Quick question - if you and your folks don't really get along but haven't talked about this fact (nor will you most likely), what - if anything - would you do if they suddenly stopped sending your hubby birthday cards? My hubby and I have been together for nearly 20 years, the last 10 of which as H &W, and this month, no card. This happened once with my mother-in-law, as she (MIL) brought it to our attention that she didn't get a Christmas card from my folks (and had done for years).
I personally don't know if its a slight from my stepmum, which I wouldn't put past her - she said she wasn't doing Christmas cards a couple years ago when my 1/2sister had a baby the last week of november (the year prior I myself actually had had a baby at Christmas and just didn't get to it.
If its a slight, ignoring it would equate to not noticing (or not letting them know it was noticed), which might deflect any intended ill-thought (or lack thereof); if it was a genuine oversite (?) however unusual or the post office's mistake, its an oh well. But would any of you say anything about it? I just found it odd. My hubby doesn't really care, but I know it did cheese off my MIL, being a widow and enjoying as many cards as she can.