Finally got a thank you note....

When one of my cousins got married, my parents gave a gift, and I gave a separate gift. We received one thank you note thanking us for our generous gift. No mention of what the gifts were. Oh, and my then-partner had gone in on the gift with me, and his name was nowhere on the thank you note even though it was on the card that I had attached to the gift. We were still together at that point. And actually planning our own wedding so it was a bit of a slap to him.

We made phone calls on our honeymoon (7 days) to thank relatives who gave us large sums of cash and we had 100% of our TY notes (152 people and around 85 households) out by the end of the month.

Exactly what I was saying @jerseyjen. I don't mind the photo card...i just described it so you all know she was not waiting months to get those cards. If it did come down to photo card i had to wait a long time for, or handwritten stationary card. I'd take the handwritten stationary card that comes in 2-6 weeks. I think taking 6 months to acknowledge a gift and then not even acknowleding it, as was the case here' is deplorable. FH wants to take them off our guest list now.

I agree with the 3 month rule. I think 2 weeks is a little tough. The wedding I attended last weekend went on a 2 week honeymoon. They'd have to be writing Thank You cards on their honeymoon to fit that timeline. 2-3 months is plenty of time, in my opinion.

What is wrong with people!?!! We got a thank you almost a year after a wedding, six months after we received a Christmas card with a wedding photo enclosed. It was mindblowing!! We sent our thank yous out the WEEKEND AFTER THE WEDDING. It's so important to show your gratitude to your guests!!!

I did my best to stay ahead of the thank you notes by writing them as we received gifts. I also had my husband help so the pressure wasn't all on me. We managed to get all of our notes out within about 3 weeks of receiving a gift this way. I was tempted to wait for the photos to do photo cards, but we just got them back. I am glad we didn't wait. We'll use them for holiday cards instead. Our circle of friends were really good about personalized notes as well. Guess we're a classy bunch. lol

Yeah hell no, two weeks is definitely not enough time to write a thank you note. I think getting them out within a month is ideal. Just my opinion.

That's ridiculous. I never received a thank you from 2 weddings I went to last YEAR. I also really like the idea of the picture thank yous, but you have to still write a personal message, it's really not that hard.