Going to make this quick.

If a teenager has not returned texts, answered calls & only agreed to see you one time in a year... Because a really bad decision was made to let the teen choose when to see a parent, WOULD YOU BUY THEM A CHRISTMAS GIFT?

When it was birthday time, teen was told by DH he would pick him up to go to dinner & buy him an expensive item for sports that needed to be custom fit. He declined the invitation. So nothing was given.