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The upset people should TELL him, for God's sake. As in:
"Son, we raised you to be observant of social niceties. One of them is giving a thoughtful gift for the host when invited to dinner. It's upsetting to us that you keep taking from everyone yet never reciprocate. Here are recent examples: X, Y, Z."

[b]Gifts are such a meaningless gesture among close family, honestly, I can well understand why he doesn't do it[/b]. But if people in your family care about that sort of thing, then they need to TALK.[/quote]

OB and my parents have a difficult and fragile relationship.  My parents saying anything to him would not help things.

The bolded might be in part what is going on.    [/quote]

Well duh, it's obvious that there's more going on here than bringing a bottle of wine to dinner, OP. Why make this about giving token gifts? It's not. Which is why we're telling you to stay out of it, and let them manage their own relationship.

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