Do you need to thank someone for a birthday card?

[goaskmum]

If someone sends you a birthday card, just a card alone with no gift, is it necessary to text or ring them to say thanks? Or just not acknowledge it at all?

I got sent one from a family member and I was going to say thanks but I don’t know if it’s a bit silly seeing as it was just a card

I'd say thanks if there was a gift in it so that they knew it had arrived, or eventually write back if it was a full letter, but not reply just for a card - I'd see a card as similar to a text with the same short birthday wish message and I don't text to say thanks for texts....

@SomethingNastyInTheBallPool

No, because where does it end? Do you then have to thank someone for their thank you? And do they then thank you back? It’s a spiral to insanity.

Normal people just say "you're welcome" and move on.

Personally, I wouldn't.

But then I guess a birthday card is a big deal to some people. To me it doesn't mean much. I think its something that the older generation feel is really meaningful.

I never thank people for a card and I've never been thanked for sending a card either.

This is where I would struggle to give up social media, I would do a shout out/thanks on there. But also as ppl said those who have got a funny one I would call and carch up

@SomethingNastyInTheBallPool

No, because where does it end? Do you then have to thank someone for their thank you? And do they then thank you back? It’s a spiral to insanity.

No? You do it the exact same way you would if they sent a gift.

Person one spends money and time sending something. Person two says thank you. Person one says you’re welcome/no worries/no prob. The social etiquette has been observed.

Do you normally struggle to thank people without it dissolving into a never ending cycle of thank yous?