My OH has a niece who we have always bought Christmas and birthday present for since she was born. Years ago - she is now 17 - we used to get a lovely thank you letter shortly after Christmas - her birthday is just before Christmas.
For the past 4 or five years we have had no messages or anything by way of a thank you and now, when we see her she just ignores us. Last year I messaged her dad to check that the cash I had transferred had gone into her account, he said he would ask her but we still heard nothing.
Am I being unreasonable in feeling inclined to not give at all this year? All our other youngsters message or phone to acknowledge our gifts.
What would you do?