What is so difficult about a thank you?

ArcticFox · March 2010

What is going on with people recently - it seems like people don't bother to thank other people for stuff?

I gave my cousin money for her birthday and she didn't acknowledge she got it. It was online, and she doesn't even have a job, so she could just shoot me a reply that "yes she got the $50, thanks".

She sits home all day, doing who knows what, while her fiance works long hours.

I may still be hormonal but it really irritates me when people can't be bothered to take 30 seconds to show appreciation. Then I feel like, why should I bother? What do you do about people like this, not bother doing nice things any more for them?

MelissaSue81 · March 2010

Yeah.. I am terrible with like handwritten thank yous and stuff (I'm still only about half way through the ones from Eve's b-day party that was 3 weeks ago)..but I am all about at least acknowledging it and a quick thank you.. Even if it is an IM or FB or email.. I recently sent a couple packages/cards to people (from the other board I am on) and neither even acknowledged they got anything.. One was just some extra diapers I had, so i don't expect a thank you or anything.. but I wouldn't mind her saying.."yeah, I got them".. and the other was a birthday card with a g/c in it.. so a thank you would have been nice for that! I don't care if its a fb message or a text or what.. just something.

emiliemetcalf · March 2010

I was the maid of honor in a wedding a year and a half ago, and didn't get a thank you note for throwing 3 showers (yes 3!) or for the shower/wedding presents. IMO, weddings require handwritten thank yous.

I almost always try to do handwritten thank yous, but if I know it will take me awhile, I send an online message to tell the person I received the gift.

sugarland726 · March 2010

Thank you notes are a huge pet peeve of mine. A friend had a relaxed wedding a few years ago. No formal bridal party, but I was helping her plan and with her all day. We gave her a nice gift, etc and I never got a thank you note. When I called her out on it, she said "we said thank you at the wedding..." NO! that was thank you for coming! How can you say thank you for a gift you haven't opened yet?? I haven't spoken to her since (there is more to the story, I'm not THAT vindictive!)

badtzmaru22 · March 2010

I used to get upset if I didn't get a thank you note, until one of my best friends mentioned she never got one from my wedding. I *know* I wrote her one, and I've been completely embarrassed ever since, because I don't know if anyone else's got lost in the mail, and they never said anything to me. I am still mortified when I think about it. My thank you to my parents showed up WEEKS after I sent it.

Maybe just say something to her... ?

AlbanyMommy · March 2010

It's a pet peeve of mine too. Mine may not always be handwritten (I'm better at typing and it hurts my fingers less) but it's always personalized and never a generic thank you. I'm big into writing notes, even just to cheer someone up.

What is so difficult about a thank you?

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