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Thank-You troubles...

posted 1 year ago in Paper

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CinnamonStick May 14, 2010 Gettysburg, PA

So. I have all but *ONE* thank you card done... and I'm clueless as to how to write it! If you have any advice, do please share...

Just a bit of background- I invited a friend I've had since 2nd grade to the wedding and also to the wedding celebration we had 3 weeks later on the other side of the country. She couldn't make it to the wedding... but made it to the reception. We haven't been the best at keeping in touch the past few years (ie: the past 6 or 7 years...) but I still count her among my good friends. She came while she was visiting home and her dad drove her down. I hadn't seen her parents in at least 5 years... and it didn't even occur to me that I should invite them to our small wedding or our small celebration... Anyway, he dad drove her down from their house (5 hours north of where the reception was)... but refused to stay. We offered him food... and he got some then went and ate it in his car and came back a couple hours later to pick my friend up. Well, her parents got me a gift- a soup strainer. And I feel like he wouldn't come in to the celebration because he wasn't technically invited. It was a super casual event so we wouldn't have minded and let him know that... but we kinda got the impression that he was hurt he wasn't invited.

Anyway... now I'm stuck on how to write a thank you card for a soup strainer my friend's parents got me... Any tips?

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moderndaisy June 2010

Hmm.. I would just sound extremely gracious and mention that it was nice seeing him on your wedding day and you hope to see him again soon!

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mrstilly May 15, 2010 Ithaca, NY

I agree. That's an interesting situation. I can understand him feeling a little hurt to not be invited, but at the same time I would have accepted the invitation to stay. I agree with moderndaisy and would thank him for the gift and say something about how it was nice to see him.

I had a few people that didn't get on the list, including a cousin of hubs' that sent a gift despite not being invited. For us it was about cost/space, since hubs has at least 30 cousins, most of whom are married and have kids. We had to make cuts. In the thank you to that cousin, I thanked her for the gift, and mentioned looking forward to seeing her this summer at family get togethers and the yearly reunion this summer. Unfortunately it's difficult to please everyone, but you just have to hope that people will have some understanding for you and your husband as planning a wedding can be very difficult.

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