etiquette question

GracieMaeLovey · March 2011

are you sending thank you cards to visitors who stop by with gifts? (please say no, please say no, please say no) Stick out tongue

TiffanyTheMom · March 2011

I didn't, but I'm not sure of that's 'wrong' or not. I'm sure they'll forgive me, being a sleep-deprived zombie and all.

rosesandpeonies · March 2011

sorry but yes. I send a thank you card to anyone that gives me a gift

ameliahedlund · March 2011

Yes but I just sent them out yesterday... :glances down at ticker:

audgleigh · March 2011

its a pita but i did.....i had to send them out in 2 separate sets. I thought the gift giving was over but I was wrong....ugh. I have 4 additional cards sitting on my entertainment center waiting to be mailed out right now.

mittensonkittens · March 2011

I'm not. I think it's important to thank everyone who gives you a gift, but how you do that should depend on the situation and your relationship with that person. If someone gives me a gift in person, I usually just thank them in person at the time. Except for formal events like showers, then I mail cards. If a close friend or family member mails me a gift, then I usually call to thank them. If a not-so-close friend or family member mails me a gift, then I mail a thank you card.

alli&pat · March 2011

Not what you're wanting to hear, but yes - thanking for both the gift and for the visit.

Bluehelix · March 2011

discobelle:
If someone spends their time and money on getting us a baby gift, the least I can do is take five minutes to send them a proper thank you note.

This. I wrote 6 thank you notes today, and they only took me about 5 minutes each. 3 of them were for people I had never even met, but had hand-made blankets/booties/a hat for Ethan, so I felt like the least I can do is send a little thank you note.