Dear Prudence,
I’m embarrassed to write this. My husband and I got married over a year ago, but we still haven’t written our thank-you cards. I’ve struggled with writing thank-you notes for years. I have this weird block where it feels like I can’t properly convey how much I appreciate what someone did for me, so I just don’t do it and silently feel like a jerk about it.
I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for a long time, and I know both play a part in feeling motivated to write the notes. More of my loved ones were able to come to the wedding, so I’m feeling a lot more pressure about this task than my husband is. I had hoped that we might motivate each other to accomplish this task, but I think he’s forgotten about it with everything we’ve had going on.
Do you think it’s completely tacky to write notes now and say how we know it’s super belated to be sending these notes, but we wanted to convey how much it meant to us that they joined us? Or would it be weird to send the notes at this point? I’m normally a very caring person who is good at thanking people face-to-face, so this thank-you note block is making me feel so rude and incompetent.