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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I don't dislike them - I barely know them. Some came to our wedding as kids (not my idea - they were on MIL's list)  - they didn't give a gift, their parents did. So they would essentially be collecting double gifts - from my inlaws and us, even though they/their parents only gave us 1 gift. That seems like an unfair financial burden to us when they themselves never had to spend a penny. And there are a lot of them - it adds up.

If I leave it up to DH, nothing will get done. Is it really MY personal responsibility?[/quote]

Look. You are clearly bean counting here. They got two gifts and you got zero. Boo hoo. You poor poor thing. I'm going to have the same situation with most of my cousins because I'm at the older end of the spectrum. The difference is I don't care. I wanted my cousins at my wedding because I loved them. I go to their weddings if I can because I love them. If they don't invite me because the size of the wedding has gotten out of budget for them? That's OK, too.

Stop whining about the inequality weddings and gift giving and get over it.

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I agree. But you as an older cousin probably got more gifts from great aunts, grandparents and maybe even great grandparents. My grandparents probably won't be around to gift or see my youngest cousins marry. [/quote]

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