Would your 18 year old think to text people thank you

[Newpuppymummy]

My Dd recently had her 18th and she got lots of cards with money in given to her and send to her. Really lovely.

I expected her to be texting people herself to say thank you (I don't even know everything she was sent as I am out when the post comes).

i've just had a text from an Aunt to ask if the card and money she sent arrived safely. When I have questioned her about it, there's a couple of other people, she hasn't texted to say thank you. When she was younger, I have obviously been the one to send texts to say thank you but at 18 surely she should be doing this herself.

Yes unfortunately I have had to remind my lot about texting or calling to say thank you occasionally in the past . It’s basic manners so I have been embarrassed and annoyed with them !

I sent my nephew (19) £50 for Christmas. No thanks whatsoever, either by text or in person. Guess what he's getting THIS Christmas?

I think this is dying out, just isn’t something lots of people prioritise in a world full of distractions. Often I think they’d prefer not to have the gift at all (especially if it’s not money) if it means this ‘pressure’.

What's dying out? Saying thank you?

I don't know any teen who would rather have nothing. "Hi Aunty, thanks so much for the cash! Will save it for my shopping trip/iphone/nandos". Hardly anxiety inducing, it is?

What WAS anxiety inducing was being made to phone up distant relative to say thank you in person and making awkward conversation as a kid. A text is nothing, there's no excuse.

Mine would/ did