We spend the same on all people in our extended family. We used to do $50, but recently cut back to $35 per person since I have a ton of nieces and nephews now.
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Post by thebuddhagouda on Nov 7, 2014 9:41:59 GMT -5
We tend to spend a little more on my brother individually because it's just him and SIL is married with two kids. We still spend more on them collectively.
My sister and I no longer exchange gifts now that we have kids, which is nice b/c we are very different & I always stressed about what to get her.
DH is sporadic about buying birthday gifts for his siblings. If he finds something he thinks they will like, he buys it, if not, he doesn't stress about it. We probably never spend more than $40 on one of his siblings for birthdays. For Christmas, his siblings & spouses all do a drawing and we buy one person a gift with a $50 spending limit. This is so nice too as it was usually me worrying about what to get for everyone.
We don't typically exchange gifts. We are this year because they got me something on their trip (visiting something they don't care about but I love more than anything so...that's nice).
We agreed on $30. We typically spend $50 on parents.
Post by ladystardust on Nov 7, 2014 9:45:13 GMT -5
I spent $70ish on my sisters birthday recently. A little higher than usual but she's still relatively young. I also knitted her mittens lol. For the most part we keep it around $30-$50.
Around $30 for my twin, less for my other 3 sisters. Around $50 for my SIL (who struggles financially). My BILs get nothing for birthdays except a happy birthday text.
For Christmas we draw names on my side of the family so if I draw their name I spend between $30-$50. SIL (H's sister) usually gets $100 because of the above reason.
DH is an only child and I have only one sister and then her husband. For birthdays we spend $75 - $100 for each. For Christmas we usually write them both a check for around $500. I am about to sound like an asshole but they need the help so we just plan on being generous at Christmas time.
We don't exchange birthday gifts. For Christmas, we make each other gifts (a couples gift), so however much goes into that. FWIW, most of my siblings are handy/crafty, so this is right up our alley and we typically have stuff on hand to use.
ETA: DH's sister/husband get the same thing I make for my siblings, but they will usually get us something small.
only my sister and I exchange (we have 4 brothers as well) I usually do about $50-75. I just bought her the makeup gift set she wanted from Sephora yesterday so that was $50. She is also my dd1's Godmother so she gets a small something from her as well, probably like $25ish.
We don't exchange with my bro. $50 for my H's sis, BIL usually gets something similarly priced. Sometimes we do a combo gift for them for Christmas with two small individual presents for each of them, as well.
we used to do a christmas name exchange with my siblings and their spouses and do $40. That turned into a gift card exchange so we just decided to stop.
DH's siblings no bday presents, we did do a name exchange for christmas, but no one has brought it up this year, so I don't know if we are doing it or not. That was also $40
I buy my brother and his wife those Danish butter cookies for Christmas. That's about it. Unless I see something that's screams HIM. Like the metal Stormtrooper figurine I got him one year.
For H's older siblings it's the same.
For H's younger siblings (still teenagers) we buy them gifts between $20 and $100. It just depends on what they want.
I am one of 8 children; my H is one of 7. Between us, there are 25 nephews and nieces and an ever-growing number of grands. We only but for our mothers and H buys for his god daughter. We'd go broke otherwise!