11 Nov 2025 Thanks. Thanks!

Some people collect mugs. I collect exclamation marks!

The poor thing gets a bad rap for being too excited and not professional enough. But I’ll go on record and say: I’m a big fan.

There’s enough beige in the inbox already!!

I learned that the hard way a few years ago. I’d sent what I thought was a perfectly polite email, short and to the point: “Got it.”

A few minutes later, the reply came back: “Everything okay?”

That’s when I figured out punctuation has feelings.

I remember staring at the screen, rereading my own words, and realized it did sound like I was mad. I added an exclamation point, hit resend, and suddenly the air cleared.

Amazing what one little mark can do!

When you read an email, punctuation is like body language. The exclamation point is a smile, a wave, a friendly “hey there!” and without it, messages can sound colder than we mean them to.

Compare:
“Thanks.”
“Thanks!”

Same word, totally different feeling.

In a world full of auto-replies, warmth stands out. People can feel when a message has real energy behind it, and an exclamation point can carry that across the screen. It says there’s a person here who cares.

And of course, when we’re face-to-face, we don’t speak in periods. We smile, laugh, gesture, and let our voices rise when we mean it. The exclamation point helps our writing keep up.

I also like to remind myself that joy doesn’t need to be rationed. A few extra exclamation points won’t break the grammar bank, and they might make someone’s day feel lighter!!

At Maid Brigade, we have the same aim. We try to bring a little more lightness and warmth into people’s homes. Every clean, every conversation, every moment of care is a kind of exclamation point in itself.

So yes, I’m proudly on Team Exclamation!

Life’s too short for flat punctuation!

What about you? Do you use exclamation points or avoid them? Hit reply and tell me where you stand. And while you’re at it, let me know if you want to hear my take on em dashes — or the one I wrote about the interrobang‽

Thanks for reading!!! (Couldn’t resist!)
Here’s to more warmth, more laughter, and a few extra exclamation points where they belong.

Cheerfully,