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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother complains all the time that she never gets a thank you note from my daughter for gifts and cards. I have asked my DD over and over to at least just send a small email. She pushes back and just won't do it. I don't understand why and I no longer know how to handle it. [b]My mother seems resentful that she goes to the effort to gave a relationship with my daughter and it seems to go nowhere.[/b] 
My mother and my wife have - and this is an understatement - a strained relationship that is, unfortunately, 99.9 percent my wife's fault. As a result, trying to be together as a family is difficult.

Any help or suggestions appreciated.[/quote]

I have realized that my DD - now 13 really doesn't care about "stuff"  so she doesn't appreciate all the trouble/thoughtfulness people have gone through to give her a gift.
What DD loves most is an event with that person - bowling, theater show, dinner at a special restaurant etc...
Perhaps your mother is trying to foster a relationship the wrong way. ??

THere is a book - Five Love Languages... [/quote]

Seriously?  A sixteen year old is perfectly capable of thanking someone for a gift, whether she likes it or not.  The suggestion that grandma should get better gifts if she doesn't like not being properly thanked is ludicrous.[/quote]

I don't know about your family, but my family wants to give gift that my DD will like.  They live 2500 miles and don't know their specific interests so they always ask what they would like for their birthday, CHristmas etc..[/quote]

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