What do you do, when a relative has decided to give u the silent treatment. You have an idea of what it is, being they are feeling guilty about something, but dont have the guts to apologise, so rather choose to avoid communicating at all? Because they are old fashioned, and see that they are right, and everyone else is wrong way of thinking.

They did sent a very blunt 2 lined email wishing us happy eater, and i replied back. But when my b'day came up not long after that, i didnt get a phone call, wishing me happy b;day. This is a first.

We are not close, but we are the only blood relatives that are left. And they do have a history of being estranged, when my family and them did not communicate for over 15 years, but they only decided to restablish communication when something tradgic had occured, which was a year before this. And then we kept in contact for another 10 years until now.

SO should i bother contacting them, or its not worth it? they are not the close warm type of people, but stiff upperlip type.

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