"I regret to tell you that, in the modern parlance, You're welcome isn't polite. It is currently more polite to say No problem or No worries, which imply that whatever was done, the doer was happy to do it. You're welcome is passive-aggressive and means to communicate that the recipient better be thankful, because the situation was an imposition. I'm not saying that others intend anything impolite, especially if they are older as well,"
"Has it come to that? Hosts have to bribe prospective guests to acknowledge their offers of hospitality? Miss Manners has noticed that forms for responding to social invitations have gotten harsher and harsher, as prospective guests have gotten increasingly more callous. Long ago, invitations did not request responses. It was thought that duh! if you were asked to go somewhere, you would have the sense, not to mention the decency, to say whether you would or wouldn't."
Many people now prefer casual replies such as 'No problem' or 'No worries' because they convey that the helper was happy to assist, while 'You're welcome' can seem passive-aggressive and imply that the favor was an imposition. Others view 'No problem' and 'No worries' as suggesting that a request might have been burdensome and value traditional polite formulas. Hosts increasingly face nonresponses to invitations, prompting suggestions to limit extras like dinners or gifts to encourage timely RSVPs, and there is a decline in the basic courtesy of replying.
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