grave and beat me severely about the face and ears. And she would.<BR/>Fortunately we have avoided the huge birthday parties thus far. I dread the day.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-58198454472824826462008-04-04T15:09:00.000-07:002008-04-04T15:09:00.000-07:00I am bad about this too. I always have every inten...I am bad about this too. I always have every intention and then after a week I start to think it's too late but I am just making excuses.Miss Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430066224876012848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-52115409777725971902008-04-04T14:16:00.000-07:002008-04-04T14:16:00.000-07:00Well, I always send thank-you notes. I don't judg...Well, I always send thank-you notes. I don't judge, but I do feel like it's an important example to set. But my kids are 7, 5, and 3, and one of them can write her own thank-you notes now, so I know they are old enough to take in the example.<BR/><BR/>So, we're carpooling next Wednesday evening, right?! The idea of that is adding to my excitement!barbrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09918903739834969992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-817546646519265222008-04-04T14:12:00.000-07:002008-04-04T14:12:00.000-07:00ok. i have the same shame. i NEVER send them. i...ok. i have the same shame. i NEVER send them. i have boxes of them and never use them. it's horrible.Madgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905740781186585499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-91061712362319528942008-04-04T13:10:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:10:00.000-07:00Killing myself laughing.I write em, just forget to...Killing myself laughing.<BR/>I write em, just forget to mail them. Kid you not. I once found a 3 yar old thank-you that I even packed and moved. It was to an aunt with a sense of humour so I finally sent the blasted thing.happygeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554736584093276751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-59123838151532633422008-04-04T12:14:00.000-07:002008-04-04T12:14:00.000-07:00Ohhhhhh...I thought I was the only one carrying th...Ohhhhhh...I thought I was the only one carrying that terrible secret. I am not very good about thank you notes either....and in the military it is still a pretty big deal...it's not that I don't have good intentions either. I have a desk drawer filled with beautiful cards.Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923591889426758103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-16380481788220928442008-04-04T09:47:00.000-07:002008-04-04T09:47:00.000-07:00I'm so glad I'm not the only one. My thank you no...I'm so glad I'm not the only one. My thank you note writing is random at best. Sometimes I do, other times I don't. I usually don't.Tootsie Farklepantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336671002327112885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-24827341894358810772008-04-04T09:24:00.000-07:002008-04-04T09:24:00.000-07:00You are my soul sister in shame. THank you for you...You are my soul sister in shame. THank you for your confession. I thought I was the only lazy, but guilt ridden gal out there.<BR/>Have a great weekend,<BR/>KMighty Morphin' Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244716672872427829noreply@blogger.com