... she has never received acknowledgment of receipt, let alone a thank-you note, for her myriad holiday and birthday gifts. Even a bare-bones text would do, she says.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter recently lamented that, among her nine nieces and nephews, she has never received a simple acknowledgment of receipt, let alone a thank-you note, for her myriad holiday and birthday gifts. Even a bare-bones text would do, she says. What advice can I offer her? These children range in age from kindergarten through college, and she tells me none of their parents have ever responded, either.
My daughter is a longstanding pillar of joyful generosity in our extended family. Now she says she’s had it with sending gifts and cards. I just hate to see this flow of familial care dry up. What can I tell her? As a grandmother, do I have more of a role to play, too? GENTLE READER: As the family matriarch, you can talk to your other offspring and advise them of your dilemma: “Poor Mae Lynn wants so badly to be involved with the children and enjoys buying them things. But I’m afraid that she’s getting discouraged, since her gifts don’t seem to be acknowledged. Perhaps the children just don’t like presents?”
This will either result in a quick turnaround by the children -- or a confirmation that the gifts are, indeed, unwanted. Miss Manners’ dollar is on the former.
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