Timelies all!
Gary and I divided up writing the thank-you notes for our wedding gifts. We did do them in batches, fwiw.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sheryl - Sep 26, 2013 1:01:49 pm PDT #6759 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Kate P. - Sep 26, 2013 1:02:39 pm PDT #6760 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh god, we took ages to write our thank-you notes for wedding gifts. Months, at least. I *think* we had them all done by the time our first anniversary rolled around, but I couldn't swear to it.
shrift - Sep 26, 2013 1:18:04 pm PDT #6761 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I avoid doing anything in life that would require me sending thank you notes.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2013 1:23:06 pm PDT #6762 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do you avoid letting nice people do nice things for you? Avoid nice people, or just hurt their feelings so they aren't nice to you?
shrift - Sep 26, 2013 1:25:44 pm PDT #6763 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I thank people individually when they do nice things for me. I just don't send tiny cards with handwritten notes because I am a terrible person.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2013 1:34:36 pm PDT #6764 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there anything that requires thank you notes where a personal thanks wouldn't do? I mean, if you had the patience to thank each person face to face for their lovely ba? mitzvah/graduation/christening/wedding gift, would that count, or is etiquette firmly decided on cards?
(I love cards, I have many, and then I have blanks so I can insert photos or draw my own).
chrismg - Sep 26, 2013 1:42:02 pm PDT #6765 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I am a terrible person.
All the words are spelled correctly, yet it fails to make sense.....
le nubian - Sep 26, 2013 1:48:56 pm PDT #6766 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am laughing at the buffista restaurant swiping confessional here. It helped temper my reaction, I'll tell you what.
Steph L. - Sep 26, 2013 1:57:53 pm PDT #6767 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
is etiquette firmly decided on cards?
My understanding is that etiquette says a card/note (and, I suppose, the attendant effort put into writing/mailing it) is a more appropriate response than a verbal "thank you," even if effusive, genuine, and accompanied by tears and/or song and/or interpretive dance.
I'm a shitty dancer, so I'ma go with notes.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2013 2:05:03 pm PDT #6768 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
One night my housemate and I came home from the bar each with six beer glasses secreted on our persons. The waitress hadn't cleared them all night so we had like 48 to choose from on our table. (um, it wasn't just us at the bar.)
And then we decided to stop at Tim Horton's and somehow added some coffee mugs and sugar shakers to the mix.
And then we had to slog our way up the very steep hill to our house in a heavy snowstorm. I'm honestly surprised we made it, due to either the weigh pulling us back downhill or the likelihood of arterial bleeds if we fell.
In our defense, we were 19 and very very drunk.
And my dad still uses that sugar shaker.