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Do you send cards for anniversaries?

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  • Georgiegirl256
    Georgiegirl256 Posts: 7,005 Forumite
    Mojisola wrote: »
    There's a lot of cards available to send to someone on their divorce - ranging from "Congratulations on Your Divorce" to "I'm Sorry Your Ex Was a *ick". :rotfl:

    I bought my friend a "Congratulations on your Divorce" card! She was so pleased with it she stuck it on her notice board! It was very appropriate though because he was a wife beating t*sser!
  • catkins
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    onlyroz wrote: »
    You see to me a card is something you send in the post to somebody that you're not going to see in person on their birthday/Christmas etc. I wouldn't give a card to somebody that I was actually going to see unless I was giving money as a gift and needed something to put the money inside. I certainly would never get my husband any kind of card and I wouldn't want or expect one in return.

    I don't see why. I buy cards for mum and dad's birthdays and mothers and fathers day and then go and see them on the day with the card and a present.

    Me and OH always buy anniversary cards for each other and birthday cards, Christmas cards and Valentines cards. I think it is a nice thing to do as we both choose cards with nice words. Sometimes one of us might see a funny card that the other would like and then normally buy that and a card with nice words! For about 10 years we sent each other cards on the anniversary of the day we met as well as wedding anniversary cards
    I bought my friend a "Congratulations on your Divorce" card! She was so pleased with it she stuck it on her notice board! It was very appropriate though because he was a wife beating t*sser!

    That one card I would never buy, a divorce one
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  • Torry_Quine
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    catkins wrote: »
    I don't see why. I buy cards for mum and dad's birthdays and mothers and fathers day and then go and see them on the day with the card and a present.

    Me and OH always buy anniversary cards for each other and birthday cards, Christmas cards and Valentines cards. I think it is a nice thing to do as we both choose cards with nice words. Sometimes one of us might see a funny card that the other would like and then normally buy that and a card with nice words! For about 10 years we sent each other cards on the anniversary of the day we met as well as wedding anniversary cards



    That one card I would never buy, a divorce one
    We really do agree here. A divorce card isn't in my opinion ever a good idea.:eek:
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  • Alikay
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    catkins wrote: »
    That one card I would never buy, a divorce one

    Me neither, nor would I like to receive one. Even though I was the one who drove the divorce with my first husband, and felt relieved that it was legally over, I was still very sad on the day it went through, and felt like a total failure.
  • Georgiegirl256
    Georgiegirl256 Posts: 7,005 Forumite
    catkins wrote: »

    That one card I would never buy, a divorce one
    We really do agree here. A divorce card isn't in my opinion ever a good idea.:eek:

    In this case it was very apt, the congratulations was wholeheartedly meant. It was a good thing that that marriage failed and she got out of it, it was by no ways a sad thing whatsoever. If I remember rightly whilst she didn't have a party, we did go out for drinks to celebrate. He beat her, pushed her down the stairs, verbally abused her as well.
  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    Person_one wrote: »
    Well I'm very sorry I couldn't foresee every exact scenario and didn't want 25 options on the poll. Maybe you could do as others have undoubtedly done and pick the choice the most closely reflects your feelings on the matter, or don't participate if you feel none are close enough, or start another poll with different choices!

    I think you could've forseen a more measured negative answer. "No" might've shown less bias than "No,why on earth would I ;) "
  • Linda32
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    I thought it was normal to send anniversary cards to family and friends I would suppose, if you had been to their wedding.

    I've only ever been to one wedding which was my Brothers.

    We used to send one to OH's Mum and Dad, his Sister and Husband, now divorced, and my Brother and Wife who currently are still married.
  • Timpu
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    Not read the entire thread but flipping things around, we get an anniversary card from a distant relative each year and find it odd. We later learned from a number of astonished guests the relative was ill behaved at our wedding. What's more the lady can't spell my name correctly :mad: e.g. 'Jayne' for 'Jane' and I have a very common name. I say 'odd', actually it's a blatant attempt to get an invitation to stay over. Fat chance.

    We send cards for significant wedding anniversaries to parents and that's it. We appreciate parents go to the effort of sending us a card each year but wouldn't mind if they didn't.
  • Domayne
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    No never. With me, You're lucky if you get a birthday card!
    I find them pointless tbh, People put them up for a day or two and throw them in the bin and a tree died for nothing. A text might be less 'personal' but it's more economically sustainable :)
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  • Georgiegirl256
    Georgiegirl256 Posts: 7,005 Forumite
    Domayne wrote: »
    No never. With me, You're lucky if you get a birthday card!
    I find them pointless tbh, People put them up for a day or two and throw them in the bin and a tree died for nothing. A text might be less 'personal' but it's more economically sustainable :)

    My neighbour had hers up for nearly a week! I was like "ok love, I get it, it was your Birthday!" :D
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