| Is it really necessary to send an additional thank you | | | | without (as you say) insulting them. Write them a nice |
| card in the mail, if the person giving the gift is present | | | | thank you note and in a few weeks or months, take |
| when it's opened? No, if you thank someone at the | | | | them all out to dinner. |
| time they give you the gift, you do not have to send a | | | | My mother-in-law recently passed away and my |
| thank you note. However, if the person when to a lot | | | | husband and I have received a lot of sympathy cards |
| of effort (made you a quilt, found some rare thing you | | | | from friends. It's very nice to know that we have so |
| collect, etc) it is a very nice thing to let them know how | | | | many people thinking of us. I was just wondering |
| much it meant to you with a little note. We all like | | | | though if we need to send thank you cards to let them |
| personal mail and we all get very little of it. So five | | | | know we received their nice cards? It is entirely up to |
| minutes of your time and a 39 cent stamp can really | | | | you. When it comes to the death of a loved one, |
| add joy to the giver's day. | | | | people are not expected to do anything unless they |
| I hosted a Christmas party for my husband's clients. | | | | wish to. The thinking is that it is a very difficult time and |
| Several guests brought gifts. Should I send out thank | | | | everyone handles grief differently. Some people need |
| you notes for the hostess gifts? The hostess gifts you | | | | to retreat into themselves for reflection, some need to |
| received were a token of appreciation for your hosting | | | | reach out to others. If there are notes orcards that |
| and you do not need to send a thank you. However, I | | | | particularly touch you and you want to write back, you |
| always think a quick note of thanks, not only for the | | | | certainly may. No one who sent a card or a casserole |
| gift, but for the company, is a nice touch. | | | | will (or should) be upset if they hear nothing, though. |
| A work associate and his family watched my dog for | | | | Due to a recent illness many people sent me get well |
| a few weeks while I went on vacation. They refused | | | | cards. Do I need to send thank you cards to the well |
| any payments I offered. I even left money in an | | | | wishers? No, not unless you feel like doing so. If they |
| envelope and they returned it. I want to show my | | | | made an effort to write a long newsy letter,that is |
| appreciation without insulting them. What is a good | | | | worth some return correspondence on your part,but |
| thank you gift? Since they have refused and then | | | | the cards were just to say hello and let you know |
| returned money, you cannot buy or give them anything | | | | they were thinking of you. |