To expect some acknowledgement from my BIL and is wife?

[MaureenMLove]

Maybe I am. She's a busy working mother of 2 little boys, I suppose.

First of all, we didn't manage to meet up a Xmas, so pressie for their kids were left with the in-laws for them to collect on 2nd January. Not heard a thing.

Secondly, I sent a cheque for £25 to them on Monday for something we shared the cost on, along with a party invite for next weekend. I've heard nothing. I even text her on Monday to say I'd posted it and to look out for it, I didn't even get a reply to that!

What d'ya think? Give them a bloody chance to reply, they both work hard. OTOH, they both also get lunch hours and a simple txt would at least be an acknowledgement.

sounds plain rude to me

YANBU

You are Not being unreasonable but they are being Rude.

call her up and say Oi, don't ignore me BITCH.

That'll get a response.

yanbu
maybe text her and ask if everything is ok, as you havnt heard from her for a while, or ask if they got the presents/cheque.

I am a busy mum of 2 little girls. All of the people I didn;t manage to see over christmas and who left pressies with my mum have all received either a telephone call, thank-you letter or text. YANBU. She is rude. 2 kids or not - they do go to sleep at night (occasionally) and give you 5 minutes to do such things. In my case we all do thank you cards together.

Well I never hear anything from my S+BIL after the children presents, even if I am in the room with them at the time! We are all parents, and I always make sure to send an email to say thanks for any presents that DS gets or say thanks if we are face to face.

I get nothing in return. If nothing else, it would be nice to know if they liked them!

Definitely time for a phone call, just to see what's she says. Did she send you a christmas card and give presents to your children or has there been a total silence?

i thik you are being very reasonable giving them the benefit of the doubt so far, lots of working mums and dads manage to make calls/texts/emails

I have to admit as a working mum with two sons, we are now only just getting round to writing thank you cards and I am still phoning up friends and family whom I meant to ring over the new year ...however, if someone had not only bought presents, but also sent me a cheque and invited me to a party, I'm sure I would have contacted them to say thank you.

Any chance they could have gone away for christmas or be ill at the moment?