Today was DS's 4th birthday. It seems he's slipped the mind of his paternal family. He's had a card and cheque from grandparents, but nothing from his father, despite protests that he'd put £20 into my account so I could get DS's present on his behalf. Today, he hasn't had so much as a phone call from anyone on his father's side of the family to wish him a happy Birthday. We had the same issue Christmas Day, in which we wouldn't have spoken to any of them, had it not been for me calling, on the basis they might be busy. Since we visited them in April, the grandparents haven't phoned once, not even to let me know that DS's great grandmother and two aunts had passed away. I feel like DS has dropped to nothing more than a name on their Christmas and birthday card list. AIBU to be so bitter and angry about this? :(