Wedding Thank You Notes

Thank You Notes

Wedding etiquette dictates that each gift you receive will extract a handwritten thank you note from you or your bride or both of you together.  For some reason thank you notes are seen as a necessary evil and the actual writing of them is often postponed to what can only be called psychotic procrastination.  This is silly, because 1) thank you notes only have to be a few sentences long and 2) the recipients really don’t expect you to remember or list every fine aspect or detail of the gift, sort of as a compulsory recitation of qualities, proving your gratitude.

The easiest and best way to do thank you notes is to write them as the gifts come in and try to keep up with them daily.  That way you don’t face the daunting task of writing 50 or hundreds of thank you notes all at once, a burden that only fosters further procrastination, sometimes up to the point that the bride and groom have essentially committed etiquette suicide because they never get done.  A word to the wise:  people expect thank you notes and if they don’t get one, they will be miffed—and maybe even offended.

Simple white or ivory fold-over notes are customary for thank you notes.  Lift up the fold and write the note and date it on the inside. Be sure to mail them—with a stamp!  Easy as that, just don’t get behind and all will be well.  Your guests will feel appreciated and you have done the right thing and can consider yourself thoughtful, dutiful and civilized. Good boy!