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If I get a thank-you card, it is nice, but I do not see any obligation on their part to send me one. I got my reward already.

Gifts, to me, are not a chore and not an obligation. If I get a thank-you card, it is nice, but I do not see any obligation ...

It wasn’t long. Three sentences, maybe four. No fancy stationery. No big reveal. Just a short handwritten thank-you note from someone I’d helped weeks earlier. I almost missed it in the mail because I ...

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I don’t often replay games after I complete them, and when I do, there are years-long gaps between my playthroughs. But after devouring Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 back in April, and as the year comes ...

Dear Abby: A few years ago, my husband and I were invited to the wedding of a close friend’s daughter. We stayed two nights at the destination and gave a $300 cash gift to the newlyweds. The evening ...

A handwritten thank-you note is a special way to show appreciation, as the medium becomes part of the message. Keep your message short and sincere, and send the note within two weeks of receiving a ...

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Dear Abby: I think you once wrote that failure to thank people for gifts is the No. 1 complaint you receive. Well, I can see why! My daughters, grandchildren, nieces and nephew not only fail to ...

DEAR ABBY: I think you once wrote that failure to thank people for gifts is the No. 1 complaint you receive. Well, I can see why! My daughters, grandchildren, nieces and nephew not only fail to ...

I attended a destination wedding in the spring. I didn’t bring a gift because I didn’t want to carry a large item with me on the plane and then make the newlyweds transport it home. The couple didn’t ...