Thank You Question

toblave13

FI and his parents have a somewhat strained relationship. They are not attending the wedding, however, they claim they are "supportive." FMIL just sent a set of VERY nice pots, pans, utensils, etc. to my parents' house as a wedding gift. She emailed FI to let him know that the gifts were coming and seemed very concerned about them arriving. My shower is this Saturday so I'm going to unwrap them then.

My question is, should FI shoot her an email back to let her know they arrived? Obviously I'm going to send a formal thank you card, but would it be inappropriate to let her know that we received them via email, or would it be better to just wait and send the thank you? I may be thinking into this too much but I was unsure so I thought you ladies might have some input.

janedoe1113a

I would shoot her an email back and let her know they arrived and that you're going to take them to your bridal shower with you.  Make sure he says thank you in the email as well.

And then send a formal thank you card.

clseale13

Ditto what Navy said. And yay for pots and pans! That's what I'm most looking forward to on our registry.

toblave13

Thanks ladies. That's what I was thinking. I'm really excited to see them. She didn't actually buy the ones off our registry, but instead bought a nicer set which is great! We didn't want to register for too expensive of a set so it's nice that she took it upon herself to buy us one.