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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they a wealthy family?

A gift of 100-150 seems excessive and would make my teen uncomfortable but we aren't wealthy.

If that amount wouldn't make her blink then go for it. [/quote]

They're not wealthy - SIL makes a middle class government salary and MIL (who they live with) is on a fixed retirement income.  But MIL and FIL routinely buy my niece large, expensive gifts like iPads.  I think the $135 for the Tiffany necklace is not crazy expensive, but now that I think about it, I can see them kind of sneering at me for being a snob to get something from Tiffany's.  (I grew up poor, and DH and I both are gov't workers but together our salaries are comfortable, and we try to be frugal in order to splurge on travel every year, which tends to result in some resentful comments from MIL and SIL about how rich we are because we travel so much.  We've had only 1 car for 8 years, for instance, which is now 10 years old, to save the money from a second car for traveling.)

I just thought it would be nice to get some kind of a milestone gift as I've always thought the official switch to the teen years is pretty significant.  I'm probably overthinking all of this since I don't have much of a relationship with my niece, but not from want of trying.[/quote]

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