Dear Miss Manners: I was wondering if my daughter should have sent thank-you cards to my wife and myself when she graduated from college. My wife said she should have, but I don’t feel the same ...

Charlotte Flemmings, a 22-year-old graduate of Spelman College, learned early in life the importance of saying thank you. "When I was younger, my mother would make me send thank you letters for ...

(2) A real thank-you note is to a real person.Presumably you have some sort of relationship with the individual who was thoughtful enough to give you a gift in honor of your graduation.