HOw much do you spend on gifts?

[Anonymous]

How much do you spend on gifts for your loved ones? How mucH do you earn? Is there a correlation?

[Anonymous]

It kind of depends on the budget. Usually, it's between 50-60 dollars for mom, dad, brother. Sometimes 100-150 if we can afford it.

[Anonymous]

I spend a lot on gifts for my grandma--I get her nice flowers or a gift basket once a month. Similar with my parents.

They sacrificed a ton for me and it's the least I can do.

[Anonymous]

$30 for our kids bday/Christmas; $20 for family members we visit at holiday time.

[Anonymous]

Christmas - $100/pp parents, siblings, nieces/nephews; $200-300 for our kids
Wedding - $200-300 for the couple
Birthday gift for kids' friends - $20 max
Birthday gift for siblings/parents/etc - $50
Birthday gift for our kids - $100-200

I'd say the amount is less about how much you earn and more about the social circle you're in and the kind of family you're from.

[Anonymous]

Kids bdays $150
Kids xmas $250

I have 2 kids.
Husband bday $125
Husband xmas $125

Yes, there's a correlation

[Anonymous]

For my siblings and parents, $100-$300 is the range I stick to for birthdays / holidays / etc.

For my closest friends, it's $100-$150.

And no, there's no correlation to my income. It's always been this range, from when I was making a starting salary of $34K to now that I'm making $190K.

[Anonymous]

Guess I am the cheap one here? We are saving for early retirement... Wedding gifts are $50-100 depending on how well we know them, etc. None have been fancy over-the-top catered deals, most are hometown small or on the beach.

Birthday parties for kids friends? Depends on the age, but we try to keep it under $10 or $15. Everybody has more junk than they need these days.

Christmas- probably $100/pp for siblings and parents. Grandparents are dead. Kids/nieces/nephews get about $50 total in gifts, but they are still young (elementary school). I expect this to climb as they hit the tween/pre-teen years and ask for itunes giftcards or whatever the fancy new gaming system is. lol

[Anonymous]

Weddings usually spend around 200. For siblings, I spent 1000 each on their weddings.

For my inlaws and parents I spend around 100 to 200 each on Christmas. Another 100 to 200 each on their birthdays and another 100 to 200 each on mothers or father's day. Same with grandparents.

[Anonymous]

100 for spouse for Xmas/Bday - but we often just use that 200.00 for something we need for the house.
75.00 for each parent (there are 5 bc of divorce/step-parent)
50.00 for each sibling and sibling-in-law
50.00 for niece
10-15 for kids' bday

- this goes for all holidays where buying a gift is customary.

Kids - under 100.00 at this point for Xmas and way under that for bday because the grandparents like to do it up big.

[Anonymous]

Parents- $300 usually on each birthday
Sister - $300 Birthday

Christmas
-Parents $2k total
-Sister 1k

-Friends $50-100

[Anonymous]

$600 every birthday. Maybe a Burberry watch.

[Anonymous]

Weddings $200
Parents/Siblings birthday/Christmas/Mother's Day/Father's Day-$50
Niece and Nephew-$100 Christmas and $50 birthdays

[Anonymous]

It depends on the person, the occasion, and the gift.

If I find something absolutely perfect for someone I love I don't worry about the money (within reason of course.)

For nieces, nephews etc.. it's generally in the $30-50 range. For my spouse for xmas I might spend a few hundred total, though a couple of times I've bought items that were $300-500.

For some friends who had gone above and beyond for us in really significant ways we treated them to a get-away weekend that cost $1000. That's the most I've ever spent on a gift.

[Anonymous]

$25/niece or nephew/Christmas and birthday.
We thankfully ended the adult sibling exchanges.
My H spends between $25-$50 on his parents for Christmas and birthdays.
I spend around $50/parent for birthday gifts, we ended the adult exchange there as well for Christmas.

I'd love to cut the adult exchanging entirely, particularly the Christmas with my ILs because the whole thing is stupid, but they pitched an epic fit when my H suggested it.

No, this has not changed as our income increased. In fact, we spend less on the ILs now because my H has been very disappointed in their behavior around gifts and is over it.