# Lets talk about hand written thank you cards for bereavement offerings.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485 "2013-10-06T04:11:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485/21 "2013-10-14T20:35:44Z")

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If you send anything send cards. Not everyone has email, and even for those that do, it just seems lazy (even if you’re not going that way for that reason).

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**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485/22 "2013-10-15T01:42:22Z")

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Tbh, when my dad suddenly died, I have no idea how my sister and I got thru it, much less send thank you cards. We signed papers, met lawyers, had a funeral … cant even recall anything else. Cut ppl some slack, ay?

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485/23 "2013-10-15T04:40:00Z")

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Yes to handwritten thank you cards for food, flowers, money, or Masses. No to thank you cards for cards or letters, although if someone takes the time to write a personal letter to you rather than just sign a sympathy card, it’s a nice thing to write a note back.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485/24 "2013-10-15T04:56:16Z")

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And it doesn’t have to be done right away. It took me months to be able to do it.

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