Dear Abby: I think you once wrote that failure to thank people for gifts is the No. 1 complaint you receive. Well, I can see why!

My daughters, grandchildren, nieces and nephew not only fail to acknowledge gifts which involve thought, time and effort, but they also do not acknowledge receiving them when I send them by mail. My mother taught me to write thank-you notes, and I taught my daughters the same, but you'd never know it.

My daughters and nieces have not taught their children to acknowledge gifts, and if I don't personally HAND the gift to any of them, I don't know if it was received. Needless to say, I think this is ungrateful and rude.

I am thinking of enclosing self-addressed, stamped envelopes with the gifts this year as a broad hint. I'm also considering not giving anythin

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