It’s very weird writing thank you notes for gifts from a bridal shower. It’s not like birthday or christmas gifts, where most of the gifts were delightful surprises. With shower gifts, you’re thanking people for gifts that, with few exceptions, you yourself picked out. And not in a “mom, I’d like a new coat for christmas” kind of picked-out. It’s a “kitchen aid red 9inch round silicone cake pan from target for $12.99″ super specific kind of picked out.
Dear X, Thank you for correctly reading my registry.
Probably not in the etiquette book. So I write my thank you’s:
Dear X,
Thank you so much for X and Y. We will get so much use out of them (not lying, I made sure everything on that registry was useful AND needed).
Thanks again for your thoughtfulness.
Love, ESC
I got through my whole list…and now I’m stuck on my mother. She couldn’t come to this past shower, but she bought me some of the good china from the registry, which she’s keeping in the ‘burgh until after we move, and mailed me a couple of little things so she would be well represented at the shower. I need to send her a thank you note.
And yet…how do I send a thank you note to my mother for just those small things? I feel like when I say thank you to my mom, it has to be so much MORE than that.
Dear Mom,
thank you for EVERYTHING. Thank you for my universe. For making me the person that I am. For putting up with me. For giving me so many gifts. For supporting me emotionally and financially for so many years. For helping me plan this wedding and making it not so overwhelming on me. For knowing who I am, and knowing what I like, and not pushing me to be something I’m not. Thank you for everything. As big a thank you as I can throw out there, thank you. And oh yes, thank you for the china, and the beautiful watch and wristlet. Which are great but are so small in comparison to everything else you’ve given me.
Thank you.
But I will write in my little pink thank you note that I really appreciate her shower gifts, and that I’m looking forward to seeing her and Dad in a couple of weeks.
But she knows. I hope she knows.
I thought about writing this one to Ryan’s grandma, who got me a silky nightie, which was just WEIRD. To further complicate matters, she included a pair of silk boxers for Ryan.
Dear Grandma,
Thank you so much for the lovely lingerie. I know Ryan will appreciate it, as I will appreciate the silk boxers you picked out for him. I can’t wait until we can wear them on our honeymoon, which will indeed be the first time we’ll ever have sexual intercourse. Thanks for making our first time a little bit more special.
Love,
E-Lo
lmao @ E-Lo.
Blow your mom’s mind, ESC. Write the thank-you-note word for word as you did here on the blog. She’ll like it. And probably even cry.
I’m with Julie. But wait until after the wedding.
For now, send the quickie “thanks” like you do to everyone else. Then when it’s all over, or maybe even the morning of the wedding, give her a special card with that sentiment verbatim. She’ll cry. Oh yeah. It’ll be a good thing.
And in 50 years, you’ll probably find a copy of that card still hanging around…
can’t…stop…laughing…at E-Lo, oh my GOD you totally should have sent that note!!!
I started my mom’s thank you note with “i’m finding it ridiculous to try to thank you for everything you’ve done for me in this tiny pink note, so I will limit this to the lovely shower gifts you sent me.”
Hell yeah, she’ll get a much better thank you after the wedding.
ESC, thank your mom for me. Your blog really is an insight into a person that makes life better for all of those who know her.
How’s about–
“Dear Mom,
Thanks for giving me by inheritance the bodacious body that hooked me a hubby.
Love,
Bunsen
Erosblog.com’s Blogger of the Year”
No, huh?
Dear Mom,
Thank you for the family gift of large breasts. Without them I never could have pursued my dream of being a pole dancer.
Sincerely,
Brighton
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
no.
but brighton, you should totally send that as a resonse to your mom’s press conference email.
But Brighton, you had to BUY those!
“Dear Mom,
Thank you for knowing and understanding that your daughter and future son-in-law are living in sin and shagging like dirty little monkeys every time they get a chance.
Oh, and thanks for the gifts, too.
Love,
Your Daughter”
Leaving the “make mom cry” thank you till after the wedding is probably a good idea. In the meantime, a general “Dude, you Rock!” kind of thank you should work.
Of course, what do I know. The Wife writes all the thank you’s for stuff like that.
yeah, do that sappy one. She’ll dig it.
And you know, I really WOULD go with the “congratulations on your high reading AND comprehension skills. I appreciate getting exactly what I asked for and, dammit, YOU CAME THROUGH!” kind of thank you notes. That would be awesome. Maybe not for everyone, but awesome nonetheless.
OK, anyone in blogland who gets me something off my registry will get that kind of thank you note.
Let the awesomeness begin!
Hahahahaha! Now I wish I could get you something from your registry just so I could get that thank you note! Derek’s right–that would be totally awesome.
Dude, you know where I’m registered. If it’s REALLY killing you, knock yourself out
(so NOT whoring for gifts here…)
Dear Regan,
Thanks for making me laugh for the past 2 years. And for being an evil science chick. The world needs more evil and science… and chicks.