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[quote=Anonymous]Not more sophisticated, I just don't engage in passive agressive behavior. Why would I send an anonymous stranger from the internet $500?

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SILs never thanked me for gifts- not verbally, written, email, text, nothing.  I'd have to *ask* if gift arrived (just to make sure there wasn't a shipping problem), and even then, the response was "yes, it arrived."  No thank you, nothing.  We even sent both SILs $500 to put towards their wedding dresses- no thank you at all from either.  No joke.  I gave them about six years I'd say before I just stopped.  I told DH that since his sisters never even remotely acknowledged the gifts I was sending, I was sending anymore.  If he wanted to, his choice.  Guess what, neither has received any sort of gift from us in the last 5 years. :)[/quote]

They sound incredibly ungrateful!  Dang, I wouldn't want to give them gifts either.  Has either one complained about not getting gifts from you?  Do they give you gifts?[/quote]

They've never mentioned it- but I do continue to give their children gifts.  And for the person who said that people who are "so hung up" on getting TYs in the mail must not be giving with the right intention:  Tell me, you wouldn't be a little miffed to not even have a $500 check acknowledged in any way other than cashing it?   Do I send gifts just to get a TY?  Of course not.  But I decided I was done sending SILs gifts after NEITHER even mentioned the wedding dress $$ to DH or me.  [/quote]

No, I would not be miffed, because I am not [i]passive agressive[/i], like yourself, I would have picked up the phone and made sure they got it. I then would have emotionally moved on and let other, more important issues, take up residence in the portion of my bain set aside for resentment.[/quote]

Clearly you are more sophisticated and the better person.  Thank you for clearing that up.  And if you have an extra $500 you'd like to send in my direction, I'd be happy to not even acknowledge it.[/quote][/quote]

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