sent gifts

shanog3 · June 2013

We had a couple people tell us that they were going to send us a gift because they couldnt make it to the shower. Should we tell them we havnt got the gift yet (its been a week and a half) What if they never sent anything to begin with, I dont want to bring it up if they didnt send it...

notkateanymore · June 2013

I would just leave it alone. "I'll send you a gift because I can't make it" is the "Let's get together soon" for parties. Sometimes people follow through and most of the time, they don't.

cinderin · June 2013

I would just send a thank you if you get a gift. I would assume they either changed their mind, forgot about it or haven't gotten around to it yet.

Unless someone says "I ordered XYZ for you it should be there by the end of the week" would I say something.

Wally3 · June 2013

My uncle said he sent us a gift for my wedding - we never got anything. I didn't mention it. My mom then harassed me to send him a thank you - I said I never got anything. He called the company to complain - their fault. I would say something or have a family member who is close say something you never know.

tilsonc · June 2013

Don't say anything. You never want to ask someone where your gift is. Almost everyone I invited to my shower that could not make it did end up sending a gift. Some showed up after the shower as I figured out BBB takes a while to ship.

ShakeUpTampa · June 2013

Leave it alone. If they are concerned they will ask. I had three people state they were sending gifts for wedding and none of them did, didn't get hurt about it just carried on lol

Lelo2006 · June 2013

Definitely don't say anything! The gift is either on its way, they haven't ordered it yet, or they didnt get you one. Chances are very low that it got lost.

girlmama83 · June 2013

Just because your shower was a week and a half ago, doesn't mean that's when they were planning on sending a gift.

lily_721 · June 2013

I wouldn't call. I made this mistake with my SIL right after my wedding. We thought something happened to a pile of cards. We called SIL and told her what we thought happened. She yelled at us and said "no one is required to give a gift" and she had a year to send us one. We never received anything from her. (Let me add that we paid for her hotel room and rental car).

Now when she says something is in the mail, I just let it go. It will arrive or it won't. When/if we receive something, thank you cards go out asap.

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