When visiting someone’s house - do you read greetings cards?

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You pop in to visit someone - there are cards sitting on display (Valentines on this occasion). Would it enter your mind to go and read the cards?

My mum does. She's a habitual line stepper though.

No ! Maybe if I was visiting someone very close like my sister, but I wouldn't read anyone else's cards.

Yes, if they are obviously on display.

I can't imagine anyone would display a card that contained anything too intimate.

No I find it very rude. My dmil does this constantly to us and comments. She also reads our mail. Not acceptable

No, what a weird thing to do. I wouldn’t read their post or emails either.

No it’s nosey

I might do if it were my mums mothers day cards, or birthday cards for close family.

I tend to just go oooh that's a nice one who is that from.

I’d admire the front of the card but I would not read the message. That’s never ever occurred to me to read it!

Of course not.

No , especially valentines cards , who knows what you might end up reading , just because the picture on the card is on display it doesn’t mean the message is a free for all

I might do it on the sly but I know it’s not acceptable! I wouldn’t want to be caught doing it!

It would depend who it was. My parents or my mother in law then perhaps. But then only Christmas cards or birthday cards, and only if they stood out for some reason really.

Valentines cards, no.

Never again. Mindlessly read one on my parents mantelpiece and it was a note from a family friend criticising the relationship between me and my then fiancé. Why risk putting that on display??

Reader, we celebrated our 15 year anniversary last year.

I wouldn't read them unless I was super close and not valentine's.

It wouldn't cross my mind to because I wouldn't actually care what's in them. If I'm visiting I'm present for the person and not their possessions. I'd also be abit taken aback if someone read mine.

I thought that putting them on display was an invitation for people to read them!

No way how rude to read someone else’s messages!

This!

I have done this in the past with birthday or Christmas cards. I felt like it was showing an interest and probably had run out of anything else to say. It never really occurred to me it was rude. I wouldn't do it with valentine's cards though. I'm not sure I would do it at all now.

No that’s rude especially for valentines today although DH and I kept ours in our bedroom this year because I’m sure our teen and mil would be nosey enough to do it

Yes of course, or why have them out?

Something like birthday I might say 'can I look at your cards' but obviously not Valentine's Day ones!

So that they, the receiver, can look at them and feel loved?

God no 😑

this is one of those things that I probably shouldn't but yes I would.