This post on LPT seemed like a nice idea to me. It's nothing too insane, just "Train your children to write a Thank-You letter before they cash a check or spend money given as a gift."
I mean, yeah, I thought writing thank-you notes was a drag as a kid, but now I understand why my mean ole mom made me write them. All those family members I never see, but who still send a gift at Christmas? I think a thank-you note is appropriate, seeing as I can't thank them in person.
Call me old-fashioned or a prim Miss Manners, but I honestly can't fathom receiving a cash gift from a relative for a birthday or graduation, and NOT sending them my written thanks somehow. Something about, say, a distant aunt thinking of me enough to send a gift (for whatever occasion), I think necessitates more than an email or a Facebook post.
But I digress. Here is a taste of how Redditors feel about this tradition:
Top comment:
This is not a LPT, it's a Tumblr parenting advice. x
Hmmm okay, fair enough, I guess. I'm not really sure what Tumblr has to do with it, but I get the sense that it's meant to be derogatory.
Moving on:
Thank you cards are cultural and are very much an American thing. Other than more formal events like weddings, I don't really care to get one. A sincere thank you to my face would work. x
I mean, I'm American so I guess I'm biased, but I thought the whole point was to thank people (like distant relatives) whom you wouldn't be able to thank to their faces.
And in reply to that:
I will teaching my children to NOT send thank you cards for Christmas and birthday gifts... because that's ridiculous.
What???
NEXT:
When I give someone a gift, I do so without the expectation of getting something in return. I've always thought that the expectation of a thank you card was selfish and outdated. x
DUDE are you telling me that if Aunt Florence sends you a graduation check in the mail, it's selfish of her to expect some kind of acknowledgment? Is this real life?
Ah yes, this little ritual. Will he do it when you are not around? I think it teaches merely the ritual, not the meaning. One should show thanks and gratitude sincerely in a sincere way. x
I mean, I'd argue that it's not so much about the card itself, but that you took the time to sit down, write the note, and mail it. I don't think there's anything insincere about showing gratitude that way....
This. Even as a kid who was forced to grow up writing thank you letters I see it as a stupid practice. I'd sooner pick up the phone and actually thank someone than waste time writing a letter they're gonna throw away. Plus, my grandma loves hearing from me. x
Fair enough, but if your grandma is anything like mine, all those notes you were "forced" to write as a child? She kept those, maybe even hung them on the refrigerator.
i fucking hate thank you letters/cards. x
K.
My mom made me do this. I no longer value any cards I receive because I see they are filled with bullshit. x
SCARRED FOR LIFE. THANKS MOM. If anything, the reply is even more hilarious:
Ditto. I hate cards, and I see people who send them as being socially stunted and socially out-of-touch.
I'm done. I'm done. I can't do this anymore. Every comment, every thread, is like this. It's like this bizarre blend of mom-hatred and social-niceties-hatred. I can't do this.
I'm also going to keep sending thank-you cards because I'm apparently 'socially stunted and socially out-of-touch.'
Submitted December 11, 2014 at 11:45PM by Byron_Bunch http://ift.tt/1yEcVG9 circlebroke
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