I know the awkwardness which can follow a “thank you” because words of response fail.
An honest and heartfelt thank you doesn't require words in return, or so I have found it.
Saying thank you is a courtesy, polite acknowledgement and a show of gratitude and not a barbed response...Or shouldn't be.
It's emotion brought forth in words for something valued given, or offered, by someone else. I never expect words in reply; Me giving thanks to another is enough because they have already earned it in whatever way caused the gratitude in the first place.
It seems a difficult thing to say these days though, or maybe it's just that so many people have lost the ability to be courteous and polite. It is a very valuable couple of words though and said correctly, that is to say with genuine intent and gratitude, can set a person apart and also make someone else's heart sing. A simple thank you has great power and I enjoy offering it to those who deserve it.
It can also have the effect this particular thank you has had upon you; A negative one due to the lack of perspective as you say. Lack of communication can be blamed for many negative reactions and that's why it's so critical to get it right, especially between people who [supposedly] love and respect each other. If there's no, or little, communication there's not much there at all, if anything. Communication is everything.
Jaynie, I hope someone's callous use of the words thank you haven't left them tainted for you - When offered respectfully and genuinely they are wondrous and I'd like to think that when I offer those words to you they will be received as they're given; That is, with genuine emotion and clarity of purpose.
Thank you Jaynie. You know why. A heartfelt, honest and very clear thank you.
Said like ONLY you know how to! You forever leave me speechless.
I do. and Galen, thank you too.
Don't be speechless...You say so many awesome things. Although, yeah I guess sometimes words aren't needed.