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[drumstick diva]

stick people probably would pass muster on BYC family threads. Whereas realistic drawings would get closed down.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Might be fun to try right

 

[CapricornFarm]

Very nice work.

I like fuzzy... makesme remember old fashioned things... and warmth!



Kid 3, when he was born... in the car... we then used an ambulance to get the rest of the way to the hospital. (In hind sight.... stupid choice... but whatever)

Anyway, the ambulance had been stocked with lap quilts made by the local quilting group.

It was a very nice baby blanket to have for the new kid, greatly appreciated.

So awesome that you are making those for the NICU, I know they will be appreciated.

Most of the baby quilts i make go to my MIL to distribute to the family. But so far, no thank you's from a single person. And since DIL was going up to NJ to visit her sister (who had a baby Xmas day), i sent along a quilt. No thank you note, no email, no phone call.
Is that just typical for this generation or what?

 

[drumstick diva]

It seems typical out here. When I give my bus people friends a gift, no one says thank you. Not even the drivers. My sibs and I learned to say thank you or please as indicated rather than get disciplined by our father.

I do get kinda frosted when no one does. I can tell you Cap, the ladies on the bus are not THIS generation- some are quite a bit older than I am. They never say thank you!!!

The one bus driver, a neighbor of mine. ONLY got free golf balls because he was the ONLY one to say thank you. Then he got real pushy and felt I should go find him more because he splits them with his golf buddies.

I just retired from golf balling instead. Had enough scrapes and scratches from Buckthorn bushes, chain link fences, falling down inclines ..,getting tons of briars stuck to clothes etc.

 

[drumstick diva]

When my son was little I taught him to write his name, easy peasy just 3 letters, nice straight lines no curves. I would write "Thank you for my nice present." and he would put his name underneath. As soon as he could write sentences, he did it all.

My sister was mad that a certain aunt never sent her kids presents but, my son got them.
I told her, he sends thank you notes. Her kids were much older and never did. One of her daughters had 2 kids- they are in/out of college - one in, one finished. never sent notes or said thank you in person. Tough

 

[drumstick diva]

Okay sometimes I go overboard, someone will thank me and I will say and thank you and this goes back & forth for awhile. I think the last person to say thank you, is the most important one

 

[bruceha2000]

That could be quite the marathon DD!

I agree, a simple Thank You isn't real hard and to not give one is just plain rude.

 

[sourland]

I am able to build no my drawing is all stick people

That'll work.

Most of the baby quilts i make go to my MIL to distribute to the family. But so far, no thank you's from a single person. And since DIL was going up to NJ to visit her sister (who had a baby Xmas day), i sent along a quilt. No thank you note, no email, no phone call.
Is that just typical for this generation or what?

Typical and SAD.

 

[microchick]

People can be rude.

I was raised the same way. Always said please and thank you and sent out cards for gifts.

This past Christmas we had a substitute mail carrier that we really liked. Regular carrier a bit of the south end of a north bound horse if you get my drift. We wanted to give the lady sub a Christmas 'tip' and addressed the card to "Nice Lady' and put it in the mail box for her.....only to discover that the regular not so nice carrier was back on the route and had picked up the envelope. I asked the sub several days later if he had given her the envelope addressed to her and she told me no.Later I just chuckled and told DH that if I had the chance I was going to ask him if he had passed on your tip to his sub and when he said he hadn't I was going to tell him that it was a shame because we had planned to give him a larger tip.....

BTW....never got a thank you from any of them. EVER for any money given to them at Christmas time.

Gee what is so hard about writing "THANKS!' on a note pad and stuffing it in the mail box along with our mail?

 

[CapricornFarm]

That'll work.



Typical and SAD.

Especially considering how much the materials cost and the time involved.