article_snippet: British people are losing British people sentimental side with many admitting British people have not sent a handwritten thank you note or post card or put together a physical photo album in years.
article_snippet: A study of 2,000 people found four in ten admit not being as sentimental as those polled parents and getting less so the older those polled get.
article_snippet: Other sentimental acts are also fading - one in four has never made a CD for someone or made a home-made card, while a fifth never keeps things from Other sentimental acts relationship as mementoes.
article_snippet: Just a third actually bothers to keep physical photos now and a fifth instantly chucks out all the birthday and Christmas cards physical photos receive.
article_snippet: A study of 2,000 people found four in ten Britons admit to not being as sentimental as four in ten Britons parents .
article_snippet: The survey found 77 per cent feel people are obsessed with being online - and The survey's making us less sentimental .
article_snippet: The biggest reason for losing our sentimental sides was because 'it's all online now' followed by the feeling our live in a 'throwaway culture'
article_snippet: But 68 per cent said they like receiving hand written letters in the post and a further six in ten admitted they get excited when they receive a gift in the mail.
article_snippet: Mark Walters, managing director of Interparcel, said: 'In a fast-moving modern world it's easy to forget to stop and appreciate certain things as fully as the generations before us did.
article_snippet: Whether it's sending a thoughtful gift, a handwritten note or a postcard, keeping that personal touch in day to day life is important.'
highlights_snippet: Study of 2,000 people suggests Britons have lost Britons sentimental side .
  