I've gotten the exact same lack of response so many times over the last few years. I got kind of arghy when I was trying to draw up a Christmas card list a few weeks ago and eventually decided to only go with the two or three I already had, since a) only three people of the fifteen-twenty odd I do cards for have ever sent a card in return and only maaybe half have ever acknowledged them.
b) (and this is quite tragic on my part, too) I think I ended up sending off about seventeen things to people this year and last year - random cards, cds, that sort of thing and got thankyous for less than half them, all up, even from people I'd consider good friends.
So I've decided to not to bother with it any more, since it's just not worth the self doubt after since I can't have sent them something that was good enough or because now they think I'm a crazy stalker person or that I'm just not actually someone they like and they're making a subtle point here that I'm too dense to get. I'm also not doing it any more since it's almost never, ever reciprocated - I got a couple of CDs from Acey and Lise and three cards (Although, honestly, I don't think I've ever done that well before). I know people are busy and money is tight for most people (me included), I don't give people things to get things back or because I WANT to be thanked (even if it is polite) so I'm just getting sick of the whole business.
(which is the rambling and less self-pitying version of the OMG! people suck sometimes one I decided to never post in my lj.
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Date: 2006-12-21 11:21 pm (UTC)b) (and this is quite tragic on my part, too) I think I ended up sending off about seventeen things to people this year and last year - random cards, cds, that sort of thing and got thankyous for less than half them, all up, even from people I'd consider good friends.
So I've decided to not to bother with it any more, since it's just not worth the self doubt after since I can't have sent them something that was good enough or because now they think I'm a crazy stalker person or that I'm just not actually someone they like and they're making a subtle point here that I'm too dense to get. I'm also not doing it any more since it's almost never, ever reciprocated - I got a couple of CDs from Acey and Lise and three cards (Although, honestly, I don't think I've ever done that well before). I know people are busy and money is tight for most people (me included), I don't give people things to get things back or because I WANT to be thanked (even if it is polite) so I'm just getting sick of the whole business.
(which is the rambling and less self-pitying version of the OMG! people suck sometimes one I decided to never post in my lj.