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A Thank You Note Quandry...

posted 1 year ago in Etiquette
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  • poll: Do I write a group thank you or 8 individual thank you's to DH's colleagues?
    Write a group thank you - with 8 people that you don't really know, things could get interesting. : (4 votes)
    24 %
    Write each gift giver an individual thank you - don't treat this any differently than any other gift : (13 votes)
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    Bella Luna    September 5, 2010   Ohio

    Hi Bees,

    Well, I have a thank you note quandry. My DH and I received some gift cards as a "group gift" from his colleagues at work. A total of 8 people signed the card / gave us the gift cards. How should I handle writing the thank you note(s) here? Do I write one to each of them individually thanking them for the gift, or one to the group? Keep in mind, they are HIS colleagues and therefore I don't know any of them (except one).

     

    Thoughts?

    Thanks!!

    Bella

     
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    babyboo      

    Did they all attend your wedding?

    I think if they actually attended your wedding I would mail a thank you to each person, thanking them for the gift and spending time with you at the wedding.

    If they didn't attend your wedding and just gave you a nice gift in advanced I would write one group thank-you and send it to your hubby's office so they can pass it around there.

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    I agree if they all attended the wedding, they all deserve a thank you.

     
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    Bella Luna    September 5, 2010   Ohio

    Well - then that's another issue in itself. One of them did - he was a groomsman. The other 7 were not invited to the wedding (especially since it was a small wedding and I don't know any of them but the 1). Does this change things??

     

    Bella

     
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    babyboo      

    I would write the groomsman a thank you and send it to him personally.

    I would then write a second thank-you to all the colleagues, including the groomsman on this one too, and send it to the office.

     
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    NYE Gal    December 31, 2010   Ontario

    I would probably have the groom write the thank you cards for his co-workers......

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    I agree with babyboo.

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    I agree that I'd send a single thank you note to the groomsman and a single note to all the co-workers.  Our office gave us a group gift from some people who weren't invited and that's what I did.  I also included a couple pictures.  I knew it would end up in our office "read and initial".

     
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    Bella Luna    September 5, 2010   Ohio

    Wonderful - thank you ladies. I know I can always count on the bees for great advice!

    -Bella

     
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    SuperBrook    5/7/2011   Kansas

    I voted that they each should get a thank you, but I wanted to specify that FI should write the thank yous.

     
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    Bella Luna    September 5, 2010   Ohio

    @ Superbrook -

    I agree 100% that DH should be the one to write the thank you notes to his colleagues, but he... isn't interested in doing it. Basically, if he has to write them they won't get done. So, I figure it's better for me to write a group one and an individual one than nothing at all (lol - sigh). :)

     

    Thanks,

    Bella

     

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