{"id":11489,"date":"2019-05-07T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/?p=11489"},"modified":"2021-08-23T12:11:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:11:38","slug":"thank-you-notes-expectations-vs-reality-a-story-in-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/thank-you-notes-expectations-vs-reality-a-story-in-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Notes: Expectations vs. Reality | A story in GIFs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930.jpg\" alt=\"partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930\" class=\"wp-image-11492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.postable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/partial-view-of-woman-holding-kraft-envelope-with-thank-you-card-on-picture-id949103930-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know that sometimes reality ends up being very different from our expectations. 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