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[quote=Anonymous]My brother died a few years ago, and I have no other siblings, so our only nieces and nephews are my SIL's kids.  They're all older than our kids (4 kids, ages 6 through 15).  SIL is my husband's only sibling, she is older than him and they are not close (no sort of falling out, just never had anything in common).  We live about an hour away.  Ever since he and I started dating (so before we had kids), we've gotten the nieces and nephews Christmas and birthday presents (he used to get them presents before we started dating, and I just kind of took over doing it since that's more up my alley than his).  My SIL has sporadically gotten presents for our kids, and rarely responds to any texts from me asking what her kids might want (I usually just ask my MIL, with whom I have a very good relationship, and I ask the two older kids themselves but don't see the younger ones enough to ask them in person ahead of their birthday).  I'm just wondering how many people get birthday (and/or Christmas) presents for their nieces and nephews every year?  Are they big gifts or little tokens?  If no presents, do you just send cards?  Do you ask for input about what the kids want?  Are your gifts reciprocated?  Just curious about how others handle this.[/quote]

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