Thank you cards to people with no gifts?

You can still send a thank you card but of a diffrent meaning. Like thank you for attening my wedding or showing your support to my marriage. Thank you letters dont always have to be for the gifts. Hope this helps

With or without gifts you still need to write thank you card.

My understanding is that the reception was your thank you to your guests. Thank you notes are not necessary for those who did not give you a gift.

The reception is the guests' thank you for attending the ceremony. Thank you notes are for gifts.

She asked what you wanted, you said a gift wasn't necessary, she believed you. No sting here.

No, you don’t have to give them a thank you card. You said thank you for attending your wedding by having a reception. Remember, they have up to a year to send you a gift. Like you said, it’s looked at as being gift grabby by sending non-gift givers a TY card.

View Quoted Comment The reception is the thank you to the guest attending the ceremony. A thank you is not "required" without a gift.

I don’t think thank you card are necessary to them, but make sure you mail the cards to everyone, don’t give them out personally at work. I went to a coworkers wedding and she handed out invites and thank you cards at work. It was awkward since she didn’t invite everyone! Don’t make your coworkers feel bad about not giving a gift.

For coworkers, i would skip it, but I would still send a thank you to a close family member or friend without a gift.

I agree with PP to mail them though. No one will know who got a card and who didn't.

I wouldn't give a thank you note to someone who didn't give a gift. The reception is to thank everyone for coming. A thank you card is to thank anyone who got you a gift. Sending a thank you card to someone who didn't get you a gift, while it may seem like a sweet thing to do, highlights that this person did not get you a gift. It would possibly make them feel bad or feel like you're fishing for gifts.

To avoid any awkwardness of handing out thank you notes at work in front of those who did not get you a gift, mail the thank you notes to their homes. Handing them out at work will make it obvious to your coworkers that others got you wedding gifts. Even if your office has a mailbox room, it will be difficult to hand these out discreetly and even if you do manage to hand them to recipients quietly, you can't control whether a recipient will gush about how sweet your note was or have the good sense to wait and open it when they get home. Delivering in the office could be perceived as "look, THEY got me gifts...why didn't you?"