Outraged wedding guest - am I wrong to be offended?

debtdesperado

I know I didn't have to go but they are close friends...what can you do? Weddings are special so a no thanks wouldn't have felt right. I wanted to be there!

However, the wedding in question with the thank you cards was, as the bride continually told us, very small - there were only 40 guests - so it was an honour to be invited (her words!), so I wouldn't have thought it that difficult to scribble a personal line to say thanks for coming and thanks for the pressie. Even a personal email, but a round robin email???

And in lieu of = what she meant was no thank you cards.

hayleythedaisy

I agree with those that say the bulk email was bad manners... Something doesn't have to cost money, just show a little thought and efforts... After all you wouldn't send a bulk email on the first of January saying happy birthday to everyone this year. (Or would you). A personalised email would be fine, a handwritten note nicer (although might be costly for the B and G).

Although I have to say upon first reading it I thought as it said OUR cards then it was that they hadn't received them, not they weren't going to send any.

Just to pick up on what others have said though, it is a great shame that everything is about money and politics. Why can't everyone be kinder, warmer, more understanding, polite people, like the few that are about here?! Unfortuately is seems this is life though.

craftygranny

:T:T:T:T:T well said . By not doing it properly it makes the happy couple look like a greedy couple .

ringo_24601 wrote: »

If I give a wedding present, normal etiquette expects that a thank you card be sent - not a bulk email. What next, a text message?

If the thank you is delivered by email, it should be addressed to you and worded appropriately.

Where the hell have manners and etiquette gone?