Men, Manners, and Thank-You Notes

Of
all the questions submitted by my Modern
Manners column readers, one of the most frequently asked involves the
ever-changing but (thankfully) undying art of the thank-you note. When is it
necessary? When is it too late to send one? Is an email thank-you okay? The
list goes on and on, but I have my own thank-you note pet peeve that I have yet
to hear from one of my readers, so I thought I'd share it here:

Itdrives me absolutely crazy when I send a gift to a male friend, relative...