Do You Write Bread and Butter Notes?

Do you write bread and butter notes?

Maybe I should ask have you ever heard of bread and butter notes?

If you think these are thank you notes, you’re basically correct; however, they’re a specific type of thank you note. These particular correspondences are for someone who provided a meal, a nice evening, or an overnight or extended stay.

Some people say the letter needs to be written within one week of the event. Others say two weeks is acceptable. I say, just write one, please!

Think about it. Isn’t a quick, two-or-three sentence note offering thanks for a good time or a good meal an easy recompense or even acknowledgement for a host or hostess who cleaned the house, made a menu, shopped, cooked, and greeted guests with a wide-open smile?

I save my notes because I love real mail. The picture shows the hutch in my kitchen with notes that are a few months old now. I keep them and reread them on occasion to remember a special evening with friends.

Here’s another post that describes these notes–when to send and what to say–in pretty good detail. Ches in Forever Music wrote Josie a bread and butter note after the Thanksgiving meal he shared with her family. His mother may have her faults, but she taught her son at least one good thing.

I hope bread and butter notes don’t go the way of the Dodo bird or dinosaurs. Maybe they’ll be like vinyl records and enjoy a resurgence with purists who enjoy genteel manners.

Just Write One!

When was the last time you wrote a bread and butter note? When was the last time you needed to?