September 2010 Weddings
steffiel
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09.25.10
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Please assure me I'm not the only one who sucks.
I'm starting thank you's.. today. My wedding was on the 25th and we got back from the honeymoon on the 8th. Ultimate etiquette fail?
09.25.10
Re: Please assure me I'm not the only one who sucks.
steff, i sent mine out last week. i was married on sept. 4th. AND i still have about 5 left bc I ran out of stamps and haven't made it to the post office yet!
also, MIL has about 10 that are all stamped, but that she said she would address for me. lord knows when those will go out.
lastly, i want to give a big F U to etiquette when it comes to the thank you cards. everyone (except for lia!) told me to go ahead and send thank yous to those individuals who did not give us gifts. so i did. NOW they are all calling me with comments like "uh, we haven't even given you a gift yet, so why would you send us a thank you card already??" literally got 6 comments like this. so now i have to spend more money to send a second round of thank you's to those individuals for when i do get their gifts. not that big of a deal, but still!
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I think you're ok, Stef.
Shauni - I sent TYs to 5 people who didn't give gifts. One of them wound up e-mailing us and saying they were still sending a gift (no mention of the TY card, though) but the other 4 haven't said anything, so I figure it was fine.
Do not have my pro pics back, have yet to order my TY cards and will get to them when I get to them. I'm taking the year route as a guideline and am not rushing or busting my arse to get them out. I personally thanked everyone I saw, so I'm not concerned about the etiquette of it all.
Stef, I think you're fine, don't worry about it...
North - guests have a year to send a gift; thank you cards should be sent promptly after receiving a gift.
Shauni - I'm feeling the same way...I sent a thank you to a good friend who did a reading but hadn't sent a gift, and got a rushed 'your gift is still coming!' email, so I felt a little bad, like she might have thought I was trying to push for a gift.
I sent the last of our thank you cards (9/5 wedding) about 2 weeks ago, except DH still has 3 to write which are the most important (GMs), which is ticking me off. I even addressed and stamped them!
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Dude, you're fine. I juuuuust put my last few in the mail this morning, and my wedding was 09/05.
Shauni - now I feel all bad for telling you to send thank yous anyway. :-( We sent them to people who didn't give us gifts b/c everyone had traveled from OOT to be here. Some of the people who didn't give gifts came from CA and NC, and we wanted them to know that we really did appreciate their putting out the money and time to travel. If they send us a gift after that, we'll just call and tell them thank you.
I am a 9.25er and I sent out all but 3 TYs yesterday. I need an address for one, a TY gift card (b/c it's for MOHs mom who did our cake and wouldn't take payment) and one didn't even come, but a card magically appeared in our box, so apparently another family member brought it.
I am not too worried about the last few. The cake one will hopefully be sent out ASAP though, I feel bad she hasn't gotten any compensation for it yet..
Don't feel bad Stef. I was rushing to get mine out yesterday, but I don't think people really worry about it til it comes in the mail and they wonder what wedding it was for b/c it has literally been MONTHS since.
You DO NOT suck!
We are still sending out our "thank you's" from our Sept 11th wedding. I think when it's 5 months out and you still haven't started on them, then you suck. Haha!
Take your time, don't get overwhelmed - you'll get them done.
9/25er, put 2/3 of ours in the mail today. We still have 50 thank yous for wedding guests, most of which we'll do tonight. I also need to send about 10 thank yous to work people and one to my venue and DJ.
I sent people who did not give a gift thank yous, thanking them for sharing our day with us. If they send a gift, they'll get another thank you. I don't feel bad for sending a thank you if they have not sent a gift. I need to get my thanks out all on the same schedule to stay sane.
9/5 wedding here, I only have 2 left and I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is me exactly (including the date, of course)! I thought I was finished, then 3 late gifts (all money, woot!) arrived.