Dear Queenie,
I know that the reasons for giving gifts don’t include making the other person grateful, but is it too much to expect them to send a “thank you” note? When I send my children and grandchildren gifts I never even know if they arrived unless I call them and ask.
Queenie, what do you have to say about this?—Gift Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
I think anyone who receives a gift from you and does not take the trouble to send you some sort of “thank you” – at the very least a phone call or an e-mail – does not deserve to receive any more gifts from you. And then if they ask why there have been no more gifts, explain this to them (again).
