Six Word Memoirs on Life Stories

Believe says,

I do. So do my children.

marymc says,

Excellent!

Bevvie says,

I taught my son to write thank you notes early on. I still buy packages of thank you cards for him as reminders.

Contemplative says,

Though real close to 40, I have written many on my personalized stationery. Even a few lines brighten someone's day, mine included. Becoming a lost art.

elobe6 says,

I'm 25 and I write them all the time

ctgoods2 says,

I insist on it

JAD says,

always been a must for me, just sent some out.

sunshinendaisies says,

I'm twenty and it is one of my favorite things to do. I love telling people how much I appreciate them!

marymc says,

Thank you all. You have renewed my faith.

mared says,

Mine too. I thought I was the only one left.

Hannahmo says,

I have to write thank you notes all the time! When I move out, I'll probably still write them even though I won't be forced to.

Hiloboy says,

I am over forty and I always thought they were mandatory. My wife is the same also....she has them ready to go beforehand.

lillybrook says,

I write thank you notes, and I still send letters from time to time -- handwritten ones. Mostly to my grandparents. I won't be 40 for another half-decade or thereabouts!

three-monkeys says,

I never did till I was in my twenties! As in all things that are wrong with me, I blame this on my parents, LOL. Even with my high school gradation gifts, they never insisted I write thank you cards! I still cringe when I think about it. On the bright side, my husband's parents would've dragged him around by his ears until he wrote thank you cards for every birthday, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc gift he ever got. I like their method better, so we'll do that to our kids too. Hope this helps. ;)

marymc says,

This is excellent. I always suspected better people hung out here than elsewhere!

iCookuEat says,

Absolutely

RedStickWriter says,

Good job, marymc. You've allowed the extraordinary population of Six to shine. Thanks for that. (Oh, by the way, you have just received a thank you note.)

BrightLight2 says,

Is it just people under 40? I find that people in general are much less appreciative and more demanding now. They constantly want more and expect it. I was raised by my grandma who grew up in the depression, and my mother- her daughter. They taught me to never be ungrateful and to always show appreciation for the kindness I receive. Not only are thank you's becoming uncommon, but also just a simple "Thank you or You'r welcome", opening the door for one another, or a kind gesture are not heard of or seen as much anymore either. People are often too pre-occupied with multi-tasking to even notice. I do my best to send out thank you's when I can but sometimes with my health it is difficult, so I often just call and show my appreciation. Still, a simple thank you goes along way. I hope that we see a lot more thank-you's in the years to come.

Hannahmo says,

A lot of people in my school don't write thank you notes. I'm guessing their parents don't force/expect them to.

marymc says,

Hannah, I'm afraid my generation has let your generation down in so many ways.

Loon says,

Thank you

seagem45 says,

Ha! Yes - My young (now 13) daughter writes them all the time - always - even to close relatives who don't care - Most of her young friends do, too - and we rag on the ones who don't: RUDE!
I tend to email my own.
Look what you've wrought! All this attention - You struck a nerve!

e.towhee says,

As American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip "Peanuts," wrote, "Happiness is getting all your Christmas 'thank you' letters written."

mzejay says,

I didn't learn to write thank-you notes as a child, but after receiving a thank you note at work, I have picked up the habit.

l8leigh says,

Good one! I think thank you notes, esp. on paper, are a disappearing breed.

marymc says,

Can I just say how awesome you all are? Thank you for being wonderful.

ceebee1 says,

I hope so, or we've gone over the brink.

Sabel says,

I recently got the middle of the night call that my grandmother was passing away. It was a pack everything you'll need for a week as fast as you can type of thing. Funeral clothes, stay awake three days in the ICU clothes, things like that. After the essentials were packed I stopped to think of what things my Nana would have thought of. So I packed my best jewelry (she would be mortified if I didn't wear the best family jewelry to her funeral) and my thank you card set. I knew everyone in her entire small town/county would be cooking for us. And I also knew she would rise up straight from the grave and strangle my ass if I didn't send a personalized thank you note to each and every one. I can't think of the number of times she has shown me the suitcase*S* full of thank you cards she has received in 82 years. My students and children are also forced to write them. I'm in my thirties and as long as I'm here, the tradition will continue AND be taught.

kaywrite says,

Happy to see this not-lost art celebrated in six-words. Love.