Still send thank you note when thanked in person?

mrockwell1

A friend of mine stopped by my home the other day to drop off a wedding gift.  She asked me to open the gift while she was there so I did and it was lovely.  I thanked her for it and told her how much it meant to me that she stopped by to give it to me.  My wedding is in 2 days and she will be at the wedding.  Should I still send her a thank you note for the gift?

JadziaDax

I would still send the thank you note.

[Deleted User]

yes, still send her a thank-you. We actually had a lot of people drop gifts off at my parents house ahead of time that still came to the wedding.

Stackeye210

Definitely still send her one. 

Mrs.B6302007

Always

clearheavens

Ditto everyone.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I would. I think wedding gifts are a different beast than Christmas of birthday gifts, where it's totally proper to thank someone in person and not send a note. Wedding gifts are little more special, you know?

Night_Sprite

Yes.  The postage is worth it.

mysticl

Send the thank you.

wadingmoose

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_still-send-thank-thanked-person?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:86697f99-8ae0-4527-bf32-384792086d47Post:91501ce0-a075-472c-bcac-547ec1e44c2e">Re: Still send thank you note when thanked in person?</a>:
[QUOTE]I would. I think wedding gifts are a different beast than Christmas of birthday gifts, where it's totally proper to thank someone in person and not send a note. Wedding gifts are little more special, you know?
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]


I remember Mom used to make me send my grandmother thank you notes for birthday AND Christmas gifts.  I hated it.  I also admit that Mom was probably right. :)

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_still-send-thank-thanked-person?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:86697f99-8ae0-4527-bf32-384792086d47Post:5720586e-4788-47ca-8211-9119c573dfaa">Re: Still send thank you note when thanked in person?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Still send thank you note when thanked in person? : I remember Mom used to make me send my grandmother thank you notes for birthday AND Christmas gifts.  I hated it.  I also admit that Mom was probably right. :)
Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

Well, at least you got in the habit. :-) Better safe than sorry. I have been told that if you open a gift in front of someone, you do not need to send a thank you. So we didn't send thank you notes to our grandparents for Christmas gifts, but we did to our aunt and uncle, who shipped gifts to us.

mrockwell1

Thanks for the advice, I will definitely add her to the thank you list!

banana468

I send TY notes for just about all gifts.  The only times I don't are when MIL gives us a gift and it's something like a bag of Lindt truffles from the grocery store.  Then a hug and TY is fine for her.  :-)

ARod22

You always have to send a thank you note, even if you thanked them in person.