A few remarks to a different generation:
Good manners does seem to be a generational thing today. If your generation is entitled to many things that previous generations had to earn for themselves then perhaps that explains why you do not feel you have to say thank you. You are only receiving what you are entitled to. And when you have listed your shopping preferences in gift registers and you expect people to only buy and give you what you have pre-selected I guess you don't have to say thank you that they did your shopping for you. For friends and relatives who gave you a handmade quilt that wasn't on your registered list of preferred gifts - well I guess we know why there was no thank you sent. I supposed if you had wanted a quilt you would have listed one. These new rules are hard for some of us older more mannerly folks to get used to, so if we decide we will just not participate in the gift giving game anymore we know you won't miss us. After all, we aren't playing by your rules anyway.