*tries to think of some witty way to turn Hallmark into a negative word*

I hate cards. That's not true, but I wanted to type that out. I don't like cards with pre-made messages in them. A little message is fine, like offering general thought (Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday!) before giving room for the person to add something deeper. I send all my cards on notebook paper, usually .. mostly because I have a compulsion to buy a humorous card every single time, which .. isn't always appropriate. Not saying everyone should write their cards on notebook paper, of course.

Of course I write this, if you haven't already guessed, because I found an old card someone sent to me either one or two years ago. I scowled as I read it. Those pre-printed words, that were actually very poetic, are a far, far cry from how this person feels about me now. Not that I care about that, exactly, but what it says to me is that this person never felt like the words on the card portray. The thought was, when the card was perused and purchased, "Oh. This is a nice thought." .. And that's all that went into it, was because it just sounded pretty.