I get aggravated by birthday texts from my estranged sisters

Dear Abby | Text messages are final connection to estranged siblings
DEAR ABBY: My siblings and I are estranged. I live in a different state. My brother and I never got along and stopped speaking many years ago. My older sister and I, after a long, toxic relationship, finally had a blowout after Dad passed. We haven’t spoken since. My younger sister took my older sister’s side and doesn’t speak to me either.
Dear Abby: I get aggravated by birthday texts from my estranged sisters
I have communicated briefly via text and email with all my siblings regarding my parents’ trust and final matters. My sisters still insist on texting me birthday wishes. Because of this, I feel obligated to send them a birthday text as well.
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"My siblings and I are estranged. I live in a different state. My brother and I never got along and stopped speaking many years ago."
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ESTRANGED 364 DAYS IN ARIZONA DEAR ESTRANGED: There is such a thing as righteous indignation. It appears this is what you may feel toward your siblings. Whatever closeness there may have ever been seems to have evaporated many years before your parents' deaths.
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