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Thank you note question

Allycat11Allycat11 member
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Typically I am pretty aware of when and how to send thank yous but I have a question on one that I need to write. 

One of my mom's friends came to my shower yesterday.  At the shower she gave us a book and told us in the card and in person that she would be ordering our monitor and we would receive that in the mail.  The monitor does not show "purchased" on the registry.  

I know I should send a thank you now for the book and attending the shower, and another after receiving the monitor.  Should I acknowledge the monitor in the card, if so how? 

11/2010 Diagnosed with PCOS 
10/31/11 M/C at 9 weeks
1/12/13 DD was born
4/9/16 DS was born 
9/17 CP 
6/23/18 BFP EDD 3/4/19 

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Re: Thank you note question

  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie member

    I think two thank you notes is appropriate in this instance - maybe she found a better price on your monitor at a different store, or maybe the registry hadn't updated to show the purchase - or maybe she hadn't ordered it yet.

    Whatever the case, if it were me, I'd send two notes, only mention the monitor in the TY for the monitor.

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  • Allycat11Allycat11 member

    imagepeanutrach1:
    I would do two notes and not mention the monitor in the first one. Only send the second note when you receive the monitor. One of my baby shower guests indicated that she also had something on order for me that she would give me later. Well 1.5 months later and I still haven't received anything else so I am glad that I gave her an initial thank you note just thanking her for the gift she brought to the shower and left it at that. I am glad that I didn't wait to give her a thank you note and I am also glad that I didn't say something about the gift that I never received in it.

    This is what I was mainly iffy about.  If for some reason she doesn't order it I think it would be strange to have it mentioned in the first note.

    Thanks ladies! 

    11/2010 Diagnosed with PCOS 
    10/31/11 M/C at 9 weeks
    1/12/13 DD was born
    4/9/16 DS was born 
    9/17 CP 
    6/23/18 BFP EDD 3/4/19 

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  • jobiannjobiann member
    Good question! PP answered how I would have guessed to handle it. 

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  • rpalen29rpalen29 member

    I would wait a few weeks... maybe she'll get it for you as a Christmas/shower present. OR maybe she's thinking she'll wait until after Christmas, because maybe money is tight for gifts. I would send a thank you for the book; and leave it as that. I wouldn't mention the monitor; or if you do, just hint that you cant wait to use it or something.

    Just nothing tacky or pushy. Only reason why i'm saying that is because i've had a similar experience. My mom was talking to my cousin before her bridal shower and was saying oh i'm going to get you x & y. Her budget was tight that month and instead bought her just x, and shipped it in the mail. She received a card a week later; hinting at the item that was supposedly promised to her. What was my mom going to say? Awkward. My cousin went bat crazy after she found out my mom wasn't going to get her it. It was like she was entitled to this gift. Ungrateful. 

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