To think a 'tx 4 pres' text is not an acceptable thank you for a birthday present?

[Flibbertyjibbet]

This is the 2nd year that we have trailed a long drive to dn's party, had the present taken off us by SIL saying 'we'll open them later' so not even seeing the child receiving it or opening it.
Then the next day we got a text (and I HATE textspeak) saying (I kid you not)

'tx 4 pres x'

that was it!

So the child doesn't say thankyou for the present at the party as the mother grabs them, and nor does the child know to send thank-yous as her mother just texts them to the parents of the attendees.

But then this is the family where MIL sent dp a text last year.... to tell him that his grandmother had died. Outrageous.

yanbu i hate that

no manners whatsoever

really bad manners imo

your MIL texted her son to say his grandmother had died?! WTF??

YANBU

Dreadful. No manners at all.
I would be reluctant to give anymore gifts...

At least you got a txt - our 5 nephews and nieces can't even manage that. DH is now threatening that if they don't manage any thank yous over the next year we will not do presents for them after that.
YANBU

In the whole 13 years of knowing my sil and buying presents for her 3 children I have yet to have a "thank-you".

Ooooo i friggin' hate text speak!!!!!

Yes we knew his gran was on her last legs and had made a long journey with 3 month old and 20 month old to see her the week before. Even that text was text speaky, 'just 2 let u no that (name of gran) passed away last nite 2 upset to ring u'. I mean MIL is 60 fgs and she texts us in text speak.

And all the funeral arrangements just texted to us, when we tried to phone up SIL was screening calls and saying that everyone was to upset to talk to DP - who they all seemed to forget had also just lost his gran.

I'm not old fashioned, am I? To want proper means of communication when the occasion demands it?

I'd be happy with the txt message for thanks for a gift

But to tell your DP the news about his gran like that is awful, really thoughtless.