Wedding Limerick for Late Thank You Cards?

Question

Me & hubby are 8 mths late sending out our Thank You cards, and are totally mortified. An idea I was given, was instead of obviously apologizing in our cards at this stage, to write a short 4 line rhyming limerick- and stick it in each card- and then go on to thank them for their gift.... BUT, it's gotta be funny and make reference to the long delay. This is a really awkward one. Has anyone got any ideas? The wedding was last August. Cheers....

Answer 1

And I'm still waiting for a thank you card for a wedding gift I gave in April 2007. Oh, they've emailed prayer requests to me when a family member has been ill, invited me to showers for other people that I actually barely know (guess I give nice gifts), and send me business advertisements.



But a thank you card has yet to arrive. I don't answer the phone for their calls any more and have their email addresses blocked. Enough is enough.



Don't mean to be a downer, but as my husband says, "Get 'er done!" :-) Kinda like cleaning the toilets. Nobody like to do it, but it needs to be done. (Wow! Where did that one come from?) lol

Answer 2

We just saw the date,

And realised this is late!

But we'd just like to say,

Thanks for sharing our day.



I agree with the girl above that there may be some people who will be less than impressed with the lateness of the cards, but better late than never right?



If you want a little limerick, maybe send only to those who you know will take it well. And for the people who may be a little less impressed, a letter to apologise and thank them.



If it's any consolation, I went to a wedding in October and just for the Thank You card now - and I wasn't too bothered with the fact it was a bit late. So don't worry too much.

Answer 3

I would be offended by a very late than you card, limerick or not. Not only to be late, but also to make light of it is irritating.



Making fun of your unthoughfulness will not make people less offended. In the past, I've received one TY card 9 months late, their lack of manners has set a precedent for future events and I'm done with the rude couple. I showed up at their wedding on time, wore a nice dress, work for days to help them, spend a small fortune on plane tickets and hotel, bough a very generous gift and the fact that they didn't even care enough to write a letter and put a stamp on a card is extremely rude.



Good luck

Answer 4

what do you mean by 8 mos late? you have up to 1 yr from your wedding to send them out. yes you should have done it right after the wedding but there's no reason to justify the delay. most people still consider that on time. don't make any reference to the amt of time that's passed, just thank people and move on. trying to make a jokey limerick just draws attention to the fact you waited a long time to send thank you's, and that's a mistake! and make sure to mail all the thank you's at once.

Answer 5

A limerick will not hide the fact that youve been late. I dont think trying to be cute about it is the way to go.



Just write the note and dont specifically mention your lateness. They know its late-- you know its late-- why mention it? If you must, you can write in somewhere "our first couple months of marriage have gone by so fast!"



Now stop searching for limericks and get busy writing!

Answer 6

I would be glad to be thought of, late is better than never. I do not give gifts for recognition and thank you cards. I give gifts because i want to. I know the receiver is grateful, and they often express their thanks in person when the gift is given. From experience, i know newlyweds have a lot of things to do other than writing thank you cards. I do believe it should be done, but I do not get mad if I do not get a thank you card.