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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sibling, who lives 1500 miles away, stopped speaking to me about 10 years ago - I don't even know why!.  For the first several years, I called a few times a year to see if they were ready to communicate but heard nothing.  The very few family gathers we've both been to, they won't even come in the same room.  I've come to terms with that and try to consider I don't have that sibling now.

They now have 3 children - my only nieces/nephews.  When they were first born, I sent larger (in the monetary sense) gifts for birthdays and Christmas as they were  struggling with day care and baby costs.  DH and I are a few years older and financially on solid ground.  We could afford to.  After years of getting no acknowledgement that they even received the mailed gifts,  I started sending cheaper items - usually a $10 book.    But now I am wondering if I am just wasting my time and energy as they have never in the last 10 years sent even a birthday card to my children.  I couldn't care less about them sending a gift - but a card which says [b]"I know you exist on your birthday despite me hating your mother.  We're thinking about you" [/b] would be thoughtful by my children.

What do you think - do I stop sending birthday and Christmas gifts to them and totally cut loose?

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Your card doesn't literally say that, does it?[/quote]

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