is $100 enough for a graduate gift?

[Anonymous]

I didn’t know where else to post this. Just curious because I gave this gift in cash several months ago and never received a thank you note. Wondering if it was not received well because it was not enough money? This is a neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Nobody thanks anybody or so it seems.

[Anonymous]

For a neighbor yes. I’d give more to a niece / nephew / etc. How did you give the gift? If you have it in person, didn’t they thank you already when you gave it to them?

[Anonymous]

It’s definitely enough. Thank-you’s are going out of style, sadly. (To be fair we received a thank-you from grandson’s friend, but that’s becoming rare)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a neighbor yes. I’d give more to a niece / nephew / etc. How did you give the gift? If you have it in person, didn’t they thank you already when you gave it to them?

How much for a niece?

[Anonymous]

More than enough. A neighbor - $50 in less really close tho them. Its bad parenting if the kid doesn't text, say or email thank you.

[Anonymous]

Did you give it to them in person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a neighbor yes. I’d give more to a niece / nephew / etc. How did you give the gift? If you have it in person, didn’t they thank you already when you gave it to them?

How much for a niece?

Depends on you, the sibling, the niece. A childless aunt or uncle may give more to an only niece. If the aunt / uncle has 3 kids of their own going to college, and there are 10 nieces / nephews, that changes the calculation

[Anonymous]

Passive aggressive trolling.

The $ amount bears no relation to the thank you note.

[Anonymous]

I have one kid $500 never heard a thing. Another kid $250. Same. Another kid, $50. They wrote a very make note.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a neighbor yes. I’d give more to a niece / nephew / etc. How did you give the gift? If you have it in person, didn’t they thank you already when you gave it to them?

How much for a niece?

At least $250.

[Anonymous]

I think people just dont write thank you notes anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t know where else to post this. Just curious because I gave this gift in cash several months ago and never received a thank you note. Wondering if it was not received well because it was not enough money? This is a neighbor.

The recipient of your gift has parents who have no manners or social graces. It doesn't matter whether you gave $100 or $1.00, the recipient should acknowledge all gifts. Far too many people think a spoken thank you is sufficient, I disagree. I will go along with a written email/text thank you acknowledgement. I would contact parent and ask if gift was received.

[Anonymous]

Just give them $20. They are not even related to you.

[Anonymous]

It is plenty.

Thank you notes have gone out of style among many. I’d say we get a thank you note maybe 50% of the time for the grad gifts.