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| Topic Started: Jul 15 2016, 06:32 AM (1,003 Views) | |
| yaya | Jul 15 2016, 06:32 AM Post #1 |
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What are your thoughts about a woman in her 60's receiving a wedding invitation to her only and not including 'and guest'? |
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| yaya | Sep 25 2016, 04:26 AM Post #31 |
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Update: The wedding was July 16th and I still have not received a thank you note nor have a couple of other cousins that I have spoken to. Some people continue to disappoint and they always will. |
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| swing | Sep 25 2016, 07:48 AM Post #32 |
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The last wedding we attended Thank you took 6 months! Many do not even send Thankyou cards any longer ~unbelievably rude imo! |
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| yaya | Sep 26 2016, 02:14 AM Post #33 |
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It makes you wonder why you bothered to send a gift but then as they say 'two wrongs don't make a right'. |
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| Trotsky | Sep 26 2016, 03:55 AM Post #34 |
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No more christenings/baptisms, weddings or funerals for me. A friend is fussing about having a big DO about Bob's next birthday. I really don't want to get involved and HE is forbidding it, you'd think that would be enough. But this woman is a control freak and will not shut up about it, and I KNOW everything would wind up falling on me, so I have my fingers crossed she will take a pill, fall asleep and forget about the whole thing. I like nice quiet dinners OUT with no more than 4 people total. Anything more becomes too much of a PRODUCTION. Edited by Trotsky, Sep 26 2016, 04:07 AM.
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| blizzard | Sep 26 2016, 10:14 AM Post #35 |
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I made a specific request for my 60th BD. A family portrait, my four girls, sons-in law, grandson and me. One would think getting eight family members would be easy. I said my preference is to have this done in New York. I will settle to meet in Saskatchewan. |
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| angora | Sep 26 2016, 11:48 AM Post #36 |
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For my 65th birthday, John took me to our favourite restaurant for a really nice time in a special spot. He mentioned to the waitress (known to us) that it was my birthday. The owner came and gave us a birthday cake and wish. Took a picture and John had it published in the Stratford paper with a little blurb saying what a good daughter, wife and mother I was. I dont think anything in my life before or since has meant so much to me. |
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| FuzzyO | Sep 26 2016, 01:52 PM Post #37 |
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How lovely! |
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| yaya | Oct 27 2016, 04:45 AM Post #38 |
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Just an update. The wedding was July 16th - still no thank you card received for my cash gift. Since I don't ever expect to receive one, this will probably be my last posting on this subject. |
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| Dana | Oct 27 2016, 04:52 AM Post #39 |
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At least everyone knows that you did the right thing even if they did not. |
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| Olive Oil | Oct 27 2016, 05:06 AM Post #40 |
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Bad manners seem to start in childhood by example. I have 2 families of small children in the family with a total of 4 kids. Never a thank you from kids or parents who are children of nieces. Now that two kids are l2, I want to cut out the birthday gifts for the two of them and it will be awkward. With Facebook, it should be super easy to thank someone for a gift. I am no longer putting a lot of effort into choosing something special. |
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| Trotsky | Oct 30 2016, 06:02 AM Post #41 |
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May I never receive another wedding invitation. |
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| swing | Oct 30 2016, 09:48 AM Post #42 |
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Bad manners seem to start in childhood by example. I have 2 families of small children in the family with a total of 4 kids. Never a thank you from kids or parents who are children of nieces. Now that two kids are l2, I want to cut out the birthday gifts for the two of them and it will be awkward. I would definitely cut it out! You do not need an explanation, very rude not to send a Thank you for a gift! Kids today are indulged, what we considered a luxury they consider a necessity. Two neighbours in "our hood" bought their 16 year old kids cars for their birthdays! |
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| Shorty | Oct 30 2016, 03:20 PM Post #43 |
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We decided to terminate the gifts for the almost ex DIL. She does the 'love you' stuff ahead of time when there's something in it for her. When we've spent the day waiting for her to reply to text messages when the kids are supposed to be with the son, we know her emotions aren't real. We really wanted to keep her in our life because of the kids. Good manners should be a basic. |
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