No Thank You

[TOWIE]

I have been brought up to send Thank You cards or messages when receiving a gift for birthdays etc etc. My OH Nephew was married back in March, we put £150 into his Honeymoon fund (they didn't want pressies). This is a new concept, I think nowdays. We have had no Thank You or any acknowledgement, not even at the wedding.

Bad Manners (:o((

[Maydup]

I agree that you should ask if the money was ever received as there is a possibility it didn't get processed correctly. Surely they woudln't accept £150 without a murmour of thanks?

[TOWIE]

I think I will have to ask if it was received, as it could have gone astray. Though knowing my OH family, they have never been hot on sending any form of Thank You for Birthday or Christmas gifts in the past, so I am guessing just bad manners.

[joko]

i was never taught to send thank you notes or make thank you phone calls as a child - in fact i think i was about 14 before it even occurred to me that people did this.
we only ever thanked if given something face to face.
my auntie and uncle sent chocolate bars to us every single week when we were little, given through my dad... and i dont think we ever said thanks when we next saw her - perhaps we did - if told to - but we were little and just didnt occur to us.
i dont know whether my auntie was upset by this - i doubt it...she knew we were little...but still.
not sure why my m&d didnt think this an important lesson to learn.

strangely though, when me and my sister worked in my mums shop we were exceptionally polite, always said please, thank you, bye etc to the customers - more than my mum did.... but unusual for 17 year olds these days i think.

i think its one of those things that people should make their kids do from a young age to instill the idea of showing gratitude and being grateful - and not to just expect to be given things ... to understand that being given a gift is not a right, but a kind gesture and deserves acknowledgement

[Brinjal]

Very bad manners. My daughter was married recently and sent out a wedding photo with the invitations. It was a relatively small wedding 50 people so everyone managed to get into a photo with the couple so that the thank you they received was the photo that included the .

[grasscarp]

Perhaps when he said they wanted money instead of presents he put TIA. It seems to stand in for a thank you on here!