Saying thank you

I say thank you the next time I see/am in contact with someone, but wouldn't write a letter especially.
My mum however writes a letter at the drop of a hat and does thank people for cards.

We do 'unbirthdays' for Gchildren and have done for children until they left home. Traditionally the 'unbirthday' gift is a tube of Smarties!

sounds like I’m in the minority for this then. I will continue to say thanks because I always have ❤️

Thank goodness you’re all as daft as us MrsKen33 x

I wouldn't expect thanks for a card either. As others have said, it could then ping pong back and forth indefinitely.

Having said that, if I get a card or a letter hand made or at least hand written from the grandchildren, I do acknowledge it with due praise.

We do thatGeorgesgran but we call it an unbirthday ’ as in Alice in Wonderland

Meant to add - everyone thinks we’re crazy, but we don’t care.

I love a card - receiving and sending and I take ages picking them - often walking away until another time, if I can’t see one I really think suitable. I thank the sender of any cards to me when I next see them or text those I don’t see, as they’ve usually sent a text as well.
I’ll hide behind the sofa now because ‘we’ do half birthdays.
DD2 was born exactly 4 and a half years after DD1 and my Mum thought it would be a good idea to have a little gift for her, so she wouldn’t feel left out when gifts arrived for her baby sister. It stuck. Baby sister will be 39 next week and Big Sister will get half birthday cards, a bottle of fizz and flowers.

We don’t seem to get a thank you for anything these days. What with WhatsApp, texts , email etc it should be easy.The young especially just don’t.

I would probably send a text to say thanks for a card...If there was money or a voucher say in a birthday card I may send a thank you card then..

I have never given or received thanks for a card.

I feel the same Yammy.

I did send birthday cards with a family catch up but in recent years it has not been reciprecated.
Long term friends send cards and a text which I do to them. Neices and nephews do not send Christmas cards so I have stopped and any one else who does not reciprocate.
I always feel mean but then if they can't be bothered they obviously don't appreciate the gestured unless it is accompanied by a substantial cheque which was assumed would be enclosed.

Granmarderby10

I * like* a birthday card and appreciate them. The more the merrier. Same at Christmas. Just sayin’ like -so it’s out there….

We'll all send you one, Granmarderby . Each to her own.

When is your next half-birthday?

I * like* a birthday card and appreciate them. The more the merrier. Same at Christmas. Just sayin’ like -so it’s out there….

So ‘a’ sends a card and ‘b’ thanks her for sending the card and ‘a’ thanks her for thanking her and ‘b’ thanks her for thanking her for thanking her
I m very happy to get a thank you for a present

And they would start to expect presents and parties!

welbeck

what does that mean ??
seven and a half what ?

I think it means that we (or maybe children) could celebrate being seven and a half? My great niece loves to tell me that she is seven and a half - it's much more grown up than just being seven . It's not a bad idea, but I think adults would get a bit sick of buying all the cards.

I don't expect thanks for a card but a thank you would be nice from people/relatives I've given substantial gifts to. (Sore point!!)

Remembering actual birthdays and the cost nowadays of buying and posting cards is bad enough without the half etc birthdays StarDreamer suggests. That is an idea I can confidently predict the card manufacturers will not be taking up.

Nono don't expect thanks for cards. It's probably nice fpr some to hear if someone appreciated a gift but I have no idea how their day has gone or how much they received so don't expect thanks then either

Actually I find it a bit overwhelming anyway... so prefer not giving gifts in person or opening them in front of people in case I'm not appreciative enough

I always thank people for birthday cards. But not for Christmas or thank you cards. People always thank me for birthday cards.

what does that mean ??
seven and a half what ?

I wouldn't particularly expect thanks for a card. However I am unimpressed by the lack of thankyous for gifts these days.

Doodledog wrote ...,as they are seen as a marketing exercise by card companies, ...

I have sometimes wondered why they don't market 'half' ones, like 7 and a half.

Or quarters, ... or thirds!

I wouldn’t expect thanks for a card. When I send one to someone I’m not in regular contact with I usually put a note of any news inside and often they email me with thanks and their news, which is nice but I don’t expect it.