Dear Eric: I am feeling ignored by my family. I am an introvert, my wife is an extrovert, but I was a very involved dad when the kids were little. My wife and I worked full time, and we assumed 50/50 childcare responsibilities.

Since my retirement, I have been generous toward my adult children. My wife reaches out to our adult children, often sending little attentive trinkets that I happen to hear about. I asked her whether these little tokens of affection are sent just by her or by both of us,