Thank you card from a high school senior

Re: Thank you card from a high school senior

• Viczaesar member

  

  November 2013

  That's sweet, @csuave.  I have my own thank you note happy this week too - my nephew's GF, a college senior, sent me a thank you note for her birthday gifts.  I gave her a hazelnut vanilla lotion and a cuticle cream and some lip balms that I made. 
  
  Her note said "Thank you so much for the lotions and balms.  The tangerine lip balm is awesome and I am a big fan of the cuticle cream.  The lotion makes me feel & smell like a cookie.  It is kind of epic."
  

  
  
  
  

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• csuave member

  

  November 2013 edited November 2013

  @Viczaesar what an awesome note from your nephew's GF.  She might be a keeper  

  I wouldn't mind smelling like a cookie!

  There may be hope that thank you writing etiquette won't die with the next generation.

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• aurorajanette member

  

  November 2013

  A few weeks ago I also got a thank you note from a college student. She was thinking of switching majors from psychology to therapeutic recreation, which is what I do, and asked if she could meet with me for about 45-60 minutes to "pick my brain" about the field, and get info about local programs. A few days after the meeting, which I had pretty much forgotten about, I got a really great note from her in the mail thanking me for taking the time to meet with her and share my insights. It was awesome!

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• mrsbizzz member

  

  November 2013

  How wonderful!

  Sort of makes you wonder why grown people can't send out thank you notes for wedding gifts.

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• dramamonkey member

  

  November 2013 edited November 2013

  I've never been good at thank you notes before - but with all the wedding things, I've definitely gotten very into it.  I'm going to get some personalized stationary (with my new last name) after the wedding, and start writing thank you notes for EVERYTHING. 

  
  

  Yay!

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• orwhatuwill member

  

  November 2013

  I work at an art college and we have a summer program for high school students. A couple of years ago, we had one student who didn't have the means to get a 35mm manual camera for the (photography) program. I had one that I didn't need. I let the student borrow it for the duration of the program, contrary to the advice of other people working in the the program who were concerned that it would get broken or lost. 

  
  

  The student took great care of it an returned it to me at the end of the program with a very nice thank you note. The note was so sweet, that sometimes when I'm having a bad day, I pull it out and reread it. I'm sure she had no idea that it would be as meaningful to me as it has been!

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• Jen4948 member

  

  November 2013

  That's so sweet!
  

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• melbelleup member

  

  November 2013

  Good for her I gave thank you notes to all my sub buyers at the end of my 4 yrs of marching band
  

  

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• AroundTheBlock member

  

  November 2013

  Do not limit yourselves to thank-you notes. Congratulations-notes, get-well notes, welcome-home notes and condolence notes create all the same warm fuzzies.

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• KatWAG member

  

  November 2013

  AroundTheBlock said:

  Do not limit yourselves to thank-you notes. Congratulations-notes, get-well notes, welcome-home notes and condolence notes create all the same warm fuzzies.

  
  This might be the one and only time I have ever agreed with you. Getting mail (that isn't a bill) is awesome

  

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• RebeccaB88 member

  

  November 2013

  I'm starting to think that not only are thank-you notes becoming a lost art, but thanking people at all is. I just had to talk to my mom about talking to my sister about this (I think this is a better subject for her to bring up with her than me, you know the whole 'mom tough love' thing.)  My sister and her family live on the other side of the country, so for my niece and nephew's birthdays I send gift cards. They really like picking out their own gifts, and they're cheap to mail. I'm perfectly fine not getting written thank you notes from them (it would be great but I'm not going to push it), but I would like to be thanked in some way for them. I only get to see them twice a year, and I miss them terribly, so it would at least be nice to hear what they picked out, or have them text me a picture of it.  I always have to ask my sister if the gift cards even arrived. My niece is 10 next month and nephew just turned 7. The kids won't know what's important to do if their mom doesn't teach them, and my sister isn't, and I really don't want to get to the point where I have to tell them no more gifts because they don't seem appreciative for what they get. It won't be that long until they're at the age of graduations, weddings, etc, and they need to learn to thank people now.
  

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