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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Small gifts are the norm in my family.  I don't think anyone on my side of the family has given a birthday or christmas gift worth more than $30 ever.  And it isn't a financial issue, most of us are very well off.  The point of the gift is to give a token and acknowledgement.  It was weird to me to marry into my husband's family where they exchange multiple expensive gifts...which just seems so inefficient to me.  Gift giving traditions vary, it isn't a sign of disrespect. [/quote]

You are right, but I guess my issue with it is that it’s aggravating to receive a cheap gift which is either useless or breaks after a few uses, and deal with it.

I don’t mind a $15/20/30 gift card or cash. The kids can save and buy something bigger. For bdays and holidays, I buy their gift cards if they are from multiple places so they can get some they like.

I personally don’t go out of my way to make the gift $15. If I see something that costs $22, and it’s a better fit, I get it. When the kids are young it’s easier to spend ~$20 and get a nice gift, but as they grow older it’s just not possible. We have another cousin that does low price gifts, but they are usually very well thought out, ex a book that the child would enjoy and read and reread.

I know I can give the same lame gifts back, but it takes more time for me to do that.

Cheap gifts are also a burden on the environment. Think of all those broken plastic pieces and the pollution they cause.

T[b]he point is, why give something you know is garbage and will be trashed?[/b]

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Because you’ve made us feel obligated to give you a gift and we just don’t care. You get the cheapest easiest thing because we’ve got better things to do with our time. [/quote]

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