FISH-O
This seems to be happening more and more lately. I put a lot of effort into the perfect gift, wrap and card...I am just wondering.
10 Answers
clu
Best answer!
country bumpkin
I was not taught to write Thank You notes when growing up. It bothers me to this day that I did not send any Thank You notes for a small wedding shower I had when I was 18 because I had never heard of doing this before.
I learned about writing Thank You notes before my son was born and I was determined this would be one thing he would know how to do. As soon as my son learned how to print his name I started making him sign Thank You notes written from me. By the time he was in the 3rd or 4th grade he wrote all of his own Thank You notes and I addressed the envelopes.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Ducky
Courtesy does not seem important to young people. I find that very few say please, thank you, excuse me, just the basics of manners. It could be that no one "has time" to teach these things to their children now. Other things such as organized sports or dance lessons take priority. I have stopped "sending" to those who never say thank you. They forget and so have I.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
"There ya go" seems to be it's replacement.
I have come to the point of refusing to say thank you for service until it is said to me.
carmaxable
sunnyB
All my nieces and nephews with the exception of two, always write and thank us for any presents we give them or send them. I have also noticed that theses two also jump into the most comfortable chair or the last chair in the room, and leave adults standing, they are both teenagers and old enough to know better. I find that behaviour very annoying,I word not have allowed my sons to do that.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
Bob/PKB
People who don't acknowledge a gift with at least a phone call are socially ignorant or lazy. My kids were taught to send thank you notes.
My middle son wrote over 30 thank you notes after his baby shower (no, Hector, he was not the baby....he HAS the baby), within a week, while going to school AND taking care of his 2 month old son 24/7. I heard from several the notes were very nice. Oddly, the eldest sent me a text message and thanked me for the nice party.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
bustieone
Many people do not have the interpersonal skills to realize that a handwritten note is in order for such an occasion! This is a learned skill, and someone must teach it, as it doesn't come naturally. Schools used to emphasize such as part of the English curriculum, however may be lost in teaching to other standards? Families should be teaching this, however we know what has become of many families... Society has gone downhill since death of Emily Post... There are not the same standards required today, it is a weakness of our society!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Dollybird
figtree3
tabber
i think they may appreciate the gift, but maybe so busy and stressed. & also this generation has a different mind set, and do things differently. lots of people are getting a little ruder and think it's a cute thing. i guess we must be patient with the younger folks and unaware folks, and stressed folks.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
