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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can’t give a substantial gift, there’s no point in going. Don’t embarrass yourself and the hosts. [/quote]

Right.  We are not Jewish but gave $100 and was told by hostess mother that "most people have $500."!  I kept her "personal note" to me and it is verbatim:

'Thank you for the $100.  The average gift was $500 but we know that not everyone can afford this amount and Larlo appreciates all gifts."

I suspect that she thought that I would send her another $400.  I did not.[/quote]

We are jewish and would find $100 to be on the lowest end of what our children received, but we would NEVER comment on it. That's an awful note. [/quote]

Even for a casual school friend you have never met?   Different wealth levels gave different customs.[/quote]

Well, presumably my CHILD would have met this casual school friend. So they would get $200 with a card from my child. [b]Are you not understanding the months of prep work that go into this, after years of hebrew school, all the prayers that have to be memorized,[/b] how big a deal this is in the jewish religion? We think it's a very big deal to be celebrated. [/quote]

DP here. I'm not sure what this has to do with me. I didn't make the kid do all that, he/she didn't do it for me. What a weird response. I agree with others that it has to do entirely with how well you know the child, and how many in your immediate family are attending. [/quote]

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