Thank you cards

I can’t stand it when there are outstanding things to get done and I haven’t started, so I’ve already begun writing thank-you cards for those who gave gifts for our wedding. I’ve decided that since I did the lion’s share of planning for this wedding that I will write all thank-you cards for my side, and Chris will write all his. It’s only fair. Of course, I’ve already taken care of about half of mine, and Chris has taken care of… can you guess? Zero. And I want him to get the Aussie ones done before his parents go back to Melbourne next Monday, so that way, we won’t have to deal with international postage.

My mother as always has inquired whether I’ve begun the thank-you card writing and insists on giving me directions on how to address people and how to send the cards:

“If your cousins all signed the same card as your aunt, then you should just send a thank-you card to your aunt only and address all the cousins in it,”  My mom advised. “No need to give them all separate thank-you cards if they couldn’t even all give you separate gifts!”

“Mom, I already wrote them separate thank-yous. The thank-you cards were printed for free anyway at Wedding Paper Divas, so why are you being so cheap?” I exclaimed.

Mom was annoyed. “I’m just giving you suggestions! You can choose to listen to me or not! And also, make sure to address all my friends as ‘auntie’ or ‘uncle.’ You need to show them respect.” She really just never knows when to stop. I just got married, yet to her, I am still 3-years-old.

Me: “Can you just stop telling me how to do this?! I know what to do and how to write thank-you messages!”

Mom: “Why can’t you ever just listen and not talk back?”

 

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