TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1984
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during the wedding, and during the
long drive from the church to your
honeymoon suite. And well it should: it
is one of the most important yet
misunderstood parts of marriage.
I refer to, of course, the writing of
thank-you notes.
Writing thank-you notes is a lost art.
I came to realize this six months after
my blushing bride and I first merged
checking accounts, as we romantically
refer to marriage. A half year after the
fact, my dearly beloved was still com
posing messages of gratitude.
It's not that we received all that
many gifts. In fact, after we were mar
ried, we had to move into a smaller
apartment just to fit in all the gifts we
received. Rather, the problem was my
sugar-lipped spouse hadnever learned
the ins and outs of writing thank-you
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"Just write the stupid thank-you notes,
all ready, or I'll belt you one."
Therefore, in the interest of speed,
here's a quick checklist.
1 ) De sure to keep specific list of who
gave what. In the sheer euphoria of
opening our gifts (a level of excitement
my wife was unable to equal during the
course of our honeymoon), we neg
lected to keep a careful catalog of our
gifts. We ended up with the cards in
one pile, the presents in another. .
Unfortunately, there's little to do in
a situation like this, except to write
very vague notes, extolling the virtues
of marriage, and carefully evading
specifics. Don't take the chance my
wife and I did. To one relative with an
unknown gift we wrote:
Dear Uncle and Aunt :
Thank you so far for the nice gift. It's
something that will provide immediate
use to Alice and I, and we appreciate it.
Love,
Unfortunately, they gave us mater
nity insurance.
2) Honesty is not always a virtue.
The old saying goes, "It i3 sometimes
better to give than to receive " and
once you open some of your wedding
gifts, youH see why this axiom was first
written.
No matter how trivial the gift, a
thank-you note must be written. Obvi
ously it is better not to let on just how
useless an item it is. Dont make the
mistake my well-intentioned bride
made when thanking a great aunt for a
rather piddly present:
Dear Great Aunt and Great
Uncle ,: Thanks for the gift. We
really appreciated it. After alL every
little bit helps. Love,.
You're going to have to pretend the
gift was worthwhile. For example:
Dear Great Aunt s and Great t
Uncle : Thank you very much
for the McDonald's gift certificates.
Alice and I love those hamburgers so
much and $5 worth of them will come
in quite handy. Hope all is well, .
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