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gifts and thank you cards

Sushigal08Sushigal08
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How long do you wait? Explanation; the people that came to your wedding and have not given you a gift. I am waiting to send thank you cards to people that came to my wedding empty handed. What is the proper time line for people to send gifts? I have never gone to a wedding without either sending a gift ahead of time or bringing it to the wedding. I could never go to someone's wedding, sit at their table, eat their food, and not bring a gift. Is this normal?

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  • danieliza1127danieliza1127 member
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    We didn't send thank you cards to people who didn't give gifts.  We thanked everyone personally at the wedding for coming, so I didn't see the need to then send a thank you card thanking them again for coming.  We just sent thank you cards to those who brought or sent gifts. 
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  • baystateapplebaystateapple member
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    edited September 2010
    Guests have up to a year to send a gift.

    ETA: No, you don't have to send a thank you card to guests who attended but didn't bring a gift.  The reception was their thank you for attending.
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  • LDYGTR13LDYGTR13 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_gifts-thank-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:411f8842-91d3-4900-9333-1aebe99f7270Post:91c4fa16-b1b4-4fba-a507-5727b914c6ad">Re: gifts and thank you cards</a>:
    [QUOTE]Here is where I always part company with the ladies on this subject in one particular area.  I think a thank you should be sent if the person had to travel to come to your wedding.  By travel I mean get on a plane, train or drive for hours on end and stay in a hotel.  When you are talking about shelling out that kind of money to come to a wedding, I think a little more than a verbal thank you is in order.
    Posted by tldh[/QUOTE]


    I never thought about that. That's actually a decent idea, I'd think. Not sure if it's proper etiquette - but I'd think that it's never BAD etiquette to send a TY note - esp if money was spent.
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