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opinions...
So I was sitting here with DH, we got an e-thank you for a party we attended on Sat. ?While the sentiment is nice, my feeling is (and this is what I do)...
If someone takes the time to buy your child a present and takes the time to go to your party, you can take the time to get thank you cards and stamps and send them out.
I will always be like this, I am kind of traditional that way. ?I am however all for e-vites, I have never personally used them, not sure if I would, again I favor the traditional stuff. ?The e-vite and e-thank you, to me, are just too impersonal.
What do you think? ?Are we headed toward an impersonal world? ?Look at e-mail and texting, lots of people don't even communicate in person or over the phone anymore. ?I think it is fine to chat now and then, but pick up the phone every now and then or go meet up with whom ever you are writing to.
Sorry that was just my rant/b!tch for now. ?I guess I should be happy we got a thank you at all, some of our friends, feel that the thank you, you get at the party is thanks enough. Hmm...
Re: opinions...
I agree with you 100%. I always hand write out thank you cards for birthday parties until the kids are old enough to write their own. Then, we sit down and I help them write them until they are old enough to do it without help. I would never send an e-thak you.
That said, I know that what I do is no longer the norm. I can't even remember the last time I even got a thank you card for a kids birthday party. I guess if it comes down to e-card or no card, I'd rather have the e-card.
i hate e-thank-you notes. ?i have and will always teach both of my girls that handwritten notes are the only way to go.
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i'm also not a fan of evites (unless it's a casual GTG or backyard BBQ or something), but that's a whole other story.?
I'm guilty as charged. I have fallen to evites, but that is if it's immediate family only. I'm also guilty of not doing thank you cards to family. We haven't yet had too many birthdays for my girls, most of which was with family only. BUT! But when we do have "outside of family" friends over, they most certainly get a paper invitation mailed or delivered to them. And I will teach my girls to do thank you cards also (I've been doing them so far, but with squiggles from them). LOL!
Handwritten notes and thank you's always make me feel special. I want to pass that on to Jos & Nat.
I'd rather get an eThank-you rather than none at all. But, I like written thank you's better. I agree, if you don't have the time to write a thank you note, then you shouldn't have had the time to throw the party.
I like evites as long as they're not for events like weddings. The fun part about an evite is you get to see who the other invited guests are and, to me, it seems to create more momentum for an event. But, that's just me.