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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$500[/quote]

Bull unless you're bringing home 7 figure income annually.  $200 is more than enough for a relative and $100 for mon relative.  [b]It is gauche to ask for cash but manners no longer matter.[/b][/quote]

Times have changed.  People get married later and already have a set of dishes.  Why get a new set on your registry?  If you've been living outside your parents' home before you get married, what do you actually NEED that you don't already have?  Get the house, then fill it with the fancy stuff as you can afford to.

I've noticed with some boomer generation family members there is this idea that people need fancy registry stuff because it improves their quality of life "so much" until they're able to buy a house.  I think this comes from the days when people married right out of high school.  Maybe people did have to save longer for a house when they married that young.  Other boomer relatives feel really good about giving a fancy platter (which they hope looks like it cost a lot more than it did) rather than the $ it cost to buy.

FWIW I'm not trying to dump on boomers.  That's just where I've noticed these attitudes in my family.[/quote]

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