No Thanks

What do you do when you send someone a gift and they don't acknowledge it? Do you ask if they received it? But what if you know they received it because you got a note from the sender (Amazon) that "Your package has been delivered"?

Okay, what do you do if you send someone a gift many times -- birthdays, Xmas or just because -- and they never reciprocate, for like two or three years? Do you stop sending things to them?

What about if the person says they got the gift but does not thank you? Is it just that etiquette has changed and sending a surprise gift is considered an unsolicited burden, like calling someone on the phone instead of texting, and a thank you is no longer warranted?

I used to be a very generous person and buying gifts for my friends was always a fun thing for me to do. But not anymore. I may be behind the times but I'm not an idiot. I guess from now on I'll just have to buy things for myself (and my son, of course, who always thanks me).