My ex - whom I've not spoken to directly, nor indeed seen, since DS (12) was 8 or 9 - always... always... buys, wraps and handwrites the gift tag for, a box of my favourite chocolates and sends them along with his mother. It was something of a joke between the two of us whilst we were together - the only time he bought me anything, was a box of my favourite chocolates at Christmas. Not even on my birthday. That's fine. I send him a gift from myself and the children every year... even though I actually wouldn't spit on him if he were on fire. It makes our DS happy, and that's all that matters.
What I do find very worrying, however, is the fact that he always writes "with lots of love always, from..." on the gift tag. And his wife's name is never added. Our DC, however, get "from Dad" on their gift tags.
What I find even more worrying... is the fact that after having known me for 30 years, my ex has only just, this year, decided to spell my name correctly. Discovering my name spelt as it should be on the tag this year... made me feel slightly sick, and even our DS was a little perturbed by it. It makes me wonder why he's up to, to be honest! 