sadly, he won’t remember that he forgot her birthday when he doesn’t get a card and so will be less inclined to reach out, thinking she was the one who got distant (assuming by the “lost contact” thing that she hadn’t directly, indirectly, or passive-aggressively reminded him, which could have led for all we know to him asking what she thought of the gift that turned out to be lost in the mail).
sadly, he won’t remember that he forgot her birthday when he doesn’t get a card and so will be less inclined to reach out, thinking she was the one who got distant (assuming by the “lost contact” thing that she hadn’t directly, indirectly, or passive-aggressively reminded him, which could have led for all we know to him asking what she thought of the gift that turned out to be lost in the mail).