a poll of sorts

[ambientlight]

so. thank-you notes. what's your experience with them? is sending them the done thing in your social circles? what sort of thank-you notes have you sent before? how does one write a thank-you note to a friend's parents? ;_;

i ask this because the concept of thank-you notes was incredibly foreign to me until i came to the UK.

Comments

[erushi]

what precisely is this thank-you note you need to send for?

i mainly send them to tutors, and people in my faculty, after i bother them.

[ambientlight]

i stayed at a friend's place over the weekend and ended up having two meals there. ._.

yeah, i've sent thank-you emails and cards to tutors before. it's always so hard finding the right tone, though! i usually go with a combination of semi-formal and the odd exclamation mark to gesture towards slight informality. x_x

[erushi]

how close is this friend? if very close, i suspect s/he won't mind; i know i certainly won't. alternatively, buy that person a pint the next time you guys meet, and text him/her in the meanwhile promising as such?

[erushi]

oh wait. i just saw. it was to the friend's parents. sorry. *headdesk*

erm. a thank you card would do, i guess? and possibly a small present, something edible. did you give them something when you first visited?

[ambientlight]

i didn't get them anything! because i didn't know i'd be eating there. ;_; i'm planning on taking the thank-you card route, yes. sending thank-you/formal-type presents by post just seems a little... odd, to me.

[erushi]

it's still a nice touch though. and will probably get you invited back in the future.

i prefer cards in this sitaution than actual notes, since they look prettier and are less likely to sound like something you googled out and wrote just for the sake of it. which probably doesn't make sense, but ah well.

[ambientlight]

but it seems so... formal. and the parents hadn't actually invited me, my friend had.

yeah, i like cards too partly because they leave less space that needs to be filled with the actual message.