This all reminds me of my friend's family. Her daughter had the same kind of lying. Huge stories, from the time she was a little girl. My friend didn't know why she was doing it.
Well, I certainly did. My friend "lies" all the time. In front of her kids. But in her mind it is quite...
I guess everyone is different. I rarely call family on their birthday, but I always send a handmade card. In my mind, that shows that I was thinking of that person in advance, and the person was important enough for me to spend my time on (making a card). I rarely get any acknowledgement of...