stupid ty question

so in you ty cards, you're supposed to thank the guests for their generous gift and then mention what it will be used for..

ok, so if everyone gave you cash, what do you say? obviously all diff. amts, but say average of $100 to $200 gifts... what do you say? like, oh we can't wait to put it towards our cc bills? ok, just kidding, but seriously, do you make something up? or since its been 6 months do you say we used it to buy xyz? or towards something? or we spent it on the hm?

help! do we havvvve to say what we used it for? i feel like if we say we used it for something specific some guests could be llike, oh they used it for THAT? ugh, help por favor

hey yesi! you can just say thank you for the generous gift.
no explanations required
ALL our wedding gifts were monitary so noone got a 'thank you for the $250 check that I can buy a nice toaster with'

omg that's greatttttt to hear!!!!!!

rosella, that is EXACTLY what i was thinking - i feel like people would be like w t f????


THANK YOU!

i hope everyone else agrees w/ the above 2 responses!

Yea i didnt give any explanation either, just thanked them all for the generous gifts, and thanked them for coming.

This thread is sooo funny. I just logged on to ask basically the same question. Just got my thank you cards back today and was about to start writing them.

I don't think you have to state what you are using the $$ for ... I believe I only got 1 thank you that mentioned what they were using the money for, and it was because they used it towards a house downpayment.

Otherwise, I think most thank you's I've received have said something along the lines of:

'Thank you so much for your very generous gift. It meant so much to have you there to celebrate our wedding with us ...'

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Posted by PreshusSmurf

'Thank you so much for your very generous gift. It meant so much to have you there to celebrate our wedding with us ...'

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This was exactly what I was going to use unless it was a close friend/family member that I would write a bit more in the card.

I have to start writing so when my pictures come in I can just mail them all out at once and be done with it!

perfect! thanks everyone!

i'm going to TRYYYYY to start writing some out - if my arm cooperates, that is. if it doesn't, i'm totally taking jenn up on her super duper awesome offer.

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Posted by MrsQ-in2007

perfect! thanks everyone!

i'm going to TRYYYYY to start writing some out - if my arm cooperates, that is. if it doesn't, i'm totally taking jenn up on her super duper awesome offer.

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I'm trying to convince DH to at least stamp and lick envelopes like he did for our wedding invitations... wish me luck on that!

When I had my shower and I had to send thank you's I had to do all 100 of them by MYSELF!

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Posted by BlushingBride714

I don't think I have ever gotten a TY that said what my gift was used for. I think 'thank you for the generous gift' is sufficient.

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that what i did for my thank you;s

We actually did say wha our$$ was used for in some of our TYs or what i was intded for becaue I read in an etiquette book that you should so I tried but only with people close to us.
We had a small wedding though so no one that came WASNT a friend or family member so we were comfortable extending casual informal invites with the ty like:

'Thank you so much for the generous gift. Our couch fund thanks you as well:) You will have to come and break i in with us one of these weekends come the summer. Take care and thanks again!'

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Posted by MrsQ-in2007

perfect! thanks everyone!

i'm going to TRYYYYY to start writing some out - if my arm cooperates, that is. if it doesn't, i'm totally taking jenn up on her super duper awesome offer.

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Just bring them and owe me FOREVER Developing carpal tunnel for you is worth banna cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory/

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Posted by PeteysBride

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Posted by MrsQ-in2007

perfect! thanks everyone!

i'm going to TRYYYYY to start writing some out - if my arm cooperates, that is. if it doesn't, i'm totally taking jenn up on her super duper awesome offer.

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Just bring them and owe me FOREVER Developing carpal tunnel for you is worth banna cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory/

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mmmm cheesecake

seriiously, i would totally owe you! i really am going to try to write them myself - i feel guilty enough as it is that its been 6 mo's!

our ty's said...'Thank you for your generous gift and for sharing our special day with us!'

I think thats sufficient!

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Posted by MrsQ-in2007

mmmm cheesecake

seriiously, i would totally owe you! i really am going to try to write them myself - i feel guilty enough as it is that its been 6 mo's!

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Just let me know. I'm easy epasy as long as I can borrow your jewlery

i think the whole what you are using the gift for comes in handy if someone actually gave you a physical gift like a vase or wine glasses or something.. thats the only time we really mentioned about the gift in the ty notes..

Someone caught me on one thank you note.. the gift they gave came with two bowls and i must have wrote bowl w/o the s to make it plural and the person emailed me asking if i got the other bowl since two came with the gift!!

when it comes to money gifts, i never said what i was going to use the money for. its none of their business.
i just said thank you for the sharing in our special day. Thank you also for your generous gift. your thoughtfulness was very much appreciated.


however, if they sent me a houseware gift of some sort, i made it a little more personal like, :' thank you for the beautiful crystal salt and pepper shakers! It will pair nicely with my fine china'

blah blah...

i dont think u need to tell them how you plan to use the money they gave them....