I feel your pain. I have several family members that unless I call them and ask if they got my gift, there is no acknowledgment . And then most times they say oh yea I got it........ I send gift cards now so I know they use them and they can get what they would like, I long ago quit sending other gifts because if they didn't like them who knows where they went. It's a bit disheartening they were not raised this way. I keep thinking someday they will sanp out of it but I have my doubts.