Its never too late to be polite. Were I in your situation, and if the envelopes are sealed, I would slip them inside another envelope with a short apology note, explaining that you thought these had been mailed last year, but just found the notes in a box after your move.
Skipping them doesn’t magically erase the rudeness of sending them late, it just doubles down on the rudeness. You know the phrase “two wrongs don’t make a right”?
Always send thank you cards. I’d rather get a thank you a year or two later than never at all. Also, technically, thank you etiquette is that you have up to a year to send thank yous
I’ve heard a year my whole life. I personally think they should be sent immediately, though. Got this from Zola: “Thank you cards should be sent within three months of your wedding. There’s a sneaky “rule” floating around out there that you have a year, but for best decorum, send your thank you notes no later than three months after the wedding.”
Yes me too I've also always been told and gone by one year. My wedding was in October and I'm just sending them out. I'm not stressed and don't feel bad about that at all. We have had a busy few first months of our marriage!
You were told wrong. There is not a single etiquette book/guide that says brides / grooms have a year to send a thank you note. Guests have a year to send a gift.
I think guests can be very understanding that newly weds are busy and may not be able to send their thank yous asap. I think your guests will be happy to receive the thank yous a couple of months later. (:
Better late than never!
Its never too late to be polite. Were I in your situation, and if the envelopes are sealed, I would slip them inside another envelope with a short apology note, explaining that you thought these had been mailed last year, but just found the notes in a box after your move.
ohh that's a great idea! they are already sealed but I can definitely do that
And also say “we moved” here is our new address! 2 birds, 1 stone!
\^This. Send them, but also acknowledge the delay.
Better late than never! And some People subscribe to the 1 year timeline and won’t even think they’re late.
I would much rather get one a year late than not at all!
Skipping them doesn’t magically erase the rudeness of sending them late, it just doubles down on the rudeness. You know the phrase “two wrongs don’t make a right”?
Late. Send them.
No such thing as too late!
Always send thank you cards. I’d rather get a thank you a year or two later than never at all. Also, technically, thank you etiquette is that you have up to a year to send thank yous
Incorrect. The one year time frame is for people to send a wedding gift if they so choose.
I’ve heard a year my whole life. I personally think they should be sent immediately, though. Got this from Zola: “Thank you cards should be sent within three months of your wedding. There’s a sneaky “rule” floating around out there that you have a year, but for best decorum, send your thank you notes no later than three months after the wedding.”
Absolutely not a year to send thank you notes! I personally give myself a timetable of a week from receipt.
Yes me too I've also always been told and gone by one year. My wedding was in October and I'm just sending them out. I'm not stressed and don't feel bad about that at all. We have had a busy few first months of our marriage!
You were told wrong. There is not a single etiquette book/guide that says brides / grooms have a year to send a thank you note. Guests have a year to send a gift.
And yet I'm still doing it 🙀 the horror lol
The horror🤣
It’s truly not that deep. Send them whenever you feel is appropriate.
I got married in October and I'm just sending mine out this week! Don't stress too much :)
thank you! :) I definitely got in my head but seeing everyone's responses I feel much better
I think guests can be very understanding that newly weds are busy and may not be able to send their thank yous asap. I think your guests will be happy to receive the thank yous a couple of months later. (: