Wedding gifts that arrive before wedding

Re: Wedding gifts that arrive before wedding

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  MyNameIsNot member

  

  March 2012

  She should open it and send a thank you note now.  She should wait until after the wedding to use it.

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  CFM102012 member

  

  March 2012

  Thank you.  I told her to go ahead and open it now but then I thought I should check and make sure I was correct.

  

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  Avion22 member

  

  March 2012

  Yep, open it now, then send a thank-you note to the giver.  That way she lets them know that it arrived safely and un-damanged (and if ordered from a website, that it was actually what the giver ordered).   

  
  

  The thank-you note shouldn't be written on stationery with her married name or monogram, but simple "Jack and Susan" stationery or personalized stationary in her maiden name are fine (as are generic thank-you cards which is what we are using for pre-wedding gifts).  

  
  

  The same goes for any checks they might receive before the wedding -- they should cash or deposit any checks and write a thank-you note right away (so the giver's bank account doesn't have an out-standing check for months on end), but the money should be set aside and not spent until after the wedding.  

  
  

  She'll be glad to get some of her thank-you notes out of the way early:-)

  

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  CFM102012 member

  

  March 2012

  Thanks ladies. That's pretty much what I told her, I just wanted to check and make sure it was right.  I did check, she didn't order any stationary with a monogram or her married name so all the thank you's will be on generic thank you cards.

  

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