https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:16:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803512 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:14 +0000 heffalump 803512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I write them right away. Like that night. I just like to get them done with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803506 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:38:36 +0000 Bookish 803506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoa, I had no idea people thought a year was ok! I felt terribly guilty taking 3 weeks to respond to some! I got all my shower thank yous out about 2 weeks after, and just have a couple stragglers...but yeah, I'd say a month is about my ultimate limit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803496 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:43 +0000 looch 803496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sorry, but a year for a thank you note? No one is that busy.</p> <p>My thank you notes went out the Monday after my Sunday wedding. I took short cuts, like preprinting the mailing and return address labels, but my husband and I split them and it literally took an hour to get them done.</p> <p>eta: I should note though, that the gifts were primarily cash and I used one of three pre-written texts (that I wrote in advance). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803201 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:45 +0000 Revel 803201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm usually pretty slow with these, but I've always thought like a month is pretty reasonable. I made a big push to get the baby shower thank yous out before baby and just finished all of them (I think) last night! Now the challenge is that SO specifically wanted to write a few of them to his family members and friends, so I have to make sure those go out without being a total nag..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803193 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:05 +0000 Boheme 803193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: I have 8 left from our shower that was exactly two weeks ago today, and its driving me crazy! I'm finishing them tonight or I won't sleep. haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803186 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:56:39 +0000 GreenThumb 803186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely try to get them out in under a month. If I am motivated, I really like to do them right away, but I never let more than a few weeks pass or I'd feel REALLY guilty! I'm working on a few this morning myself - shower was the 7th, so I'm just over the 2 week mark and already feeling bad for not getting them out sooner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803174 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:14 +0000 yourekindapretty 803174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i know the etiquette is 1 year, but if i don't do them right away i'll never do it! and writing it as soon as I can also makes me more genuine in my note cause the "emotions" are still there... so i agree with @mrstiz - 2 weeks to a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803172 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:08 +0000 mrskc 803172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me like 3 weeks after my baby shower to get them all done. I definitely wanted it out of the way before the baby came. Some people gifted us things after the baby was born, and they never got thank yous. oops. I hope they understand. I couldn't even remember who gave us what to send a thank you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803164 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:03 +0000 MrsTiz 803164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An individual I give myself a week from when I got the item. A big group like that, I say 2 weeks to a month, tops.</p> <p>I have always thought the year rule was ridiculous. If it takes you a year to send me a thank you card, don't even bother..i've already forgotten about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803158 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:33 +0000 meredithNYC 803158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like, a day. It's one of those things that I just mentally HAVE to get out of the way or it drives me insane.</p> <p>I know people say a year is okay, but I have a friend who got married in September and I have yet to receive a thank you. And it totally annoys me! I'm old school like that.</p> <p>ETA: for my wedding, it took like a month because of course there were A LOT. But for smaller gatherings, like showers or LO's birthday, I think anything longer than a week would start to stress me out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-write-thank-you-notes#post-803155 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:47:36 +0000 Boheme 803155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been on a tear getting all the thank you notes for my baby showers written, but I've had some friends tell me I have up to a year to write them. It was my goal to get them out in two weeks! I just didn't want them hanging over my head after the baby came, and I like to be prompt with thank yous. I think I finished our wedding thank yous within a month. </p> <p>How long does it take you to write thank you notes? </p>