2006-10-22 10:48:27 · 15 answers · asked by allwayshappy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Habit .
2006-10-22 13:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sign the card's with the last name because it is out of habbit. But my last name is 13 letter's long so if it's too a relative I just sign my first name.
2006-10-23 06:50:40 · answer #2 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I put my last name on those Xmas cards we all send to relatives and friends that we hear from once a year. My name is fairly common, and I know my aunt knows at least one other and so does a friend, who called me once to see who the card was from, me or her other friend.. You'd think after 45 years of cards, she would have known my messey scrawl, and my taste in cards, but she didn't.
I think the sender wants to make sure there is no confusion over who sent it, another Aunt, or Grandma might have. So they sign Grandma Smith to make sure.
2006-10-22 13:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone knows me well enough to receive a card from me, then I'll only write my first name. Besides, my name is so unusual, there would not be another card from a person with my name! Not to say I never send cards to co-workers, etc, who may not know me so well, but usually at least, they know my first name, and some don't even care to know last names in an informal (say, office-type) situation.
2006-10-22 11:05:59 · answer #4 · answered by deonne r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably out of habit or if the person has more than one friend with the same name. When I was a kid, there was one class with 4 of us with the same name and it's still a common name now that we've grown up. It's a little more personal if they have a nickname but it's frustrating if you have to sort out all the Michaels by handwriting.
2006-10-22 10:51:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kuji 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does your friend only have a few friends?
Or do you have a very distinctively appearing signature?
If not, your friend might have three friends, each named "John", and get cards from two of them. Can he be sure from which two they came? At least use the initial of your surname; better still, use your full surname. OF course, if you name is "Smith", it might not be of much help!
2006-10-22 10:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 23:07:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my family there are three people with my first name, my husband's first name is the same as my sister's boyfriend's, and my mother and my sister share their first name with my late grandma and grand-grandma. Solutions: 1. nicknames, 2. using surnames. Any other?
2006-10-22 11:04:23 · answer #8 · answered by Agnes K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. My husband signs his initials on everything. Cards to me, cards to his daughters and his mother. I think it's a bit strange to sign your initials on a card to your own child. He does not, so he does as he pleases.
2006-10-22 10:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do sometimes and I don't sometimes. I think I used to do it more when I was a kid. I liked writing out my whole name back then. It doesn't hurt anything anyway.
2006-10-22 13:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by eileen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my "ex" husband used to sign his name to cards and notes to me - first, last, middle initial, + Jr.
what a dork
2006-10-22 10:55:43 · answer #11 · answered by Gabrielle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋