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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I send presents via Amazon all the time.  I take a lot of time to pick out nice presents.

OP, don't force this. Try to convince yourself that you don't care.  Meanwhile, have DH call his sister just to talk.  Maybe they can strengthen their relationship.[/quote]

Amazon has free shipping so don't complain about the gifts.  I have 1 sibling [married] and they have no children.  They reside  about 45 minutes from  where my parents were when living [my hometown].     Even when my parents were very active they resented our visits and our family staying in their home.

My brother was furious and said we were too much for them but he did have my parents drive up daily during the workweek or multiple times daily if they were out of town to take care of 5 large dogs and 2 horses-feed, muck stalls.  1 horse was difficult/dangerous  to work with.  So pushing a stroller or reading to a little kid were more taxing physically than barnwork?

You just never know about people so leave BIL/SIL alone.  No need to open anything up for discussion.   Everyone is different.   Over 20 years later he still accosted me about visiting my parents [dies in late eighties and nineties]-no decades of decline.    Also there was a deep resentment of holidays.  [/quote]

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